With Tuesday’s midterm elections, the Republican Party has seized control of the U.S. Senate. Disgruntled voters decided to empower the party that crashed the economy, entangled the country in long and bloody foreign conflicts, and enriched the few at the expense of most Americans. Winning GOP Senate candidates, largely from the “establishment” Republican Millionaires’ Club, are expected to faithfully do the bidding of their billionaire funders.
More:
“Big win for conservative big money,” Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico
“Election 2014: A new level of collaboration between candidates and big-money allies,” Matea Gold, Washington Post
“Congressional Seats Sell for Record Four Billion Dollars,” Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
“New Horizons for the GOP Money Machine,” Ed Kilgore, Washington Monthly blog
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