Featured Advertiser
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 2nd, 2011 5:35 am by HL
2012 campaign ad spending tops $23 million
More than $23 million has been spent on campaign television ads so far in the 2012 election with the conservative-aligned outside group American Crossroads accounting for nearly half of that total, according to an analysis of data by the Washington Post.
American Crossroads, which is incorporated as a super PAC, and its affiliate Crossroads GPS, a not-for-profit organization, have dumped $11.2 million into television ads in states across the country as of Nov. 20. Crossroads has focused its spending, not surprisingly, in and around the Washington, D.C. media market — $1.2 million in ad disbursements — but has also spent big money in the Denver ($805,000) and Tampa ($539,000) media markets.
A tech visionary, a veteran talk show host, two presidents — current and former — a preacher and a baseball player with good attendance are among the people under consideration for the first-ever postage stamp to honor a living or recently deceased American, according to U.S. Postal Service officials not authorized to speak publicly.
House Republicans criticize White House for denying grant to Catholic group
House Republicans on Thursday sharply criticized a decision by the Department of Health and Human Services in September to deny a federal grant to a Catholic group that refuses to refer victims of human trafficking for abortion and contraceptive services, with some lawmakers saying that reflected an anti-Catholic bias in the Obama administration.
