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‘Stop Trump’ movement in final throes

Edit MSNBC 28 Apr 2016
The Northeast Primaries dealt the ‘Stop Trump’ movement a serious blow; Ted Cruz responds by picking a ‘running mate’ in a move many call ‘desperate.’ Lawrence discusses with Michael Cohen, Fmr. Sen. Bob Kasten and Tim Miller. Read more ... ....

Trump reorganizes campaign, will it help?

Edit MSNBC 19 Apr 2016
Former Sen. Bob Kasten, R-Wis., calls the reorganization "positive." Kasten says the campaign is going through "normal growth," becoming more professional and presidential. Read more ... ....

Former GOP Sen. Bob Kasten joins Trump foreign policy team

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 02 Apr 2016
Bob Kasten said Saturday he will be part of Donald Trump’s foreign policy team. Kasten planned to endorse Trump and appear with the GOP frontrunner Saturday at a rally in Racine ... Asked about Trump’s part in the divisions within the party over his candidacy, Kasten said....

New house speaker is Miami alumnus Paul Ryan '92 (Miami University)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Nov 2015
(Source. Miami University). U.S. Representative Paul Ryan. U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, a 1992 graduate of Miami University, is the new speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He replaces Butler County's John Boehner, who announced his resignation last month. Ryan, a political science and economics double major, worked on one of Boehner's campaigns in the '90s and interned with then-Sen. Bob Kasten his junior year ... A U.S....

Paul Ryan Elected House Speaker as Republicans Try to Halt Chaos

Edit Yahoo Daily News 29 Oct 2015
>. Other House Republicans have grown tired of feuding between factions. Ryan is being promoted as someone who as speaker can help resolve internal party differences. . Freedom Caucus member Trent Franks of Arizona said Ryan “has the unique ability to create a compelling message and to disseminate it in a way that people understand it.” ... More from Bloomberg.com ... Senator Bob Kasten and spent time as a Capitol Hill staffer....

Paul Ryan Nominated to Be Next U.S. House Speaker

Edit Bloomberg 28 Oct 2015
House Republicans nominated Paul Ryan to succeed Speaker John Boehner, choosing the budget wonk and 2012 vice-presidential nominee to lead them following months of division between moderates and hard-liners willing to shut down the U.S. government ... At age 45 and known to have presidential ambitions, he is poised to shape the Republican Party for years to come ... 11 ... Senator Bob Kasten and spent time as a Capitol Hill staffer ... ....

Budget Deals Bear Hallmarks of How Ryan Would Govern as Speaker

Edit Bloomberg 27 Oct 2015
Hours after congressional leaders unveiled a bipartisan budget agreement, the man who’s in line to be U.S. House speaker attacked the deal for being conceived in secret. “This process stinks,” Representative Paul Ryan told reporters Tuesday ... In that way, it offers a glimpse of how he would run the House, in both style and substance ... “It wasn’t vague.”‘Never a Rule’ ... Senator Bob Kasten and spent time as a Capitol Hill staffer ... ....

ICYMI: Feingold’s Early Fundraising Breaks Longtime Campaign-Finance Pledge (Republican Party of Wisconsin)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Aug 2015
(Source. Republican Party of Wisconsin). Posted By. Chris Martin. 8/13/2015. ICYMI. Feingold's Early Fundraising Breaks Longtime Campaign-Finance Pledge ... "If voters can't trust Feingold to keep his word on a pledge that he initiated, how can we trust him to keep his other campaign promises?" ... Bob Kasten, Feingold vowed not only to hold himself to that standard but to advocate for national legislation on the issue if elected ... (noodl....

Feingold's Early Fundraising Breaks Longtime Campaign-Finance Pledge

Edit National Journal 13 Aug 2015
In the first month and a half of Russ Feingold's comeback tour in Wisconsin, the former Democratic senator raised a notable $2.2 million, outpacing GOP Sen. Ron Johnson's entire second-quarter effort. It was an impressive showing by most standards—except, perhaps, Feingold's own ...   ... Bob Kasten, Feingold vowed not only to hold himself to that standard but to advocate for national legislation on the issue if elected ...   ... “ ... “ ... “ ... “ ... “ ... ....

Chairman Enzi Announces Senate Budget Committee Staff (US Senate Budget Committee)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2015
(Source. US Senate Budget Committee). WASHINGTON D.C ... Eric Ueland - Staff Director ... Dan Kowalski - Deputy Staff Director ... - Chief Economist ... For 25 years prior to joining the Budget Committee, she worked for the Senate Republican Policy Committee, the Senate Small Business Committee, and as legislative director for Senator Bob Kasten (R-WI), in addition to serving as a political appointee at the Labor Department under President George H.W....

News from around Wisconsin at 5:58 p.m. CDT

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 06 Jun 2015
Walker would sign budget with no borrowing for roads. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov ... While that is not his preferred option, Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said if the Legislature decides to remove $1.3 billion in borrowing the governor proposed, Walker would sign it. That's a "pretty stark concept," said Rep ... --- ... No Republican has won a Senate seat in a presidential year in Wisconsin since Bob Kasten defeated Gaylord Nelson in 1980....

Longtime congressman Bob Kastenmeier of Madison remembered at D.C. tribute

Edit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 29 Apr 2015
Peter Yarrow, who had performed at Kastenmeier events in Madison over the decades with “Peter, Paul and Mary,” sang two Bob Dylan songs accompanied on the harmonica by former Democratic Congressman Dave Obey ... Among others attending were current members of Congress from Wisconsin (Democrats Gwen Moore, Ron Kind and Pocan), and several former members (Republicans Tom Petri and Bob Kasten and Democrats Jim Moody and Obey)....

HUFFPOST HILL - McCain Definitely Not Throwing Back Latest Thing To Land On His Lawn

Edit Huffington Post 15 Apr 2015
A protester flew a gyrocopter onto the Capitol lawn, making it the seventh-craziest Tax Day protest to occur there in recent memory. Today we mark the birth of Leonardo Da Vinci, whose dream of publicizing campaign finance reform by landing his ornithopter on the National Mall never materialized ... This is HUFFPOST HILL for Wednesday, April 15th, 2015. ... 'Sen ... Steven Dennis ... Former Wisconsin Senator Bob Kasten (h/t Nihilist In Boat Shoes) ... 8....
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