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Jesse Jackson Jr., wife charged in federal cases

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been charged with spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife was charged with filing false income tax forms....

 

Rahm Emanuel: Jesse Jackson, Jr. should show hand

Rahm Emanuel / Jesse Jackson Jr.

...Jackson is discussing a plea deal with the Justice Department, which is investigating his alleged use of campaign funds to decorate his house and buy a $40,000 Rolex for a female friend. Jackson won reelection last week with more than 60 percent of the vote. A plea deal could require jail time and his resignation, according to reports.

 

Report: Jesse Jackson Jr. negotiating plea deal

Jesse Jackson Jr.

CBS News reported the Illinois Democrat is working on a deal stemming from allegations he misused campaign funds.

 

GOP likely to hold House after $1B campaign

You can do a lot with a billion dollars - but still not change much. This Election Day, it's likely to produce another Republican-led House that's little different from the existing version.

 

Outside money pours into Senate races

The ads have hit hard: In one, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is slammed as an out-of-touch politician who saddled his state's manufacturers with higher taxes by voting for President Obama's health care law. In another, he is savaged for his "failed record on energy."

 

Poll: Strong support for campaign spending limits

Americans don't like all the cash that's going to super political action committees and other outside groups that are pouring millions of dollars into races for president and Congress.

 

Senate GOP block campaign spending disclosure bill

Campaign Spending Disclosure

Senate Republicans blocked Democratic-backed legislation requiring organizations pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign ads to disclose their top donors and the amounts they spend.

 

Dems raise money off Romney donor's remark

House Democrats raise money off a Romney supporter's comment that "lower income" people don't get the impact of President Obama's policies.

 

Judge: John Edwards has life-threatening condition

A judge agrees to delay the campaign-finance trial of John Edwards after his attorney presented two letters detailing a life-threatening condition that will require surgery. A cardiologist for the 58-year-old ex-North Carolina Senator wrote two letters about his condition to Judge Catherine Eagles who talked about them Friday during a hearing to consider whether the trial would go on later this month. She delayed it until at least March 26.

 

FEC says Edwards should repay $2M in federal funds

FEC says Edwards should repay $2M in federal funds

The Federal Election Commission says former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign should repay the Treasury $2.3 million.

 

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