Tag Archive: John Cornyn

Presto! Stockman campaign finds some missing money

by Peter Olsen-Phillips

investigations

Jan 21, 2014 4:25 pm

Amending a campaign finance return for a seventh time, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, reports some donations his spokesman had denied getting.

The Week on Politwoops: the campaign trail on Hoth, game show mix-up and a need for a competent typist

by Nicko Margolies Jan 10, 2014 1:24 pm

Happy Friday and welcome to the week's review of Politwoops, Sunlight's project to archive deleted tweets from U.S. politicians.

In debt and under fire, Stockman eyes Senate race

by Peter Olsen-Phillips and Nicko Margolies

investigations

Dec 10, 2013 2:24 pm

As Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, shifts his campaign to challenge incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, questions still linger about his finances and how the campaign will repay its tens of thousands of dollars owed in staff compensation.

Ad spotlight: GOP family feud

by Kathy Kiely

investigations

Aug 9, 2013 9:47 am

The rift in the Republican party is turning into an air war.

Usually, video attacks are reserved for election opponents or members of the opposite party but as members of Congress returned home for their August recess, members of the GOP appear to be gleefully violating the late President Ronald Reagan's "11th commandment" -- the one that said you shoul never speak ill of a fellow Republican. What we've spotted so far:

Freedomworks is going after John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican leader in the Senate leadership. The Tea Party-affiliated think tank is accusing the Texas Republican of betraying ...

Say what? Obama and others mistweet during VP debate

by Becca Heller

investigations

Oct 12, 2012 3:18 pm

As Joe Biden and Paul Ryan spat fire at one another during the Thursday night's vice presidential debate, the online community buzzed with commentary, tweeting quotes, praise, and criticism of the candidates' performances. President Barack Obama's Twitter feed was particularly busy, feverishly posting Democratic debate points under the label #TeamJoe.

As Politwoops--a Sunlight Foundation tool that captures politicians' deleted tweets--proves, not even the president is absolved of error. In the social media frenzy, Obama's team misquoted his number two, taking a statement intended to support the middle class and turning it into one championing the rich ...