"They were very helpful to themselves".President Bush has not raised any money for Congressional campaigns or committees so far this cycle, beyond his appearance at the annual President's Dinner, which raises money for the two Congressional committees.
The four firms left of what was once the Big Five -- Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG -- have given more than $350,000 to candidates and legislative fund-raising committees so far, up from $150,000 in the same period before the last governor's race, in 1998.
JP Morgan economist Allan Monks explained: "Haldane's views have been close to the centre ground on the committee so far.
Human Rights Watch has lobbied several national Olympic committees to endorse the idea — including the United States Olympic Committee; so far only the German committee has formally expressed interest.
If the student was told she was the only woman on the committee so far, she was less likely to choose the female candidate and more likely to report feeling nervous about the female candidate, regardless of whether the hypothetical profile's qualifications were better or worse than her own.
In his sixth appearance before a select committee so far this year, the same number as chancellor George Osborne and second only to Bank of England governor Mark Carney, Hall also said that a new governance system could improve accountability at the BBC while urging MPs to extend the life of the charter to avoid political interference.
Ishii emphasized that the committee so far has just determined the facts; judgments about misconduct will come after further investigation and deliberation.
PETER COOK: And right now, as you look at the votes in this committee so far, the underlying bill is basically intact, no major changes to it.
No Democrats on the committee so far have indicated they will oppose the bill if consumer protection is housed at the Fed, and a Democratic aide said there is no such plan.
Of the 30 provincial-level committees named so far this year (ie, all except Beijing's, whose congress begins on June 29th), only ten include the regional police chief, down from 14 less than five years ago.
During the 2010 election, nonprofit "social welfare" organizations outspent Super PACs by a 3-2 mandin, and two such organizations -- Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity -- have together spent more than all Super PACs or party committees combined so far in the 2012 election.
