Lots of Money, Few Voters for Special Senate Race
On the Republican side of the special U.S. Senate Election to chose a replacement for Jeff Sessions, candidates have raised and spent significant money in a short time.
Incumbent, appointed Senator Luther Strange leads the pack with some $2.9m in his war chest as of his last report. Congressman Mo Brooks has banked about $540k, while former Chief Justice Roy Moore has about $460k on hand.
But other money is also coming in, a large amount from Mitch McConnell’s super-PAC, Senate Leadership Fund. That group has spent some $2.7m to support Strange, and attack Brooks and Moore.
State GOP Chairwoman Terry Lathan says the amount of money being spent in a race like this is not unusual, since the stakes, a U.S. Senate seat, are so high.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island legislators are proposing to make the state House of Representatives more democratic by taking some power away from its leadership.
The House is expected to vote on rules legislation Wednesday.
Democratic Rep. Jared Nunes of Coventry says he wants to require a vote before removing a legislator from a committee. It’s a response to last year’s debate over truck tolling legislation, when Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello pulled people from committee seats after they voted against tolls.
Nunes also wants to limit how late at night lawmakers can debate, and stop bills from being indefinitely held for further study without allowing them to get a vote.
But Democrats who control the rules committee didn’t include his proposed reforms, which could lead to debate Wednesday on the House floor.