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New Members Of 113th Congress Reflect On Facebook

Jennifer Moire — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:55:50 +0000

It’s a new year and a new U.S. Congress, and new and old members are taking to Facebook to share their photos and their thoughts commemorating the start of the 113th Congress.

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Did Facebook Engagement Translate To Wins In Key Congressional Races?

Jennifer Moire — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:29:04 +0000

The 2012 election postmortems continue, and research published in Capitol Hill newspaper Politico indicates that congressional candidates with the social media mettle to engage their Facebook fan bases got much-needed bumps on Election Day.

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Paul Ryan Finds Winning Facebook Formula As Campaign Strategists Name Favorite Features

Jennifer Moire — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:47:52 +0000

With Election Day only 40 days away in a cycle that’s been dubbed the first “social” election, campaigns are working overtime to gain an advantage on Facebook in order to motivate supporters and get out the vote.

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Mo. Congressional Campaign Hinges On Facebook

Jennifer Moire — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:29:40 +0000

We recently profiled the race of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz in Texas, whose Facebook strategy helped earn him a win in that state’s primary last month. We thought we’d take a look at another grassroots campaign leveraging the social network, this one in Missouri’s large seventh congressional district, featuring political neophyte and Democratic challenger Jim Evans pitted against incumbent GOP Rep. Billy Long.

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How Facebook Propelled U.S. Senate Candidate Ted Cruz To Primary Win

Jennifer Moire — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:37:28 +0000

Facebook and social media played a pivotal role in the outcomes of several U.S. Senate primaries this summer. A new case study broke down just how the social network propelled one tea party candidate in Texas from a virtual unknown to a political insider.

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UPDATED: Facebook Lobbying Continues Record-Breaking Pace Following IPO

Jennifer Moire — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:34:56 +0000

In Facebook’s first lobbying disclosure filing with the U.S. Senate since becoming a public company May 18, the social media platform showed no signs of letting up on investing in its political and policy reach to members of Congress, as well as federal agencies, as the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company continues to break its own records.

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Sen. Al Franken Grills Facebook About Facial Recognition

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:42:31 +0000

Not everyone was excited when Facebook acquired facial recognition software company Face.com. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), the radio host-turned-politician, called a hearing Wednesday to discuss issues regarding facial recognition. In particular, he didn’t care for Facebook’s opt-in by default setting and what it means for privacy.

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Facebook Doubles Its Lobbying Ahead Of IPO

Jennifer Moire — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:11:49 +0000

Facebook filed its first quarter lobbying reports with the U.S. Senate today and the numbers indicate that the social site is on pace for another record year, spending $650,000 so far in 2012. continued…

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26 U.S. Members of Congress Launch Facebook Timelines

Jennifer Moire — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:45:12 +0000

Six U.S. senators, 20 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and three congressional committees unveiled timelines on their Facebook pages today, clearly voting in the affirmative for the new feature. continued…

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U.S. Congress Members Get Improved Facebook Analytics

Jennifer Moire — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:37:16 +0000

The vendor iConstituent is rolling out a new tool that could help members of Congress enhance their Facebook presence and interactions with the people they represent.

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7 Political Trends To Watch For On Facebook In 2012

Jennifer Moire — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:14:07 +0000

Look for Facebook to play a major role in what promises to an exciting year in politics. With the presidential race and congressional elections — not to mention state and local races — heating up in 2012, candidates and campaigns will be using Facebook in new and innovative ways.

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Facebook Spends Record Amounts On Lobbying, But Not As Much As Google Does

Jennifer Moire — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:14:14 +0000

Facebook continues to spend record amounts on lobbying, according to the company’s third quarter filing with the U.S. Senate.

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Meet The U.S. Senator With The Fastest Growing Facebook Fan Base

Jennifer Moire — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:00:15 +0000

Former presidential nominee and Arizona Senator John McCain (R) has the distinction of being the most popular senator on Facebook, with a fan base of more than 872,000.

But do you know who has the most Facebook fan momentum?

The senator with the big mo’ is Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders.

Sanders has topped the list of most new fans for the past two weeks, with more than four times as many new fans added as the next five senators combined.

What’s the cause of the recent growth spurt?

The Senator has a fairly high national profile, appearing frequently on MSNBC and Keith Olbermann’s “Countdown” on Current TV.

The issues he cares about most are gaining broader attention. Senator Sanders has a reputation as a liberal firebrand and voice for the working man. With the Occupy Wall Street protests and jobs bill moving through Congress, the nation’s attention and his interests may be aligned.

Sanders boasts a fan total of more than 87,000, despite the population in Vermont only reaching 620,000.

Senator Sanders is the longest-serving independent in the U.S. Senate.

UPDATE: We received the following statement from the Senator’s office.

“For the past three weeks, the Occupy Wall Street movement has put a spotlight on issues that Bernie has cared about and spoken out about for a long time. He’s been saying for years that the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior of Wall Street plunged the country into the terrible recession. He’s talked about the growing income gap in America, the collapse of the middle class, the disappearance of millions of good-paying manufacturing jobs and increasing poverty. Probably because of the demonstrations, more and more people have been interested in hearing what the senator thinks should be done about those and other issues and in sharing their views with him.“

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U.S. Debt Ceiling Debate Heats Up On Facebook

Jennifer Moire — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:45:40 +0000

With five days to go before the August 2 deadline to increase the U.S. government’s borrowing capacity, called the debt ceiling. constituents are taking to Facebook to sound-off on lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
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Facebook Lobbying Sets Another Spending Record

Jennifer Moire — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:15:22 +0000

Facebook continues to ramp up its lobbying efforts, according to the latest quarterly financial disclosures filed with the U.S. Senate late Wednesday.
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