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☆ Betsy DeVos and former GOP lawmakers who helped construct versions of the legislation Biden is using to cancel student debt just told the Supreme Court his plan 'obviously violates' the law
  + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Both briefs criticized the legal path Biden used to cancel student debt, saying relief requires Congressional approval. The Supreme Court is hearing the two lawsuits challenging Biden's relief on February 28. After two conservative-backed lawsuits late last year paused the implementation of Biden's debt relief, the Supreme Court agreed to take up both of the cases on February 28. Per the brief, McKeon was the original author of the HEROES Act of 2001 in response to 9/11, and Kline authored the HEROES Act of 2003. So did former Rep. George Miller, a top Democratic lawmaker on the House education committee who helped construct the HEROES Act of 2003.
☆ Newly-elected Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach fined $30,000 by FEC for illegal contribution from 'WeBuildTheWall' scam organization
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Kris Kobach was fined $30,000 by the Federal Election Commission for accepting an illegal contribution. He was just elected Kansas Attorney General. "We Build The Wall," the group that contributed to Kobach's Senate campaign, has a colorful history of its own. But Bannon now faces similar charges from the New York State Attorney General and was arrested again in September 2022. The incoming state attorney general, who served as Kansas secretary of state from 2011 until 2019, rose to national prominence during the Trump administration for his anti-immigration views and claims of voter fraud.
☆ A Georgia GOP congressman who backed Trump's election lies voted in the wrong county, but his spokesman insists it wasn't a 'devious ploy'
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A GOP Congressman in Georgia may have broken the state's voting law by casting ballots in the wrong county. Rep. Drew Ferguson voted in the county where he used to live during the 2022 election cycle. Ferguson has been an advocate against voter fraud since the 2020 election and backed Trump's election lies. "Congressman Ferguson resolved the issue, and proceeded to vote in Troup County for the primary, general, and run-off elections." "Congressman Ferguson is currently in the process of transitioning his residency to his new home in Pike County," the spokesman added.
☆ Herschel Walker had ties to two charities that appear to have engaged in little, if any charity
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
He was also featured in marketing material for the Livio Cares Foundation and was listed as a Livio Cares Partner. However, there is no evidence Livio Cares engaged in philanthropic activities. According to ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, Walker was listed as the director of VMP Nutrition Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas. According to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts website, the right to transact business in Texas for VMP Nutrition as well as VMP Nutrition Foundation is listed as "forfeited." In 2017, VMP Nutrition and its founder Rodriguez settled a lawsuit filed by Southside Bank for an alleged failure to repay a $2,795,534 lien.
☆ Herschel Walker isn't the only pro-footballer-turned-politician. Here are 16 others who've tossed the pigskin into the political arena.
  + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Kayla Gallagher | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Georgia's upcoming runoff election will determine whether GOP candidate Herschel Walker will enter the US Senate. Here are other prominent politicians and government officials who've transitioned from a career football to politics. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Meet 16 other political and governmental figures who played or otherwise participated in pro football before entering public office:
☆ Herschel Walker isn't the only pro-footballer-turned-politician. Here 16 others who've tossed the pigskin into the political arena.
  + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Kayla Gallagher | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Georgia's upcoming runoff election will determine whether GOP candidate Herschel Walker will enter the US Senate. Here are other prominent politicians and government officials who've transitioned from a career football to politics. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Meet 16 other political and governmental figures who played or otherwise participated in pro football before entering public office:
☆ Donald Trump tells donors to help Republicans win the US Senate — by giving his own political committees money
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Madison Hall | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Who will control the US Senate is still unknown as results from Arizona and Nevada continue trickling in. A text message sent from former President Donald Trump's political committees Save America Joint Fundraising CommitteeSave America Joint Fundraising CommitteeTrump's PACs could choose to use some of that money to boost the remaining GOP Senate candidates. The rest of it — nearly $70 million in Save America alone, per federal records — remains unspent. Some of the biggest candidate-related spending Trump's Save America PAC has done this year? On Tuesday night, the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee blasted another fundraising missive with the message: "DO YOU WANT PRESIDENT TRUMP TO RUN IN 2024?"
☆ Republican incumbent Sen. John Boozman faces off against Democrat Natalie James in Arkansas' US Senate election
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Sen. John Boozman is running against Democrat Natalie James to represent Arkansas in the US Senate. Boozman is one of 22 Republican US Senate candidates Donald Trump has endorsed. Arkansas' Senate race candidatesTwo-term Republican incumbent Boozman currently serves as a ranking member on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Since 1968, Arkansas has gone Republican in 10 of 13 elections, and the Republican margin of victory has increased in each of the last five elections. According to OpenSecrets, Boozman has raised $7.4 million, spent $6.7 million, and has $1.1 million cash on hand, as of October 19.
☆ Democratic Sen. Patty Murray faces off against Republican Tiffany Smiley in Washington's US Senate election
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Sen. Patty Murray is running against Republican Tiffany Smiley to represent Washington in the US Senate. WA-08 HouseLongtime Democratic incumbent Sen. Patty Murray faces off against political newcomer Tiffany Smiley in Washington to represent the state in the US Senate. Prior to her time in the US Senate, Murray served in thw Washington State Senate for a single term. In Washington, Democratic candidates have been victorious in presidential races during the last nine elections. Her challenger, Smiley, has raised $16.4 million, spent $14.7 million, and has $1.7 million cash on hand, as of October 19.
☆ Howard Stern warns of 'another Civil War' ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections as he bashes Georgia GOP senate hopeful Herschel Walker
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Howard Stern warned of "another Civil War" ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. The radio icon made the comments as he bashed Georgia Republican US Senate hopeful Herschel Walker. "Some of these candidates that people are actually -- fucking Herschel Walker. Would you really vote for this fucking — I don't know what the fuck he is," Stern said of Walker. Walker, who has been backed by former President Donald Trump, is seeking to unseat Democratic rival Sen. Raphael Warnock in the tight Georgia Senate race in the midterm elections.
☆ Live Results: Kentucky votes in congressional and state elections
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Polls close in the state at 6 p.m. local time. Given the state has multiple timezones, the first polls close at 6 p.m. EST and the last polls close at 7 p.m. EST. It symobilizes the 2022 Election. Polls close in the state at 6 p.m. local time. Given the state has multiple time zones, the first polls close at 6 p.m. EST and the last polls close at 7 p.m. EST.
☆ Some Democrats dip a toe in TikTok as most Republicans stay away
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Covers Tech For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
NBC News found that nine Democratic candidates in this year’s 35 Senate races are posting to TikTok, while three Republican Senate candidates are using it. In the most competitive Senate races, four of the Democrats are using TikTok: Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia, former state Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in North Carolina, Lt. Gov. The only Republican in a competitive Senate race using TikTok is Oz, who began posting there in 2019 before he left his television show for politics. “TikTok does have such widespread use,” Madison Horn, the Democratic nominee for one of two Senate races in Oklahoma, said in a phone interview. Bob Ellsworth, a Republican advertising consultant, said TikTok has certainly changed how Republicans campaign even if they’re not on the app itself.
☆ Trump seemed jolly on the eve of his Wednesday deposition in E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit at Mar-a-Lago
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Laura Italiano | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Trump's deposition is Wednesday in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit. She says Trump raped her in Manhattan 30 years ago, then defamed her by calling her a liar in 2019. The court-ordered deposition in writer E. Jean Carroll's rape defamation lawsuit is also expected to take place at Mar-a-Lago, the New York Times reported. Trump has fought hard to get out of the Carroll deposition and the lawsuit itself. In the post, he doubles down on his denials that he raped Carroll and that "This woman is not my type!"
☆ These 5 former House candidates might've been the next AOC, but entrenched politicians blocked their path
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +17 min
Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam competed in this year's Democratic primary for North Carolina's 4th Congressional District. And we need to have an infrastructure like that on the Democratic Party side. Former House candidate John Isemann faced ex-state lawmaker Tom Kean Jr. in the Republican primary for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. Jay Nixon and also worked for the Missouri Democratic Party — decided to jump into the race himself. "We talk about the Democratic Party being a big-tent party," she said.
☆ 3 of Trump's high-profile Senate picks — Dr. Oz, Herschel Walker, and JD Vance — are in serious trouble despite a favorable 2022 midterm climate for the GOP
  + stars: | 2022-07-19 | by ( Jake Lahut | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
A seemingly dormant Mehmet Oz campaign has struggled to unify the MAGA base in Pennsylvania. "Since Dr. Oz's victory remarks on June 9th, he has been to over 75 events," Oz campaign spokesperson Brittany Yanick told Insider in a statement. The Oz campaign would not say when it has plans to launch new TV ads. The Vance campaign responded to Insider's request for comment by attacking Rep. Tim Ryan. "It's why Democrats have a chance of holding onto the Senate," he told Insider, "is just the horrible class of candidates they've nominated."
☆ Mitt Romney officially ends his 2012 presidential campaign by transferring $92,000 in leftover cash to his Senate coffers
  + stars: | 2020-09-02 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Dozens of zombie congressional campaign committees together are sitting on nearly $200 million, NBCLX reported. More than half of the Romney presidential committee's remaining $92,000 was transferred to his US Senate committee, which reported about $325,000 cash on hand as of June 30. Asked why it took so long for Romney's campaign to shut down, a former Romney campaign official said it's a "several years' long process to shut down a presidential campaign committee." Obama terminated his 2012 presidential campaign committee more than two years ago, on July 15, 2018. Santorum's 2012 presidential committee owes about $450,000, while his 2016 presidential committee remains about $520,000 in arrears.
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