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One of President Barack Obama’s 35 campaign “co-chairs” partnered with a private equity firm frequently decried by progressives — Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) — to lay off workers at Del Monte Food Company. (more)

President Barack Obama has become the first political $1 billion man. (more)

The pro-Barack Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action is still struggling to keep up with GOP super PACs preparing to unleash millions of dollars in independent advertisements. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney and his party together raised $40.1 million in April. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama raised a combined $43.6 million in April for his campaign and the Democratic Party as he faces a unifying Republican effort around Mitt Romney for the White House. (more)

President Barack Obama’s April fundraising total dropped almost 20 percent from the $53 million scored in March, falling to only $43.6 million. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, creating new headaches for Obama’s re-election campaign as it deals with the questionable history of another top supporter. (more)

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain may be going through hell as he fights sexual harassment allegations dating back to the 1990s, but he’s raising some serious dough in the process. (more)

In an effort to keep corporate money out of politics, Senate Democrats have proposed a constitutional amendment that would grant Congress the power to regulate the “raising and spending of money for federal political campaigns” and “allow states to regulate such spending at their level.” (more)

Despite news outlets devoting breathless hours of coverage to allegations that he had sexually harassed two female subordinates in the 1990s, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain hauled in approximately $250,000 in donations Monday. (more)

The president is facing a very tough re-election campaign, first lady Michelle Obama told audiences at three Florida fundraisers on Thursday. (more)

President Barack Obama told an audience in San Francisco Tuesday that the famous “hope” poster, popular during his 2008 campaign for president, is “kind of faded” and that it’s “not as trendy to be an Obama supporter” today as it was during his first run for the White House. (more)

Herman Cain raised $2.8 million in the third quarter and has $1 million cash on hand, according to his campaign. (more)

Former Obama administration Department of Energy loan programs adviser Steve Spinner jumped up a bracket in fundraising for the president’s re-election campaign. (more)

President Barack Obama presided over 11 fundraisers in September, while Vice President Joe Biden conducted 12 and the first lady led four fundraisers of her own. (more)

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul brought in more than $8 million in fundraising for the third-quarter, exceeding the $5 million he was expected to report. (more)

President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign is sending out a flurry of fundraising appeals as the financial quarter comes to a close, amid growing evidence that the campaign is falling behind on its ambitious goals. (more)

GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul’s campaign fundraising efforts reportedly raised $5 million in the third quarter of 2011. (more)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will report having raised between $11 and $13 million over the last three months, according to a source familiar with the tally. (more)

At a town hall event Wednesday, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney dismissed a question about the $1 million donation to his super PAC by a short-lived company, saying there was “no harm, no foul.” (more)