• Arizona elections chief seeks proof of Obama's citizenship May 19, 2012
  (Reuters) - Arizona's secretary of state said Friday he had asked officials in Hawaii to verify that Barack Obama was born in their state in order for the president's name to appear on the November ballot in Arizona. Ken Bennett, who is Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign co-chairman in Arizona, said he made the request on behalf of a constituent. Earlier this year, hardline Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that an investigation by his office had found that Obama's birth certificate was a forgery. ...
• GOP plan to cut taxes for 54 percent of Oklahomans May 19, 2012
  A little more than half of Oklahoma taxpayers would see a tax cut next year for an average annual savings of $60 under a Republican-backed income tax plan, according to an analysis of the proposal released on Friday.
• Obama holds 2-to-1 cash advantage over Romney May 19, 2012
  President Barack Obama holds a cash advantage of more than 2-to-1 over Republican challenger Mitt Romney but the president's money advantage is beginning to dwindle.
• At ''bridge to nowhere,'' Romney slams Obama on economy May 18, 2012
  HILLSBOROUGH, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned to his economic message on Friday, highlighting a "bridge to nowhere" rebuilt by stimulus money and warning the U.S. economy could suffer a fiscal crisis like California's if he is not elected in November. Rising in the polls this week, Romney is eager to follow through by hammering at the White House's handling of the weak economy. ...
• AP source: Romneys donate $150k to campaign effort May 18, 2012
  Mitt and Ann Romney are opening their personal checkbooks as wide as allowed to their presidential campaign's joint fund with the Republican National Committee.
• Obama Should Thank Romney for Veto of Ricketts' Wright Ads May 18, 2012
  COMMENTARY | Mitt Romney deserves credit for knocking down a plan by Republican billionaire Joe Ricketts to sponsor a $10 million ad campaign against President Barack Obama. Ricketts aimed to rehash the 2008 controversy over "Goddamn America" remarks by Obama's former longtime Chicago pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
• Romney rolls out first general election campaign ad May 18, 2012
  Republican Mitt Romney unveiled Friday his first TV ad focused on the general election campaign, saying he'd repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, cut taxes and approve a key oil pipeline.
• House Republicans top Democrats in April fundraising May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican Party's fundraising arm working to elect its candidates to the U.S. House of Representatives raised $6.9 million in April, slightly more for the month than its Democratic counterpart. The National Republican Congressional Committee figures released on Friday showed that the NRCC ended last month with $31.3 million left in the bank, adding about $4.2 million to the cash on hand in March. Republicans currently have a majority in the House. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $6. ...
• Romney gives own money to election effort May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his wife Ann have each chipped in $75,000 to help his effort to beat U.S. President Barack Obama in the November 6 election, a source with Romney's campaign said on Friday. The pair gave the money this month to a fund jointly used by the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee to help the candidate's election bid. This is the first known donation by Romney to his own election bid in this campaign. In 2008, Romney self-funded with more than $44 million toward his failed presidential run. ...
• Romney gives own money to election effort May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his wife Ann have each chipped in $75,000 to help his effort to beat President Barack Obama in the November 6 election, a source with Romney's campaign said on Friday. The pair gave the money in April to a fund jointly used by the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee to help the candidate's election bid. This is the first known donation by Romney to his own election bid in this campaign. In 2008 Romney self-funded with more than $44 million toward his failed presidential run. ...
• US lawmakers back nuclear weapons near N. Korea May 18, 2012
  The Republican-led US House of Representatives expressed support Friday for deploying tactical nuclear weapons to East Asia as a deterrent to an "increasingly belligerent" North Korea.
• Romney points to restored bridge as Obama failure May 18, 2012
  Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney on Friday criticized a restored 19th century bridge as another "Bridge to Nowhere" and a fresh symbol of the waste he says is rampant in President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.
• House-backed defense budget sets up clash with Obama May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Friday to authorize $642.5 billion in defense and war spending next year, defying a White House veto threat by exceeding President Barack Obama's Pentagon funding request by several billion dollars. The House, in a 299-120 vote on its annual defense policy bill, also affirmed that the president has the power to indefinitely detain suspected terrorists arrested in the United States and transfer them to military custody. ...
• US lawmakers approve use of force as Iran option May 18, 2012
  The Republican-led House of Representatives approved Friday the use of US force against Iran if the Tehran regime threatens the United States and its allies with nuclear weapons.
• Quayle bashes Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy for being ‘too little, too late’ on Fast and Furious May 18, 2012
  Freshman Arizona Republican Rep. Ben Quayle responded harshly to a letter House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday.
• Racial Politics Redefined for 2012 Presidential Campaign May 18, 2012
  While America broke one racial barrier in electing Barack Obama in 2008, it faces a new one with the 2012 election looming. For the first time, some segments of the electorate are faced with expressing dissatisfaction with a black president's performance without coming off as racist. Politico reported Friday, "Privately, Republican elites worry about how to articulate a message that the first black president has been a failure without falling prey to the backlash that would come if their attacks were construed as [racism]."
• Attacks over Bain Capital don't stop Romney's rise in polls May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON/TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Is Mitt Romney an out-of-touch elitist and bully who led a rapacious business that killed common folks' jobs? That portrayal of the presumptive Republican presidential candidate is the most frequent one painted by President Barack Obama's campaign and its allies, but their line of attack has yet to hit home. The former Massachusetts governor is rising in the polls, including a Gallup survey this week that showed 50 percent of Americans now have a favorable opinion of him, the highest yet. ...
• Senator wants parties to refund convention money May 18, 2012
  A Republican senator has asked both political parties to refund the millions of federal dollars each has received to help pay for this summer's presidential nominating conventions.
• Top Republican woman in Congress becomes a force May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the last three weeks, she has sparred on national television with Democrats over Republican policies toward women, been called a "lying mouthpiece" by a liberal blog, and chided former House speaker Nancy Pelosi. In the world of conservative politics, Republican Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers has arrived. McMorris Rodgers has represented Washington state in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005 but spent much of that time in relative obscurity, even while rising in 2009 to become the only woman among the senior Republican leadership in Congress. ...
• House OKs $642 billion defense bill May 18, 2012
  Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks a deficit-cutting deal with President Barack Obama and restricts his authority in an election-year challenge to the Democratic commander in chief.
• Tea Partiers yearn for a "truly red" Tennessee May 18, 2012
  NASHVILLE, May 17 - When conservative Tea Party activists helped Republicans extend their majority in Tennessee's legislature in 2010, they expected to get the legislation they wanted. Many of these middle-class insurgents are disappointed. ...
• Romneys Spend Personal Funds on Campaign May 18, 2012
  BOSTON, Mass. — Mitt and Ann Romney donated a total of $150,000 to the Romney Victory Fund, the joint fundraising effort between the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee, his campaign said on Friday. The donation of $75,000 each is the maximum amount an individual can contribute to the fund.
• Super PAC Mocks Obama References to Presidential History May 18, 2012
  Conservatives are ribbing President Obama for adding factoids about himself to the end of presidential biographies on the White House website and for past statements ranking his administration among the greatest in U.S. history. A new web video by the pro-Republican super PAC American Crossroads...
• House backs $642.5 billion defense budget for '13 May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Friday to authorize $642.5 billion in defense spending next year, defying a White House veto threat by adding several billion dollars to President Barack Obama's Pentagon budget request. The House approved the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which added nearly $4 billion to the president's spending plan, in a 299-120 vote just days after moving to shield the defense budget from further cuts by slashing social programs. ...
• US House backs $642.5 billion defense budget for '13 May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Friday to authorize $642.5 billion in defense spending next year, defying a White House veto threat by adding several billion dollars to President Barack Obama's Pentagon budget request. The House approved the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which added nearly $4 billion to the president's spending request, in a 299-120 vote just days after moving to shield the defense budget from further cuts by slashing social programs. (Reporting By David Alexander; Editing by Bill Trott)
• Bush and Romney Talk After Elevator Endorsement May 18, 2012
    George W. Bush and Mitt Romney have connected. A person on Romney’s campaign tells ABC News that Bush and Romney spoke with each other after the former president offered his fleeting support for the Republican candidate in an elevator this week. The Romney aide...
• THE RACE: Obama, Romney working to stay on message May 18, 2012
  President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are being buffeted by crosswinds as Obama fights to keep his job and Romney works to wrest it from him. Both know where they want to go, but getting there is something else.
• Wishy-Washy Mitt Romney Is Clearly Conflicted May 18, 2012
  COMMENTARY | If there is one thing that is clear about Mitt Romney, it's that he isn't. The wishy-washy GOP presidential candidate said on Thursday, according to the Huffington Post, that he "disapproves of a Republican super PAC's plan to link President Barack Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright's inflammatory comments."
• N2K Presidential Race: Romney Ad Stays Positive -- for Now May 18, 2012
  Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney's first general-election ad popped today, laying out the November election as a choice -- Romney or four more years under President Obama -- and not a referendum.Don't expect many more like it.The ad trumpets Romney's eagerness to approve the Keystone XL pipeline and by extension the jobs it would create, to supplant the 2010 health care law with a "common-sense" alternative (although it does not specify what), and to "introduce" tax cuts for job creators. On "day one," Romney would do these things, the ad proffers. ...
• Lawmakers push foreclosure relief for military May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday voted to further insulate some service members from home foreclosures and extend borrower protections to disabled veterans and surviving military spouses. The measure passed 394-27 on a bipartisan vote and was attached to a $554 billion defense spending bill that is set for a final vote Friday in the Republican-controlled House. The White House has said the defense bill would face a presidential veto if it hinders the Pentagon's defense strategy. ...

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