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Recent criticism of President Trump and the Electoral College by the Democratic chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission has come under fire from a key oversight Republican and a long-serving FEC member. What’s more, Ellen Weintraub's bid to expand the authority of the FEC is being hit as a partisan campaign to attack Trump and Republican donors. The criticism is to take center stage at an upcoming a House Administration Committee hearing where the bitter division on the FEC is to be probed by Rep. Rodney Davis, the top Republican on the committee. The hearing was scheduled for Wednesday but...

RUSH: There’s an op-ed in the Washington Post today. It’s by Beverly Weintraub. And the headline: “‘Sully’ Was Just a Hero. Why Label the Southwest Captain a ‘Female Pilot’?” Beverly Weintraub — by the way, this is cool. She’s a Pulitzer Prize winner, member of the New York Daily News editorial board. She’s a member of the Ninety-Nines. Do you know what that is? You probably don’t. It’s an international organization of women pilots. Millie Limbaugh And she’s on the board of directors of the Air Race Classic. My mom was a Ninety-Nine. (interruption) Yeah, my mom was a pilot....

CNN)—Jerry Weintraub, the high-powered Hollywood mogul whose career included promoting Elvis Presley concerts, producing the "Ocean's" movies and spinning larger-than-life tales, has died, according to his publicist. He was 77. Weintraub died in Santa Barbara of cardiac arrest, publicist Michelle Bega said. Among the friends mourning his death was former President George H.W. Bush, a longtime Weintraub pal.

A federal appeals court based in Virginia might have done Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a big favor last week when it ruled against a Maryland law that sought to force Wal-Mart -- or any other employer of more than 10,000 people -- to provide health insurance for its workers.

WASHINGTON - A judge has struck down more than a dozen of the government's current rules on political fund raising with just weeks before Election Day, concluding federal regulators improperly weakened the nation's campaign finance law. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) to write new rules to govern key aspects of fund raising, including when candidates and outside parties can coordinate activities. The judge did not specifically address how candidates and political parties in the heat of current campaign should act in the absence of the rules. The law's main provisions, banning...

Obituaries in the News Mar 27, 2004 The Associated Press Bryan L. Armstrong FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Bryan L. Armstrong, a former newspaper editor and reporter who became a public relations director for Kentucky's community college system, was found dead of a gunshot wound Thursday in Frankfort. He was 45. The case was under investigation, according to the coroner's office. Armstrong was a journalism graduate of Western Kentucky University. His early career included internships at the Tampa Times in Florida and The Louisville Times. He was an editor at The Kansas City Times before moving to The Cincinnati Post in...

<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says the new budget reserve plan he negotiated with the Legislature will prevent the state from ever again descending into the kind of deficit spending spiral in which California finds itself today.</p> <p>But a close look at the details of the proposal, which will go before voters on March 2, suggests that it falls well short of accomplishing the goals Schwarzenegger was trying to achieve.</p>

<p>Lost between Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory in the Gray Davis recall and preparations for the upcoming Democratic presidential contest, the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in California isn't likely to get much attention any time soon.</p> <p>But the prize -- the right to face off against two-term Democrat Barbara Boxer next November -- is looking a little bit more attractive to Republican candidates these days. While formidable, Boxer has never been as popular as the state's other senator, Dianne Feinstein. And with a Republican suddenly in the governor's office and President Bush looking stronger on the national scene, the potential Boxer challengers are beginning to think they might just catch a wave and knock her off.</p>

Free Weintraub! An item posted by estimable Sacramento Bee blogger Daniel Weintraub annoyed the state legislature's Latino caucus, which "protested in a letter to Bee Publisher Janis Besler Heaphy," according to this Bee ombudsman report. ... The Bee apparently caved, according to the ombudsman: The Bee has instituted some reforms. Weintraub's blog now goes to the editorial page editor or his deputy before it's posted on sacbee.com. So now readers of Weintraub's blog are not getting his unfiltered, up-to-the-moment thoughts. They're getting the thoughts that are approved by an editor--an editor who is now well aware of how sensitive the...

WASHINGTON- President Bush on Tuesday nominated Democratic attorney Ellen Weintraub to serve on the Federal Election Commission, a move sought by sponsors of the nation's new campaign finance law. Weintraub is an attorney with the Perkins Coie law firm in Washington, where her clients have included the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and its House counterpart. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and other proponents of the new law want Weintraub to replace Democratic Commissioner Karl Sandstrom, whose term expired more than a year ago. Sandstrom has joined three Republican commissioners on several controversial 4-2 votes in recent months spelling out how the...

<p>So it's Day 30 now of the new fiscal year and still no state budget. But don't count me among the hand-wringers. As far as I'm concerned, the final day of this budget stalemate will be the first day of the next budget crisis. So what's the hurry?</p>