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Byrd soars to new heights
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 days ago
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O n a slow Friday in March of 1980, then-Senate Majority Leader Robert C...The dynamic West Virginia Democrat long ago secured a prominent place of his own in Senate lore...Yesterday he gave his first speech in nearly a month, arriving in a wheelchair...
Tags: Senate, Sen. Byrd, Congress, serving member, majority leaders, Robert Byrd, Sen. Robert C., West Virginia, Washington, Human Interest, Robert Byrd, United States Senate, Harry F. Byrd Jr., Politics, Barack Obama, Party leaders of the United States Senate, Harry F. Byrd, Jon Kyl, Mitch McConnell, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Seniority in the United States Senate, Ku Klux Klan, Electoral history of Robert Byrd, Harry Reid
Hoyer says healthcare debate could go long
Washington :: DC :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility House debate on legislation to reform the U.S. healthcare system could extend beyond Saturday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said. Hoyer said delaying tactics could prevent the vote from occurring as scheduled at 6 p.m.
Tags: House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer, house democrat, small businesses, leaders steny, health care, majority leaders
Progressives Successfully Pressure Reid on Public Option
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Harry Reid and Barack Obama seemed primed for junking the public option until progressive forces rallied their troops and flexed their muscles. A group called the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, at boldprogressives.org , even ran an ad in Nevada...
Tags: health care, Harry Reid, Senate, public option, Joe Lieberman, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, majority leaders, run insurance, House
Senate, administration begin healthcare endgame as Dem leaders express unity
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The group will have to meld a centrist, deficit-reducing healthcare bill that leaves liberals cold with a left-leaning measure that causes anxiety among more conservative Democrats. The obstacles were clearly visible on the day of the first official...
Tags: Senate Finance Committee, health care, health insurers, White House, insurers option, majority leaders, antitrust exemption, democrat fired, senator democrat, care overhaul
Seeking fuel for economy
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility With joblessness continuing to rise and the recovery in danger of losing steam, President Barack Obama met Wednesday with top congressional Democratic leaders to discuss new ways to boost the economy and create jobs. But Obama and the Democrats are caught...
Tags: Barack Obama, Senate, Harry Reid, leaders harry, majority leaders, senate majority, White House, U.S, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi
Senate Vote Pushed Back
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility But if the news of the delayed vote disappointed them, Democratic leaders in the Senate took heart from reform endorsements from some high-profile Republicans, including former Senate majority leader Bill Frist and former Health and Human Services secretary...
Tags: Senate Finance Committee, Senate Health Debate, Senate Democrat, health care, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, pushed backing, health bills, committee vote, majority leaders
Some good old boys honor Trent Lott
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The Old Senate Chamber might have been a Southern prayer campground Wednesday, with past sins and sinners forgiven — all in the name of former Majority Leader Trent Lott. The official ceremony was to honor the Mississippi Republican with the unveiling...
Tags: Trent Lott, Republican Senate, leaders trent, majority leaders, Washington
Pawlenty: Bipartisan budget summit? No thanks.
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility In a sarcasm-laced letter, Gov. Tim Pawlenty has brusquely rebuffed DFL legislative leaders' invitation to a summit meeting that would address the state's continuing financial crisis. Late last month, Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller and House...
Tags: majority leaders, DFL
Senate leader says 'Clunkers' to be extended
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Senate Democratic and Republican leaders opened a path to passage for an infusion of money for the popular "cash for clunkers" car purchase program, predicting a vote to replenish it before it runs out of money and the Senate recesses at the end of the...
Tags: Senate Democrats, Senate Finance Committee, Senate Dems, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, health care, majority leaders, senate majority, leaders harry, senate democratic
Senate reviews 'Cash for Clunkers' program
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The "Cash for Clunkers" program appeared stalled Tuesday as the U.S. Senate contemplated whether or not to approve a $2 billion extension of the program...Before it adjourned, the House approved a $2 billion expansion of the program that ran through its...
Tags: Barack Obama, Senate Democrats, health care, president barack, obama administration, leaders harry, majority leaders, senate majority, Harry Reid, white house
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