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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
TRUSTING THE NUMBERS: Senior officials in the Bush reelection campaign are expressing growing confidence that the president has weathered weeks of rocky national security news -- and may even have benefited from it -- amid polls indicating that President Bush is holding steady against John Kerry. The Boston Globe: Bush team confident in steady poll results
BUSH BREAKS AD-SPENDING RECORD: President Bush's reelection campaign spent nearly $50 million in March -- much of it on television advertising -- the most ever in one month by a presidential candidate, according to a report the campaign filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission.The Los Angeles Times: Bush campaign spent monthly record of $50 million in March
CAMPAIGN CASH: President Bush added $3.75 million to the Republican Party till on a three-hour swing through New York on Tuesday, as his campaign continued to set fundraising records with an announcement that it has now raised $184.4 million. The Washington Post: Bush campaign has raised $184 million
FUNDS FINE: Democrats have scored one small, belated victory in the 2000 presidential recount. President Bush's 2000 campaign has agreed to pay a $90,000 civil fine for failing to disclose fundraising and spending to the Federal Election Commission for its effort to win the Florida recount, the FEC said Tuesday.The Associated Press: Bush 2000 campaign will pay $90,000 fine
DOCUMENT DROP: John Kerry released yesterday some of his military service records from the Vietnam War as he sought to defuse a growing controversy over his refusal to fully disclose a wide range of personal information, from details of his combat service to family finances. The Washington Post: Kerry releases some records on his service in Vietnam War
HEINZ MONEY GOES TO BUSH: Although John Kerry's wife is an heir to the H.J. Heinz Co. fortune, members of the board of the Fortune 500 company and its corporate political action committee have donated thousands of dollars to Republicans in recent years, including contributions to the Bush campaign. The corporate PAC has given nothing to Kerry. The Boston Globe: Heinz donations go to Bush, not Kerry
CLEARING THE AIR: Dismissing "the same tired, old arguments" that environmentalism and commerce cannot coexist, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry said Tuesday that he would embark on a new era of pollution protections while simultaneously promoting business and industry.The Los Angeles Times: Kerry vows business-friendly programs to reduce pollution
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: More than two years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the House is set this week to vote on a plan to replace itself through expedited special elections if another such attack were to kill many members.The Washington Times: House to vote on replacing itself
AIMING FOR THE MIDDLE: As he prepares for the most ambitious and defining phase of his presidential candidacy, John Kerry is relying on image-makers schooled in traditional Kennedy liberalism to sell himself anew to voters as a 21st-century centrist Democrat, a muscular hawk on national defense and deficits. The Washington Post: Old-school team to sell Kerry as modern centrist
RALLYING THE TROOPS: Five days before a major march for abortion rights is expected in the nation's capital to protest the Bush administration's actions, Vice President Dick Cheney rallied the administration's allies in the anti-abortion movement Tuesday night.The New York Times: Cheney addresses anti-abortion group
BATTLEGROUND ADS: Democrat John Kerry outlines his plans for a "safe and secure" America and for the nation's involvement in Iraq in two new campaign commercials meant to introduce the relatively unknown presidential candidate to voters.The Associated Press: Kerry ads explain priorities, strategy
Compiled by Heather Riley
