Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller said Sunday he thinks Alaska should take less money from Washington in exchange for land from the federal government. (CNN) – Alaska's political leadership has spent decades touting its ability to bring federal dollars back from Washington. But the man who may have unseated incumbent Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski in [...]
Both Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek said Sunday that they support the revival of an $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit. (CNN) – Two of the three candidates running for U.S. Senate in Florida said Sunday that they support the revival of an $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit, but the Obama administration’s housing chief said “it’s [...]
Washington (CNN) The Senate will reconvene on Thursday to give unanimous consent for $600 million in emergency funding to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border. A notice from Majority Leader Harry Reid's office said the session would pass a resolution on the death of former Sen. Ted Stevens and pass the border spending bill, which [...]
Washington (CNN) - Senate Democratic leaders have concluded that the only way to pass critical war-funding before the fast-approaching August congressional recess is for the House to drop its insistence that the measure include billions of dollars for unrelated domestic programs, a top Senate Democratic leadership aide told CNN. The extra money, which includes funds [...]
Florida Senate candidate Jeff Greenes campaign manager has stepped down . (CNN) Jeff Greene, the billionaire real estate investor running for Senate in Florida as a Democrat, has lost his campaign manager. Josh Morrow, who's been at the helm of Greene's campaign for two months, decided to step down from his post, Greene spokesman [...]