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The Supreme Court is taking up its second big partisan redistricting case of the term amid signs the justices could place limits on drawing maps for political gain.The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday in an appeal filed by Republicans in Maryland. They complain that Democrats who controlled the state government in 2011 drew a congressional district for the express purpose of ousting the Republican incumbent and replacing him with a Democrat.In Wisconsin, Democrats are challenging legislative districts drawn by Republicans statewide. Those districts gave Republicans a huge majority in a state that otherwise is closely divided between the parties. The Supreme Court
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stanley cups ion in favor of opponents of partisan gerrymandering could cut into the political power of the dominant party in states in which one party controls the state government. The court is expected to issue decisions in both cases by late June.Maryland s 6th Congressional District had been centered in rural, Republican-leaning northwestern Maryland and had elected a Republican to Congress for 20 years. Incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett won re-election in 2010 by 28 percentage points.But in the 2011 redistricting, Democrats altered the district to take in some Democratic su
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For people close to Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill. , change could equal cash for them mdash; on K Street.A former campaign and legislative aide to the Democratic presidential candidate is seeking government affairs clients in Washington by reminding potential prospects:Should lsquo;CHANGErsquo; occur in November as polls indicate, we should see a lot of people from Illinois moving to Washington, D.C., and taking key spots in an Obama administration. Now is the time to anticipate these changes.
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stanley cup or of Obamarsquo successful 2004 campaign for the Senate, is part of a growing effort by some supporters and associates of the senator to profit from his political success mdash; and the possibility that he will be president of the United States a scant six months from now.We will be in Washington, D.C., August 4, 5, and 6, and wersquo;re interested in scheduling a meeting with your government affairs team to discuss the changing political landscapes and our services and capabilities, writes a partner in Dan Shomon Inc., a consulting firm based in Chicago. In response to a q
stanley cup uery from Politico, Shomon e-mailed: We regret the impression left by the e-mail. We are not engaged in federal lobbying and this e-mail was a response to specific inquiries into the kinds of public relations and state-level services we do offer. We will take care to avoid any appearanc
