Posts Tagged ‘senator’
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
A Republican on the Senate Banking Committee called Senator Christopher J. Dodd’s plan to proceed without more negotiations “very disappointing.”

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Dodd to Offer Financial Regulation Bill Without G.O.P.
Tags: banks and banking, committee, dodd, christopher j, more-negotiations, senate, senate-banking, senator, senator-christopher
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Previously undisclosed e-mail messages provide new evidence about Senator John Ensign’s efforts to steer lobbying work to the husband of his former mistress.

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E-Mail Messages Are Disclosed in Ensign’s Ethics Case
Tags: ensign, ensign, john, ethics, hampton, douglas, his-former, previously-undisclosed, provide-new, senator, senator-john
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Gov. Rick Perry ran a near-flawless campaign to defeat Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who had numerous advantages over him when the primary campaign for governor began.

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Texas Governor Fends Off Primary Challenge
Tags: bailey, bailey-hutchison, hutchison, kay bailey, medina, debra, over-him, perry, rick, primaries and caucuses, primary, primary-campaign, senator
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
The historian Diane Ravitch’s reversal on reform strategies, like standardized testing and charter schools, has angered critics and heartened admirers.

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Leading Scholar’s U-Turn on School Reform Shakes Up Debate
Tags: bailey-hutchison, charter-schools, diane-ravitch, medina, debra, over-him, perry, rick, reform-strategies, reversal-on-reform, senator
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Senator Susan Collins on Tuesday tried to override the objections of her fellow Republican, Senator Jim Bunning.

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G.O.P. Splits on Senator’s Move to Block Benefits
Tags: bunning, jim, collins-on-tuesday, fellow, her-fellow, objections, override-the-objections, senate, senator, susan, tuesday, unemployment insurance
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
President Obama rallied the Democratic troops and raised money for two struggling lawmakers: Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado and Senator Harry Reid of Nevada.

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Obama Heads Out West to Stump for Two Senators
Tags: colorado, democratic party, endorsements, from-right, national debt (us), obama, barack, president-obama, rallied-the-democratic, senator, struggling-lawmakers
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Among those most stunned by Senator Evan Bayh’s decision not to seek re-election were his constituents in Indiana.

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Senator Retires, and Voters, Too, Grow Dismayed
Tags: commission-established, constituents, decision-not, democratic party, elections, innocence project, north, north carolina, prisons and prisoners, senator, senator-evan, sentences (criminal)
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua will hand over to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan after transmitting a letter of his medical vacation to the National Assembly, the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Mohammed Abba-Aji said yesterday.
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Nigeria: Yar’Adua Will Hand Over to Jonathan - Abba-Aji
Tags: africa, after-transmitting, goodluck, matters, medical, national, national-assembly, president, president-goodluck, president-on-national, senator, senator-mohammed, special, special-adviser, umaru
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
James O’Keefe III, charged with interfering with phones in Senator Mary L. Landrieu’s office, said Friday he was trying to determine whether she was avoiding constituent complaints.

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Activist Offers Justification for Tampering in Senate Office
Tags: avoiding-constituent, determine-whether, experience, families and family life, friday, friendship, iii, landrieu, mary l, mortgages, o'keefe, james e iii, senator, senator-mary, the-experience, unemployment, united states economy
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
President Obama aimed unusual rhetorical fire at several Supreme Court justices in his State of the Union address.

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Washington Memo: Supreme Court Gets a Rare Rebuke, in Front of a Nation
Tags: during-the-health, fire-at-several, louisiana, office-during, prank-based, problem-getting, rhetorical-fire, senator, speeches and statements, supreme court, the-senator, their-lawyer
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