Publication: Politico

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

NFL players file collusion lawsuit

In a move assured to draw significant attention from federal lawmakers, the National Football League Players Association today accused NFL officials, owners and teams of a "conspiracy" to suppress player salaries during the 2010 season.And they want up ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: National Football League, Lawsuit, Greg Aiello

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

John Edwards

POLITICO Influence: Becker's back

With Abby PhillipBECKER RETURNS TO AFL-CIO: Craig Becker will become general counsel for the AFL-CIO, president Richard Trumka announced today, joining General Counsel Lynn Rhinehart in the role. Becker was recess appointed to the National Labor Relations ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: John Edwards, Federal Election Commission, Reformism, SpaceX

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Barack Obama

Playbook: 'Prosperity shortfall'

Feliz martes por la mañana desde Los Ángeles, donde Playbook está pasando el día después de un viaje escénico por la ruta 49, creada por la fiebre del oro de antaño, cuyo sobrenombre es la "Autopista del Mother Lode", que incluye el pueblo de Rough and ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: Barack Obama, Crocker (United States), Mitt Romney, Republican Party (US), Ford Foundation

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

NASCAR

Turning NASCAR fans into voters

There’s been chatter of late that the Democrats’ decision to hold their national convention in Charlotte this summer could create, as Bloomberg Businessweek called it, "." Conservatives relish the idea. American Majority and the NASCAR racecar it sponsors ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: NASCAR, Ned Ryun, BusinessWeek

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Jack Kingston

DOD's NASCAR spending hits wall

NASCAR suffered a rare loss in Congress Thursday and worst yet, it came at the hands of a Republican from Georgia.Rep. Jack Kingston tipped the scales in the House Appropriations Committee, putting some Southern moxie behind what had been a losing cause ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: NASCAR, Jack Kingston, Betty McCollum

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Debra Fischer

Who is Joe Ricketts?

WASHINGTON - The wealthy executive who considered and then dropped a proposal to revive controversy over the relationship between President Barack Obama and his former pastor is a rising conservative maverick with ties to the Chicago Cubs baseball team. ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: Tom Ricketts, Debra Fischer, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi talks trash on Cubs

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi a well-known sports fan had a quick response to the New York Times report of a GOP super PAC’s plans to tie President Barack Obama to the controversial Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. According to the Times, the campaign ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: Nancy Pelosi, World Series, Republican Party (US)

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Playbook: $25 million ad blitz

BREAKING -- After 990 consecutive days writing Playbook (including weekends and every holiday), Mike Allen has Gone Fishin’, taking his first day off since August 30, 2009.ABOUT LAST NIGHT -- Omaha World-Herald, "Fischer trips Bruning, will take on Kerrey ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: Deb Fischer, Barack Obama, Jim DeMint, Davey Johnson

First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 2 Documents

POLITICO Influence: Twitter lobbyist?

By Anna Palmer and Dave LevinthalWith Abby PhillipTWITTER TO HIRE FIRST LOBBYIST? Could Twitter be going the way of its Tech peers Facebook and Google? Twitter is hiring a manager of public policy, according to a recent job listing. While Twitter has ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: Federal Election Commission, Dianne Feinstein, Tim Ryan, Twitter

First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Playbook: 'Blunt' Biden

DATA DU JOUR WP’s Peter Wallsten and Dan Eggen: "About one in six of Obama’s top campaign ‘bundlers’ are gay, according to a Washington Post review of donor lists." THE BIG PICTURE "Crisis claims another leader, is Obama next?" by AFP’s Stephen Collinson: ... [ Published May 08 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: Barack Obama, Gay, Univision

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

The race for NASCAR votes

RICHMOND, Va Conservative activists are racing to snag the pole position with NASCAR voters this election cycle.While brand names like Skoal, Coca-Cola and Sprint competed for the hard-earned dollars of middle-class race fans on the midway of the Richmond ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: NASCAR, Ralph Reed, Mark Warner

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 1 Documents

The Biden-Bloomberg golf game

Mike Bloomberg, who was wooed earlier today by Mitt Romney for an endorsement, also got in a round of golf last Friday with Vice President Joe Biden, sources told POLITICO.The pair was joined by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at a course somewhere in ... [ Published May 01 2012 by Politico ]

Entities: Michael Bloomberg, Joseph Biden, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama

Quotes

Asked if Congress would likely get involved, another players association official familiar with the lawsuit told POLITICO, "We’re certainly interested to see if the Hill takes an interest."

NFL players file collusion lawsuit [Politico - May 24 2012]

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NFL players file collusion lawsuit [ Published May 24 2012 by Politico ]
POLITICO Influence: Becker's back [ Published May 22 2012 by Politico ]
Playbook: 'Prosperity shortfall' [ Published May 22 2012 by Politico ]
Turning NASCAR fans into voters [ Published May 21 2012 by Politico ]
DOD's NASCAR spending hits wall [ Published May 18 2012 by Politico ]
Who is Joe Ricketts? [ Published May 17 2012 by Politico ]
Pelosi talks trash on Cubs [ Published May 17 2012 by Politico ]
Playbook: $25 million ad blitz [ Published May 16 2012 by Politico ]
POLITICO Influence: Twitter lobbyist? [ Published May 09 2012 by Politico ]
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