US Politics July 2012 Archive

Incumbency definitely has its luxuries, and there is perhaps no greater symbol of the perks of running for re-election as president of the United States than Air Force One. The Boeing ... Read More

The Commission on Presidential Debates has announced the formats for the 2012 presidential debates, and there's a new feature designed to ensure the focus doesn't stray from the most important ... Read More

Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney, has said the couple will not release more than two years of tax information to the public, reaffirming the campaign's ... Read More

The U.S. Senate failed to take action this week on a bill that would have closed what many critics feel is a gaping loophole in the oversight of super PACs: ... Read More

Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney have made public their federal tax information for 2010 and 2011. But despite calls for more transparency, the multimillionaire says information for ... Read More

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives this week voted for the 33rd time since January 2011 to repeal some or all of the health care reforms signed into law by ... Read More

American taxpayers are contributing more than $36 million to the Republicans and Democrats so the two parties can put on lavish conventions later this summer - even though their presidential ... Read More

Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney could choose a woman to be his running mate in the 2012 election, his wife says. It would be only the third time a woman was ... Read More

Mitt Romney is without question one of the wealthiest presidential candidates in modern history. His financial success has been a target of opponents who sought to portray him as being ... Read More

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United in 2010, Justice Anthony Kennedy famously opined that allowing unlimited corporate spending on elections would not "give rise to corruption or ... Read More

The health care reform law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last week will help enroll an estimated 30 million low-income and ... Read More