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The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold ObamaCare Thursday offered an immediate financial boost to Republican candidates at all levels, GOP operatives and fundraisers told BuzzFeed. While both the Romney and Obama campaign boasted that the decision had juiced their small contributions, the spillover to candidates for the Senate and House appears, by the early anecdotal evidence, to have been more pronounced for Republicans. Many Democrats, after all, continue to avoid talking about the unpopular legislation, while Republican candidates have now sharpened their mission: To repeal ObamaCare. South Carolina-based Republican consultant Wesley Donehue said it was the best week of fundraising...

(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama told CBS News today that there may not be enough money in the U.S. Treasury to cover Social Security checks after Aug. 3 if Congress does not agree to lift the legal limit on the federal debt and allow his administration to borrow more money. "I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Obama told CBS News anchor Scott Pelley in an interview. However, according to the Daily Treasury Statements published by...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's aggressive campaign against unions - including a threatened ballot fight - comes as labor leaders in the state are scrambling to replenish their political coffers. Miguel Contreras, secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, said unions in California are broke after last year's presidential race. "We emptied out our bank accounts and have very little left," Contreras said, noting that millions of dollars were diverted from California to battleground states in an effort to elect Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as president. Art Pulaski, executive secretary of the California Labor Federation, plans to appeal for financial...

When it comes to San Pablo's new mega-casino, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently hit the jackpot even before he pulled the lever on the deal. Maloof Sports and Entertainment -- the management team hired to run the new, Costco-size San Pablo Casino for the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians -- hosted a party back in February that raised more than $1 million for Schwarzenegger's political coffers. The governor's office claims Schwarzenegger didn't know the Maloof family was going to manage the casino until after the agreement had been reached. The deal is already hitting a raw nerve with some legislators, but...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger collected a record-breaking $12 million in campaign contributions in the first six months of this year, a large chunk of which came from a select list of powerful longtime California political donors, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday with the secretary of state's office. Schwarzenegger amassed contributions in five separate campaign accounts during the first half of the year, including six-figure sums to his California Recovery Team that financed campaigns for his successful bond measure in March and signature-gathering efforts to push for changes in the California workers' compensation system. He also has raised hundreds of...

Opinion : Letters Opinion : Letters Illegal campaign contributions add to Kerry's election coffers April 05, 2004 Kudos to Brooke Barrash and the College Republicans for sponsoring the debate among Senatorial candidates on Feb. 24. The following information will be of interest to TU students regarding John Kerry, a presidential candidate. My novel, “The China Connection,” focuses on illegal campaign contributions by the Chinese military. Liu Chao-ying and Johnny Chung, conduits for Chinese money funneled to the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton-Gore Re-election Committee and several senators favorable to Chinese interests, figure prominently. In 1996, Kerry met with Liu Chao-ying...