rollcall.com - 1/6/2009
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Election Day defeats, retirements and departures for jobs in the Obama administration will leave Democrats and Republicans without key legislative dealmakers in the 111th Congress. The defeat of Sen. Ted Stevens (Alaska), currently the longest-serving GOP Senator, will have a significant effect ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/31/2008
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Rod Blagojevich's decision to appoint Roland Burris to
Illinois' vacant Senate seat, even as the governor faces
intense criminal scrutiny, is being treated as a crazy political power grab. It also seems very likely to be permanent. A legal scholar ...
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Roland Burris Almost Certain To Be Seated, Legal ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/7/2009
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Former senator Ted Stevens (yes, now actually former)
is keeping up the fight against his guilty verdict
-- and now Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid has lent him a hand. Reid told Politico that he believes Stevens shouldn't serve jail time. My ...
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Reid: Free Ted Stevens!
theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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Image credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis B uzzzzzz . The
cell phone rings again and Chuck Schumer flips it
open. “I figured it out,” he says without preamble. “George Washington. If George Washington got indicted, you wouldn’t pounce on the guy—you’d say he ...
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The 111th Congress: New Member Information
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... Roll Call has a nice article detailing the deep loss of legislative experience in Congress, as "Election-day defeats, retirements and departures for jobs in Obama administration will leave Democrats and Republicans without key legislative dealmakers in the 111th Congress." ...
The 111th Congress: New Member Information
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... Roll Call has a nice article detailing the deep loss of legislative experience in Congress, as "Election-day defeats, retirements and departures for jobs in Obama administration will leave Democrats and Republicans without key legislative dealmakers in the 111th Congress." ...
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article.nationalreview.com 10/29/2008 — The Republican party only has itself to blame for being in the unenviable position of depending upon the good name of Ted Stevens.
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huffingtonpost.com 10/27/2008 — WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that tainted the 40-year Senate career of Alaska's political patriarch.
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The Stevens Case
riehlworldview.com 4/10/2009 — I can understand why Clarice felt the need to preface this with the Libby case. Read it all here . But the Stevens issue is more timely. h/t PW for more.
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Stevens lives to see another day -- for now
washingtonmonthly.com 11/18/2008 — STEVENS LIVES TO SEE ANOTHER DAY -- FOR NOW.... Both Senate caucuses got together this morning for meetings that would help decide the fate of two long-time senators. For Democrats, that meant voting on Joe Lieberman's future and his committee...
Time heals old political wounds —
CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle returned “home” Tuesday to the Senate floor and stood alongside a bitter adversary to watch his longtime friend and South Dakota colleague Tim Johnson be sworn-in for a third ...
Feinstein now supports Panetta to head CIA —
CNN Political Ticker 1/7/2009
Sen. Feinstein said Wednesday that she will back President-elect Obama's pick to head the CIA.
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