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Ethics committee admonishes Burris

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ethics panel concludes the Illinois senator used “inappropriate” and “less than candid” statements.

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Paul-Grayson “Audit the Fed” Bill Passes Financial Services Committee

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:31:53 +0000

[ Ed. Note : Jane was one of the signatories on a letter that went out this morning criticizing the Watt amendment and urging passage of the Paul-Grayson proposal. It is reported that Grayson handed out copies of the letter--also signed by labor leaders such as Richard Trumka, Andy Stern, ...

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National Republican Congressional Committee Caught Misleading With Ellipses Again

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:27 +0000

The good people over at the National Republican Campaign Committee have a favorite punctuation mark, called the ellipsis. And they enjoy using it, mainly to make strategic truncations in a piece of text to make it look as if it says something completely different from its author's original ...

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Senate ethics committee admonishes Burris

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000

Kind of reminds me of Dwight Shrute's disciplinary system on The Office. Jim: [picking up a ticket on his desk] What's this? Dwight: That is a demerit. Jim: "Jim Halpert, tardiness." Oh, I love it already. Dwight: You've got to learn, Jim, you're second in command, but that does not put you ...

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Leahy stuck on stupid: No need to interrogate bin Laden

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:03:41 +0000

Leahy: No need to interrogate bin Laden If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there’s no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators ...

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House Gaming Oversight Committee Chairman seeks Casino association’s official status…

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:54:50 +0000

House Gaming Oversight Committee Chairman seeks Casino association’s official status…

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Reid’s Public Option Is Nearly Identical To The Senate HELP Committee Public Option

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:36:04 +0000

Reid’s Public Option Is Nearly Identical To The Senate HELP Committee Public Option

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Dem lawmakers introduce Afghan war surtax

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:28:29 +0000

A trio of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation that would impose a surtax to pay for the war in Afghanistan. Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Dave Obey (Wis.), Defense Appropriations Subcommittee John Murtha (Pa.), and Democratic Caucus chairman John Larsen (Conn.) say ...

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Richard G. Lugar, United States Senator for Indiana - Press Releases

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:24:08 +0000

I first had the pleasure of introducing David Hamilton to this Committee almost 15 years ago, when he was nominated to the Federal district court. I said then that the high quality of his education, legal experience, and character well prepare him for this position, and expressed my belief that ...

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Dems back power to break up firms

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:09:57 +0000

Committee approves Kanjorski amendment on “too big to fail” financial companies.

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Tracey Specter steps down from Republican Committee of Lower Merion & Narberth…

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:31 +0000

Tracey Specter steps down from Republican Committee of Lower Merion & Narberth…

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Prefiled bills ‘09: Legislative potpourri

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:20:46 +0000

Here we give you the best of the rest, the bills that were noteworthy, but didn’t have other bills that were interesting enough to pair up with. There’s a little bit of everything in here. Including snakes. And alligators. And God-knows-what-all that Rep. Herb Kirsh is ...

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House Financial Services Committee OKs powers to break up large firms

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:23:16 +0000

A key House panel voted to give the government broad new powers that could break up large financial firms. Read more...

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Poll: Snowe Could Lose 2012 GOP Primary In Landslide To Conservative Challenger

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:09:49 +0000

A new survey of Maine from Public Policy Polling (D) has some dire news for Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), with the moderate Republican potentially losing her 2012 Republican primary against a generic conservative challenger -- and by a landslide, no less. The numbers: Conservative challenger ...

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Lieberman will seek committee hearing on Fort Hood shootings

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:55:12 +0000

(CNN) - Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday he intends to launch a Senate committee hearing on whether the Fort Hood shootings were a terrorist act and if the Army should have taken pre-emptive steps due to reported signs of Islamic extremism by the suspected gunman. "I'm intending to begin a congressional investigation of my Homeland Security Committee into what were the motives of (Maj. Nidal Malik) Hasan in carrying out this mass murder," the Connecticut independent, who belongs to the ...

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Bibi Goes Nuclear on Jerusalem Settlements

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:26 +0000

MordotGilo 320x265.jpg Special analysis from Lara Friedman (Americans for Peace Now) and Danny Seidemann (Ir Amim). Yesterday Special Envoy Mitchell met with Israeli chief negotiator Yitzhak Molcho in London. One topic discussed, apparently, was a new Israeli plan (number 13157) to expand the ...

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Landrieu Camp Mum On $25K "Donation" To U.S.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:10:21 +0000

So here's an intriguing mystery... Why did Sen. Mary Landrieu's campaign last year donate $25,300 to the U.S. Treasury Department? The donation was buried in the campaign's lengthy FEC report , from which it was picked out by CREW, the tireless good-government watchdog. Landrieu, a ...

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GOP holds polling advantage in U.S. House

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:53:09 +0000

The wonks at the Cook Political Report have gone to town with a new base polling system, the “ partisan voting index .” It takes into account the 2004 and 2008 presidential cycles, but leaves out the 2006 results, and mid-term elections are always a different animal. Still, ...

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Idaho GOP leader Hall fired as deputy prosecutor, quits national committee after stalking conviction

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:42:41 +0000

Blake Hall, a leading figure in Idaho and national politics for 25 years, was fired Monday as a deputy prosecuting attorney in eastern Idaho and has resigned from the Republican National Committee. Hall, a former member of the state Board of Education, pleaded guilty Friday to stalking a former ...

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NRSC, DSCC had some fun with Halloween

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:04:11 +0000

The major party committees and election organizations have gotten into the habit of producing Web videos, which it seems that no one watches except for pols and journalists. That’s probably why we didn’t see these until weeks later. It looks like these guys are just chomping at the ...

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