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Tom Reed
It has been an emotional and trying start to this spring for U.S. Rep. Tom Reed.
Less than one month ago, the Corning Republican, his family and staff were in shock after a report surfaced from The Washington Post on March 19 that linked the representative to sexual misconduct with a 25-year-old woman in a Minneapolis pub in 2017. “This was nothing we were anticipating,” Reed said in a telephone interview with The Post-Journal and OBSERVER on Friday morning.
Within the next 48 hours, the congressman did something many other politicians do not: he took full responsibility. On the evening of March 21, Reed put out a humble and emotional statement that included revelations of a personal struggle with alcoholism.
Polarizing Candidates Get Cash Boost in Democratic Vote Bill Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Bill Allison
(Bloomberg) Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill.
As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Small-dollar donors, however, tend to give more to candidates who draw national attention as firebrands meaning the provision could end up rewarding partisanship.
Polarizing Candidates Get Cash Boost in Democratic Vote Bill Bloomberg 7 hrs ago Bill Allison
(Bloomberg) Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill.
As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Small-dollar donors, however, tend to give more to candidates who draw national attention as firebrands meaning the provision could end up rewarding partisanship.
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