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The Federal Election Commission says former U.S. Sen. John Ensign has agreed to pay a $32,000 civil penalty over a payment made by his parents to his one-time mistress.

The Federal Election Commission says former U.S. Sen. John Ensign has agreed to pay a $32,000 civil penalty over a payment made by his parents to his one-time mistress.

Former U.S. Sen. John Ensign's campaign and his parents have agreed to pay a combined $54,000 in civil penalties to the Federal Election Commission.

FEC fines John Ensign's family $54,000 - The Federal Election Commission has fined former Sen.

In The New Republic , Simon Lazarus, counsel for the Constitutional Accountability Center, issues a lengthy warning to Obamacare's supporters: If backers of the health law aren't prepared, conservative "rejectionists" who oppose the law will employ a "textualist algorithm" designed to "skew" the interpretation of the law, and shut it down.

During recent remarks to a local GOP group, Rep. Shelley Moore Capitol hailed Medicare as "a tremendous program" and imagined she would have "many sleepless nights" without it, since her parents rely on it to keep the costs of their prescription drugs down.