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National Journal is reporting that the Federal Election Commission has called on a secretive campaign committee backed by Karl Rove to reveal its donors. # Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, aka Crossroads GPS, is one of a slew of 501(c)4 groups that proliferated in the wake of the U.S.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer (Pic via ice.gov) The congressional showdown over payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits continues after the GOP-led House voted Tuesday against a Senate bill approved over the weekend. The bill to extend payroll tax cuts and extend unemployment benefits is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012, H.R.

Carly Fiorina’s Senate campaign, which made sure reporters checked out the truly strange Boxer Blimp web video over the weekend, fires off a press release

Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland (right) (Pic via Facebook) Congressman Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, again slammed the federal Environmental Protection Agency in an appearance today on Fox Business. Ross has long been vocal in his opposition of the EPA-mandated “numeric nutrient criteria,” a set of standards that would govern water pollution in Florida.

A political nonprofit labeling itself the “nation’s largest grassroots opponent of radical environmentalism” sarcastically welcomed the anticipated presidential candidacy of Republican Newt Gingrich on Monday, calling the former U.S. Speaker of the House “Al Gore hiding under a Phil Donahue wig.” Newt Gingrich American Tradition Partnership (ATP), which, along with its sister nonprofit Western Tradition Partnership, has a long history of controversial campaign tactics in Colorado , issued a release on Monday in response to a facebook posting by Gingrich about his expected official announcement on Wednesday

A Latino Republican leader informs the candidates that the United States will soon be a majority-minority country. What are they going to do about it? Go to

McChrystal forcefully defended the Obama administration’s revised strategy, its weeks-long decision-making process and President Obama’s ultimate decision to deploy 30,000 additional U.S. troops for the war effort.

There’s been a great deal of talk about how the ease of buying weapons in the United States might be helping to arm the Mexican gun cartels responsible for so

So just who are those civil liberties groups that have encouraged the Obama administration to issue an executive order creating a system of prolonged

Human Rights First, which staunchly opposes any decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 conspirators in a military commission, convened a

The progressive Iraq/Afghanistan veterans group VoteVets has been, to the best of my knowledge, supportive of a properly resourced and focused Afghanistan

As expected, the House approved Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s (R-Fla.) resolution condemning South African judge Richard

Add Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) to the growing list of conservative state officials who are preaching fiscal restraint while also vying for federal stimulus

From The New York Times this morning: “As every student of American history knows, this country’s core founding principles included nonpunitive taxation,

Senate Democrats attempting to pass a much-needed $26.1 billion state aid bill -- a fully paid-for provision including funds for teachers’ jobs and for Medicaid

Ben Geman, talking to the senators who’ll decide whether or not to bring cap-and-trade to the floor, reports that it isn’t. And in another report, he finds the

Survey results released by Public Policy Polling this week underline broad support in Colorado for some form of legislation that would grant gay couples equal partnership rights.

Via Patrick Appel at Andrew Sullivan’s place, defense theorist Thomas P.M. Barnett, or perhaps his colleague Sean Meade (it’s unclear who wrote this, exactly)