Secret donors should be U.S. campaign issue: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The influx of millions of dollars from unnamed donors to influence elections is a growing problem in U.S. politics and Democrats should make it an election issue, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Representative Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, told the Reuters Washington Summit that more and more campaign advertising is coming from groups that are not required to disclose their donors’ identities.
RT @ReutersPolitics: For Portman, it’s all about the beer http://t.co/yWaTMeNy by @DCharlesReuters for @Reuters_Summits
For Portman, it all comes down to beer
Rob Portman is upset about the tax laws that make a real American beer hard to find.
The senator from Ohio, who is seen as a leading candidate to be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick, spoke out at the Reuters Washington Summit against tax policy that puts American companies at a disadvantage.
At @Reuters_Summits, @RobPortman says he thinks Romney wld be willing to make tough decisions & risk being 1-term president @Reuterspolitics
@RobPortman tells @Reuters_summits he thinks Romney wld be willing to make tough decisions & risk being one-term president @Reuters_politics
Blunt says to keep an eye on Virginia
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican who is Mitt Romney’s point person in Congress, doesn’t think Ohio or Florida will be the main states to watch on election night. He will have his eyes on Virginia.
In an interview at the annual Reuters Washington Summit, Blunt was asked which state was the one to monitor in the run-up to the Nov. 6 election between President Barack Obama and Romney.
@RoyBlunt : if Obama wins in Nov Congress must learn to compromise; says only recently has compromise been seen as an evil @Reuters_summits
Sen. @RoyBlunt tells @Reuters_summits VA most interesting state to watch in Nov; says if Romney wins VA he’ll win presidency
@Hip_ToBe_Square belated thanks for FF last week. was on vacation and now just catching up with things.
Book Talk: Michelle Obama on White House kitchen garden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has adopted healthy eating and fighting childhood obesity as one of her pet causes.
Her first book, “American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,” tells of her experiences planting the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt and shares other stories of other community gardens across the country.
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