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Following The Money: Investigation Probes Funds in Walker Recall

Subpoenas delve after information related to fundraising and organizing of Walker’s recall campaign.

Days before Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker was set to launch his national TV book tour, his campaign and associated organizations in the state were subpoenaed for an investigation into his victorious recall campaign.

While the details of the investigation have not been made public, the target of the subpoenas is

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Colorado Senate President Fights To Keep His Seat Over Gun Control Support

In this gun-loving part of the country, a series of gun control laws received almost instant backlash.

In Colorado, the president of the state Senate is facing an unprecedented challenge. In light of two mass shootings in the state and the killing of elementary-school students in Connecticut, the Democratic state legislature pushed through a suite of gun control laws that banned the sale of high-capacity magazines, raised gun fees and

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回顾蒙大拿州立法者对NDAA的努力面临挑战

这项努力指控立法者违反他们的誓言，通过投票支持NDAA来保护美国宪法。蒙大拿州是目前唯一一个努力召回联邦立法者投票的州。

1月 13th, 2012

作者 Joey LeMay

Efforts to recall three Montana federal legislators for their support of the United States’ National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would face constitutional roadblocks, according to political scientists

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