blogs.abcnews.com - 1/6/2009
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From ABC's Nancy Gabriner, who is a whiz on all things -- but certainly on matters pertaining to government, great and small. Senators elected last November 4th will be sworn in today -- but where will they sit? The assignment...
seekingalpha.com - 1/3/2009
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seekingalpha.com —
Tom Lindmark submits: The 111th Congress convenes on
Monday. If you are in any sort of business,...
in fact if you are a citizen of this country or you happen to be a citizen of the world and believe that what happens in the U.S. has more than a ...
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111th Congress Convenes Monday: Let the Games Begin
onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 1/7/2009
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onthehillblog.blogspot.com —
While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened the new
111th Congress today by essentially embracing President-elect Barack Obama's...
agenda, she and her Republican counterpart pledged cooperation in the weeks and months ahead. Even still, it was not all smiles, as the GOP chafed under new rules.
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111th Congress Opens On Notes Of Cooperation, Complaint
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/6/2009
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politicalnewslive.blogspot.com —
The new Democratic-controlled Congress opened for business at
the stroke of noon on Tuesday, eager to join...
President-elect Barack Obama in tackling the worst economic crisis in generations.
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Raw Video: 111th Congress convenes
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The 111th Congress: New Member Information
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... ABC News details the seating arrangements of the new the Senate, and has a fun interactive feature that allows you to see who sat where in the past and their signatures on the inside drawer, a long-time Senate tradition. ...
The 111th Congress: New Member Information
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... ABC News details the seating arrangements of the new the Senate, and has a fun interactive feature that allows you to see who sat where in the past and their signatures on the inside drawer, a long-time Senate tradition. ...
Where Will They Sit?
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
ABC News speculates about the seating arrangements for the new U.S. Senators sworn in today. However, most interesting is a Senate seating chart from the last Congress. If you click on a desk, "you see that since the beginning of the 20th Century it has been tradition for senators to sign the inside drawer of the desk. Click on desk 24 and you see the signature of Senator Barack Obama and also Senator Bill Bradley. Click on desk 83 and you see that Senator Ted Kennedy sits at the desk used by his brother Senator John F. Kennedy."
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