The move comes as a slew of new Super PACs have raised millions of dollars in anticipation of next year’s presidential and congressional races.
Sen. Al Franken is the richest member of Congress, although the Republicans in the delegation are doing better than the Democrats on average.
Courts in states across the country have rejected the National Organization for Marriage’s efforts to hide their donors, as they’re trying to do in Minnesota, saying the group provided no credible evidence of threats or violence.
Minnesota for a Fair Redistricting shares an address and some staffers with conservative activists Annette and Jack Meeks, although Annette Meeks denied any involvement and Jack Meeks didn’t respond to a request for comment.
A private prison company that was a longtime ALEC member has given millions of dollars to political campaigns. As a result, its influence, and its business, has grown.
The group will reenact a version of the biblical story of Loaves and Fishes to show that “Jesus created abundance from scarcity,” just as the groups says Congress could do with the President’s jobs package.
State Rep. John Kriesel (R-Cottage Grove) condemned the incident, saying, “If someone is brave enough to risk their life and serve their country in a time of war, let them serve. Who cares if they are gay?”
States, including Minnesota, have complained about requirements of the unpopular education program since its introduction.
Obama for America, the President’s reelection group, received money from seven of the top twenty air polluters.
Mitt Romney said Rick Perry’s rhetoric on Social Security was “over-the-top, unnecessary and frightening to people.”
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