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Thought The NRSC Wasn't Going To Help Its Candidates Who Face Primaries?

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:31:25 +0000

One day after National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman John Cornyn promised that his group wouldn't play in Republican primaries, a Republican Senate candidate in Arkansas is preparing for a fundraiser at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in Washington. ...

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Congressmen Lose Big Bucks in 2008, But Still Rank Among Nation's Richest

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON -- Even members of Congress many among the country's richest people -- aren't impervious to the nation's economic recession. Current congressional members' median wealth uncharacteristically dropped nearly 5 percent in 2008 when compared to the prior year, ...

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Key GOP Senators Endorse Fiorina

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:00:27 +0000

Eight influential Republican senators jumped on board former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's California Senate campaign Thursday, a day after she officially launched her bid. Those endorsing Fiorina included Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Assistant Minority Leader Jon Kyl, ...

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TPMDC Sunday Roundup

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:30:14 +0000

Schumer: Dems 'Very Close' To 60 Votes Appearing on Meet The Press , Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that Democrats are approaching 60 votes for a compromise public option: "The liberals, they like it stronger, but they're willing to live with level playing field, opt-out. The more moderate ...

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Voice From the Republican Past

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:11:40 +0000

Two days after his 90th birthday, Edward Brooke was at the Capitol yesterday to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from President Obama and scold Mitch McConnell for his failure to be bipartisan. Brooke, the first African-American ever elected to the Senate in 1966 as a Republican from ...

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VIDEO: McConnell Offers Bipartisan Support on H1N1

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:44:26 +0000

He may not like the President's health care plan, but Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell said that any additional resources the White House request for battling H1N1 would get full bipartisan support. Senator Claire “Don’t Call It Swine Flu” McCaskill,...

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Is Obamacare on the Ropes?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Harry Reid says he's "not going to be bound by any time-lines," when asked if health care reform can be completed by Christmas. Depending on the results tonight, Blue Dogs may get a frightful glimpse of what their own races will look like in 2010, and the polling on health care reform -- the ...

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McConnell Says A Vote For Cloture Is A Vote For Health Care Reform

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:53:38 +0000

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear today what the GOP has been suggesting for months: moderate Democratic senators fearful that voting for health care reform will cost them their seats (think Blanche Lincoln) can't get away with voting for cloture and against a bill on the floor. ...

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Shubert v Bush

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:52:27 +0000

Home » Our Work » Cases Related Issues: NSA Spying Shubert v Bush This case is a class action alleging wholesale dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans. Documents Court Schedule and Administration September 1, 2009 Minute order [PDF, 62.24 KB] August 27, 2009 Joint case management statement ...

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Mitch McConnell: Public Option "May Cost You Your Life"

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:07:02 +0000

If you've spent any time following the critics of health care reform, you'd know that there's been some perfectly rational concerns over matters like structural deficits. Of course, you'd also know that there's some pretty insane talk about how health care reform will just straight up kill you, ...

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How to lose by winning

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:33:12 +0000

I'm not terribly interested in the outcomes of today's elections. I imagine McConnell will beat Deeds. Corzine might edge out Christie. But the story of a disliked governor who managed to hold onto his seat by mocking his opponent's waistline isn't exactly a feel-good. And NY-23 isn't really a ...

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Michael W. McConnell: The Pay Czar Is Unconstitutional

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:38:00 +0000

MICHAEL W. MCCONNELL Last week's announcement that "Pay Czar" Kenneth Feinberg slashed compensation for executives at seven large financial firms by an average of 50% stunned Wall Street, stoked the fires of populist resentment, and troubled economists. Will this government-mandated pay cut ...

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McConnell: Americans oppose health bill even without public option

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:35:37 +0000

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday that the final version of the Senate's healthcare plan is unpalatable even without the public option. McConnell issued his statement minutes after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled the Senate's full health bill ...

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McConnell: Senate Dems stand in the way of their own healthcare bill

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:48:36 +0000

Standing in the way of Senate Democrats' healthcare bill are the party's own moderate members, many of whom object to a public option in any form, the chamber's top Republican said Wednesday. And even if the majority party does manage to convince its top centrists to support their healthcare ...

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Mitch McConnell: Dems Wrote Healthcare Bill In Secret & Are Not Sharing It With Republicans (video)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:08:00 +0000

Mitch McConnell: Dems Wrote Healthcare Bill In Secret & Are Not Sharing It With Republicans

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McConnell: The Public Option ‘May Cost You Your Life’

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:35:35 +0000

For months now, conservatives have been scare-mongering about health care reform with outrageous claims that it would lead to “death panels” that could “ pull the plug on grandma .” In Congress, some Republican backbenchers have claimed that Americans will die if health ...

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Video: Shep Smith apologizes for Fox’s lack of balance

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:42:52 +0000

Did anyone see this live? [...] Read the rest »

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McConnell: Congress Acting Like Teen With Parent's Credit Card

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:49:45 +0000

I like McCain's "drunken sailors" analogy better - but this works, too

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Evan Bayh: Procedural And Straight Up Or Down Health Care Votes Are “One And The Same”

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:20:49 +0000

Okay, looks like Senator Evan Bayh has no qualms about giving a boost to the GOP’s efforts to kill the public plan with the opt-out in the Senate. Bayh, who is undecided on the opt-out, is now asserting that he sees no difference between a vote to bring that measure to the floor (which [...]

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McConnell: Vote for cloture is a vote for Dems' healthcare reform

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:15:17 +0000

The American people -- not to mention Senate Republicans -- will treat a vote for cloture on the chamber's healthcare reform bill as a vote in favor of "the substance of the bill," top Senate GOPers said Tuesday. Even for those lawmakers who vote with Democrats to end debate but ultimately opt ...

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