Vincent Gray

Issa Launches Probe of D.C. Mayor's Spending

Susan Crabtree | March 17, 2011, 5:40PM

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray

Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Kwame Brown spilled blood in the water when they started spending taxpayers' money on apparently nepotistic hiring, extravagant travel and luxury SUVs.

Incoming House Republicans are dead set on cutting spending anywhere they can, including vulnerable D.C. city services, and now Gray and company will have a tougher time defending them while fending off investigators from Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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Iowa caucus

Pawlenty And Santorum To Attend Event By Ralph Reed Organization

Eric Kleefeld | February 15, 2011, 3:19PM

Ralph Reed

A group of potential Republican presidential contenders will be headed to Iowa to hold court with a very notable political strategist of the Christian right: Ralph Reed, onetime executive director of the Christian Coalition, and prominent figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.

The Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition, a division of Reed's national Faith & Freedom Coalition, will be holding an event in Waukee on March 7. Reed himself plans to attend, according to the group's press release.

Confirmed to attend are Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum and Herman Cain, plus former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer. Also, state-level Republicans such as Gov. Terry Branstad and Congressman Steve King.

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