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Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 23 hours ago
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away — Florida, 2006 — we met Alan, a tall, imposing, uncouth, budding politician with an almost menacing goatee . He was a rich trial lawyer with a hint of '60s radical, the kind of guy who lived in a pink-painted...
Tags: Republican Senate, Alan Grayson, Bush, Arlen Specter, Mr. Specter, Philadelphia, Political corruption, Bill Frist, Nuclear option, Politics, Joe Sestak, Parliamentary procedure, Joe Lieberman, Filibuster
Rory Reid: I'm not running with my Dad
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Rory Reid, the leading Democratic candidate for governor in Nevada and son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that his father’s 2010 re-election campaign will have an impact on his own electoral prospects. “It is...
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, president barack, Congress, Democratic Governors Association, Republican Senate, House of Representatives, war tax, House Appropriations Committee, House Budget Committee, Washington, Politics, Democratic Party, Punahou School alumni, John McCain, United States federal budget, War in Afghanistan, Russ Feingold, Presidency of Barack Obama, Iraq War troop surge, Joe the Plumber, Political positions of Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Rory Reid, Fiscal conservatism, the United States, War Conflict, Surtax, John M. Spratt Jr., Dave Obey
Primaries will complicate 2010 Senate elections
Manchester :: NH :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to leave the Republican Party in April handed President Obama a key vote in the Senate, and Specter was rewarded by quickly being endorsed by the president and Democratic leaders in his bid for re-election next year.
Tags: Republican Senate, John Cornyn, GOP, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Arlen Specter, Democratic Party, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Republican Party, Kentucky, Manchester, Texas Attorneys General, John Cornyn, Jim Bunning, Prosecutors, Politics, 111th United States Congress, Bob Menendez, Arlen Specter
Health insurance perks for top state officials costs Floridians $45 million yearly
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Top Florida lawmakers are balking at Congress' plans to help more poor people get healthcare, though they've protected an entitlement of their own: free insurance premiums. Taxpayers have been stuck with covering the premiums -- at a cost of about $45...
Tags: Florida CHAIN, Congress, Republican Senate, free insurance, insurance premiums, Carole Crist, health insurance, House, Charlie Crist, Jacksonville, Marco Rubio, Politics, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Medicaid, Republican Party of Florida
Cornyn riding herd as Senate races expose GOP rift
Dallas :: PA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility This has been a year of soul-searching for Republicans, and with the party eager to rebuild, its Senate campaign chief finds himself in a pinch. Texas Sen. John Cornyn sees opportunities in numerous states Barack Obama won last year and – despite his...
Tags: Republican Senate, Dallas, John Cornyn, Politics, Republican Party, Charlie Crist, Texas Attorneys General, Jim Bunning, Prosecutors, Rockefeller Republican, Conservative Political Action Conference, Jim DeMint, United States Senate election in South Carolina
Senate pledges to consider ethics reform in 2010 session
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Legislation further enhancing ethics in state government will be among proposals authored and considered by state senators during the 2010 session of the Indiana General Assembly. It's important to note that these discussions are indicative of senators'...
Tags: Indiana Senate, Republican Senate, Evansville, Lobbying in the United States, Lobbying, Political corruption, United States Senate, Politics
On the Hill: Legislative Pileup Looms in the Senate
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 12 days ago
Credibility When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was informed that the House had taken less than an hour to approve an unemployment bill that languished for a month in the Senate, his aides said he did not know whether to laugh or cry. It has been that kind of...
Tags: Republican Senate, Congressional, Afghanistan, Kabul, Political corruption, Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Cloture, Democratic Party, Political parties in the United States, Parliamentary procedure, Filibuster, Politics
Ex-US attorney general endorses Tiahrt for Senate
Overland Park :: KS :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Attorney General John Ashcroft, who on Friday endorsed fellow Republican Todd Tiahrt's U.S. Senate campaign, condemned the Obama administration for moving the trial of Sept. 11 terrorism suspects to civilian rather than military court. Ashcroft, who served...
Tags: Todd Tiahrt, attorney general, Republican Senate, Overland Park, Presidency of Barack Obama, United States Senate election in Kansas, War Conflict, Eric Holder, John Ashcroft, Politics
McMahon's wealth dwarfs resources of most GOP foes
Washington :: DC :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility Linda McMahon’s political opponents have good reason to fear her personal wealth might be an advantage in her bid for the Republican nomination to challenge Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd next year. According to her financial disclosure forms...
Tags: Linda McMahons, Vince McMahon, Resize McMahon, Republican Senate, GOP Senate, Connecticut Democratic Sen., vince mcmahons, Jackie Clegg Dodd, Washington, McMahon wrestling family, Team McMahon, American International Group, Peter Schiff, Business Finance, World Wrestling Entertainment, Christopher Dodd, Linda McMahon, Politics
Hughes goes to Washington, looking for conservative credentials
Highland Park :: IL :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility E-mail: To: From: Name: E-mail: Comments: Hinsdale real estate developer Patrick Hughes is attempting to jump-start his Republican Senate campaign in a round of meetings with top conservative organizers and contributors on Capitol Hill this week.
Tags: Patrick Hughes, Republican Senate, Niles Township GOP, Mark Kirk, Highland Park, Republican Party, Mike Huckabee, Politics
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