12-01-2024, 10:19 PM
Aipt Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo selected as State of the Union designated survivor
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Here at home, transparency in government is being lost because of court decisions that have made campaign financing a free-for-all. The midterm election this month was the most expensive in history and $145 million came f stanley becher rom anonymous donors. So no one knows who s buying what in Washington.Republican Leader Mitch McConnell s biggest outside backer in his bid for re-election was a little known group called the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition which spent $12.6 million on ads for McConne stanley cup ll and against his opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes. The group s donors are a secret. Thanks to a series of recent court decisions, certain nonprofit groups are no longer required to list those names. When CBS News asked, we were told K.O.C. s policy is to not provide the names of its donors to the general public. Bill Allison, the Sunl stanley france ight Foundation CBS News You can t have fair elections when a lot of the money is hidden and nobody knows who is behind it, said Bill Allison. Allison is with the Sunlight Foundation, which tracks so-called dark money groups like the generically named Patriot Majority USA, which spent $10.7 million this year against Republicans.In Colorado, more than a third of all spending came from anonymous donors. Fpkr Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand s military sexual assault bill hits a roadblock
WASHINGTON - On the brink of failure, members of a special deficit-cutting committee blamed each other Sunday for the intransigence that has gridlocked the panel in its quest to cut the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade. If you look at the Democrats position it was We have to raise t stanley borraccia axes. We have to pass this jobs bill, which is another almost half-trillion dollars. And we re not excited about entitlement reform, Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona said in a combative interview on NBC s Meet the Press. Fanning out to the sets of the Sunday morning talk shows, Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for a deepening impasse that has all but doomed chances for an accord. In a series of interviews, not a single panelist seemed optimistic about any last-minute breakthrough. Under the committee s rules, any plan would have to be unv stanley thermobecher eiled Monday. Democrats said that Republicans on the supercommittee were simply unwilling to move on tax increases that Democrats insist should be part of any package that emerges from the negotiations. And Republicans said Democrats demands on taxes were too great, even in response to a scaled-back GOP offer made late last week. There is one sticking divide. And that s the issue of what I call shared sacrifice, said panel co-chair Sen. Patty Murray. The wealthiest Americans who earn over a million a year have to share too. And that line in the sand, we haven t seen Republicans willin stanley flask g
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Here at home, transparency in government is being lost because of court decisions that have made campaign financing a free-for-all. The midterm election this month was the most expensive in history and $145 million came f stanley becher rom anonymous donors. So no one knows who s buying what in Washington.Republican Leader Mitch McConnell s biggest outside backer in his bid for re-election was a little known group called the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition which spent $12.6 million on ads for McConne stanley cup ll and against his opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes. The group s donors are a secret. Thanks to a series of recent court decisions, certain nonprofit groups are no longer required to list those names. When CBS News asked, we were told K.O.C. s policy is to not provide the names of its donors to the general public. Bill Allison, the Sunl stanley france ight Foundation CBS News You can t have fair elections when a lot of the money is hidden and nobody knows who is behind it, said Bill Allison. Allison is with the Sunlight Foundation, which tracks so-called dark money groups like the generically named Patriot Majority USA, which spent $10.7 million this year against Republicans.In Colorado, more than a third of all spending came from anonymous donors. Fpkr Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand s military sexual assault bill hits a roadblock
WASHINGTON - On the brink of failure, members of a special deficit-cutting committee blamed each other Sunday for the intransigence that has gridlocked the panel in its quest to cut the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade. If you look at the Democrats position it was We have to raise t stanley borraccia axes. We have to pass this jobs bill, which is another almost half-trillion dollars. And we re not excited about entitlement reform, Republican Jon Kyl of Arizona said in a combative interview on NBC s Meet the Press. Fanning out to the sets of the Sunday morning talk shows, Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for a deepening impasse that has all but doomed chances for an accord. In a series of interviews, not a single panelist seemed optimistic about any last-minute breakthrough. Under the committee s rules, any plan would have to be unv stanley thermobecher eiled Monday. Democrats said that Republicans on the supercommittee were simply unwilling to move on tax increases that Democrats insist should be part of any package that emerges from the negotiations. And Republicans said Democrats demands on taxes were too great, even in response to a scaled-back GOP offer made late last week. There is one sticking divide. And that s the issue of what I call shared sacrifice, said panel co-chair Sen. Patty Murray. The wealthiest Americans who earn over a million a year have to share too. And that line in the sand, we haven t seen Republicans willin stanley flask g
