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Some incumbents get scant help from national party

UPDATED 10:45 AM EDT, October 30, 2012 | KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Thanks for your service, and good luck.

That's what the national parties are saying to congressional veterans like Roscoe Bartlett, the Maryland Republican whose district was redrawn by Democrats to include liberal-leaning communities near the capital Beltway. National Republicans have all but abandoned his bid for an 11th House term. Bartlett, 86, is not giving up. He's says he's the most environmentally conscious Republican in Congress.

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UPDATED 8:13 AM EDT, September 19, 2012

Appeals court reverses ruling on campaign donors

WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that likely would have led to greater disclosure of who is paying for certain election ads.

In March, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the Federal Election Commission overstepped its bounds in allowing groups that fund certain election ads to keep their financiers anonymous.

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