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UPCOMING CRP CO-SPONSORED EVENT
Arms Sales to Conflict Zones
Business as Usual: How major weapons exporters arm the world’s conflicts
Hosted by the Forum on the Arms Trade and sponsored by the World Peace Foundation, Center for Responsive Politics, and Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
11:00 AM-12:30 PM EST / 4:00-5:30 PM GMT
For more information and to sign up register here.
This event is part of a joint CRP-WPF research program, “Defense industries, Foreign Policy, and Armed Conflict,” support for which was provided in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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With $5.7 million left over, Perdue tees up for 2022
Former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) filed paperwork with the FEC to create a new campaign committee, signaling his intent to try his electoral luck again after losing to Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in January.
According to a Tuesday statement, Perdue is weighing a 2022 run against Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) when his current term ends in 2022. Ossoff will not be up for reelection again until 2026. Perdue’s statement did not formally announce his candidacy, but clarified that he will “continue to keep all options open.”
Georgia’s two January Senate runoffs flipped the Senate from red to blue, delivering Democrats the slimmest of majorities in the upper chamber.
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Senate retirements leave seats open in three swing states
Republican senators in three swing states recently announced their retirements, opening the floodgates for a slew of candidates vying for the highly-coveted spots in 2022. In the past election cycle, Democrats raised unprecedented amounts of money but still largely lost Senate seats to Republicans in states that had the most expensive races, with Democratic wins in the Georgia runoffs marking a turning point. In 2022, with Democrats controlling the presidency and thin majorities in the House and Senate, the stakes will be high as Senate hopefuls throw their hats in the ring and start fundraising for likely volatile contests.
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Hospital lobby tied to Cuomo wields influence in Washington
As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces intense criticism for concealing data about nursing home deaths and reportedly threatening a lawmaker who pushed to investigate the matter, a powerful hospital lobby with close ties to the governor and other New York politicians is coming under scrutiny.
The Greater New York Hospital Association, a hospital trade group that donated nearly $1.3 million to a Democratic party committee account that boosted Cuomo amid his challenging 2018 primary race, has secured numerous policy wins under the third-term governor.
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