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Boxer, the U.S. Senator, Chides Brigadier General for Calling Her 'Ma'am'

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:13:12 +0000

In case you forgot, Barbara Boxer is a senator. The feisty California lawmaker felt the need to remind an Army brigadier general of that fact Tuesday during a hearing before her Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, where the military officer testifying had the apparent gall to call ...

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One Down: Schleicher County Jury Convicts Jessop of Child Rape

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The State of Texas awaits the jury's decision on his sentence, but even the NYT cared enough about the outcome of the Eldorado, Texas, trial to report the verdict. The jury found him guilty in fewer than four hours. Seen in an AP photo, below, as he was escorted away from the courthouse, ...

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Carly Fiorina: Reagan Republican

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:31:35 +0000

It seems some conservative bloggers are so devoted to defeat the more establishment Republicans in the race that they assume all contests on the right are between a “stimulus” supporters like Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio or Dede Scozzafava and Doug Hoffman. Here, in the Golden ...

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Senate Democrats Force Climate Bill Through Committee Despite Republican Boycott

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:31:20 +0000

Democratic senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee dismissed a Republican boycott of the panel's markup session and passed a climate change bill 11-1, with only Sen. Max Baucus of Montana opposing. When Republicans refused to attend markup sessions, committee chairwoman Sen. ...

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SEN. BOXER BREAKS SENATE RULES… Passes Cap-&-Tax in Committee Without Single GOP Member in Attendance

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:17:52 +0000

Senator Barbara Boxer Breaks Senate Committee Rules… The liberal California senator passed the dem’s cap-&-tax legislation out of committee without a single GOP member in attendance. This is against the rules and the first time it has ever happened. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) ...

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Sens look past Boxer's climate bill

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:53:28 +0000

While Boxer celebrates passage of her bill, senators from both parties look for Plan B.

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Carly Fiorina announces her GOP candidacy for U.S. Senate

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:09:38 +0000

Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in the California Republican primary, arguing that her business experience made her the only viable candidate to challenge Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer. "If it isn't obvious to...

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Senator DeMint bucks Republican party, backs conservative in California race

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:05:01 +0000

Sen. Jim DeMint endorsed conservative California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R) Tuesday. Read more...

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Climate bill passed without GOP

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:30:12 +0000

Boxer gets markup despite Republican boycott.

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Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:30:56 +0000

Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversial climate change bill cleared its first hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, allowing President Barack Obama to tout progress in the run-up to next month's global warming talks in Copenhagen. Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public ...

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Chamber: We Want To Help On Climate Change -- Really!

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:09:24 +0000

It looks like the Chamber of Commerce is concerned that it be seen as willing to play a constructive role in the coming Senate debate over climate change legislation -- whatever the reality. That's the message to be drawn from a letter that the business lobby sent -- and posted on its ...

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Graham: I would have voted no on Boxer bill

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:51:53 +0000

The South Carolina senator is the Dems' best shot at a GOP vote for climate-change legislation.

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Run Boycotting GOP, Vote 11

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:46:23 +0000

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Democrats quashed a three-day-long Republican boycott and passed global warming legislation today using a procedural move that could undermine support from moderate senators if the bill reaches the floor. Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and 10 ...

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Democrats advance contentious climate bill

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:10:56 +0000

Despite a Republican boycott, Senate Democrats pushed a climate bill through a key committee but the panel chairman said she's willing to amend it to attract Republicans.

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DeMint endorses DeVore, Fiorina panics

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:26:41 +0000

We won the big statewide races yesterday, and now it’s back to work trying to win some more. The California Senate primary may not be until June, but when we’re faced with an entrenched incumbent like Barbara Boxer, we need all the lead time we can get. Up until now, the DC types ...

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Climate Bill Makes It Out Of Committee--Er, Sort Of

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:46:23 +0000

Okay, that was anti-climactic. Earlier this morning, the Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11-1 to approve a cap-and-trade bill and report it out to the Senate floor. Since Republicans were still boycotting the mark-up, Democrats decided not to go through the usual amendment ...

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Some Democrats unhappy with pressure plays on global warming

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:46:27 +0000

As Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., pushes global warming legislation forward, some Democrats were showing a hint of frustration with their party's agenda."I just don't think climate change is going to be on the floor this year," Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said. "Trying to restart our economic ...

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U.S. climate bill spurs low

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:46:27 +0000

Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders at companies that develop low-carbon energy told a Senate panel that climate legislation would create millions of new jobs, but lawmakers from fossil-fuel dependent states said the bill would hit employment in the traditional energy economy. Climate ...

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Inhofe accuses Boxer of breaking committee rules in passing climate bill

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:30:09 +0000

The Senate Enviromental and Public Works Comittee's ranking member on Thursday accused chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) of breaking the panel's rules by passing climate change legislation this morning. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today on Fox News said that committee rules dictate that at ...

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It's Official: No Climate Bill This Year

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:46:23 +0000

It's official: climate legislation has zero chance of passing before the big summit in Copenhagen this December. Many observers have assumed this for a while, though some (myself included) were hanging on to a shred of hope that senators could produce something in time for the meeting. But on ...

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