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$2.6 billion
Amount corporations now spend per year on reported lobbying expenditures – “more than the $2 billion we spend to fund the House ($1.16 billion) and Senate ($820 million),” The Weekly Wonk reports.
My family is a consideration. Number two, the most important thing is, what does the Lord want me to do with my life?
— Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), continuing to “signal his increasing interest in running for president Sunday, saying he’s waiting for a signal from God before making the call,” Politico reports.
If Jeb Bush loses New Hampshire, they’ll get Mitt Romney back in the race.
— James Carville, quoted by the Washington Post.
If the national presidency were to pass back and forth between two or three families in any Latin American nation we would call it an oligarchy.
— Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart, writing in Time.
I’ll bet $5.38 that if Clinton eventually loses, the first scene from Game Change III is set in a Chipotle.
— Nate Silver, when asked about the impact of candidates’ food choices in a Q&A on Facebook.
I have to prove that I’m not running for president — if I go beyond the consideration of this to being an active candidate — to try to break the tie between the Adams family and the Bush family. That really isn’t my motivation — but I have to prove that.
— Jeb Bush, quoted by CNN.
45%
Gov. Mike Pence’s approval rating, according to a new Howey Politics Indiana poll — down from 62% in February. The survey was less than a month “after Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a law hailed as a reaffirmation of the First Amendment by supporters but derided as bigoted against gays and lesbians by critics.”
80
Number of people who have signed up for Florida Health Choices, the Obamacare alternative health insurance plan devised by Sen. Marco Rubio (R) back in 2008 but only rolled out last year. “Obamacare, which Rubio wants to repeal, covers 1.6 million in Florida alone,” according to Politico, which adds that Rubio doesn’t mention his plan as part of his presidential platform.
24%
Scott Walker’s lead among the GOP presidential field, followed by Ted Cruz at 14%, Rand Paul at 12%, Jeb Bush at 10%, Chris Christie at 8%, Marco Rubio at 8%, Ben Carson at 7% and Mike Huckabee at 7%, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey in New Hampshire.
It is a challenging time in our country for those who believe in religious liberty. Our religious freedoms are under constant attack from a variety of groups who seek to undermine our constitutional rights and threaten our founding principles.
— Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R), in a letter to public school superintendents across the state vowing to defend religious freedom amid “veiled legal threats” over the distribution of Bibles on campuses, Tulsa World reports.
