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Former Louisiana Gov. Roemer leaving GOP to try presidential campaign trail as an independent
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer is abandoning his bid to win the Republican presidential nomination and will instead try to run as an independent candidate.
Roemer says he will make a formal announcement Thursday in California.
The 68-year-old former congressman who barely registered in polling on the GOP race said he will try to become the nominee of Americans Elect. The nonpartisan group is pushing for a third-party candidate to run against President Barack Obama and the eventual GOP nominee.
Roemer also plans to
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Calls from political campaigns would be restricted by House bill
FG_AUTHORS: Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune
BATON ROUGE -- A bill to restrict telephone calls -- live and automated -- from political campaigns to homes and businesses has been filed by an East Jefferson House lawmaker.
Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Jefferson, has filed House Bill 151 for the March 12 session that would bring "calls made pursuant to a political campaign" by either a live caller or a computer-generated automated dialing system subject to the guidelines set by the state Public Service Commission, the agency with authority over telephone companies and utilities.
The law now exempts from regulation calls made to anyone by a political campaign. The bill keeps intact exemptions for debt collections,
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