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• LeMieux has got Crists back

  
  Naked Politics — Authority: 153
  During his first visit to South Florida since joining the Senate, Republican George LeMieux talked about how hes looking out for Florida -- and for the man who put him in office, Charlie Crist . He also discussed the nationwide debate over the right course for the Republican party. Story here .
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• Healthcare Reforms Fate Lies in the Hands of Four Women

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  The fate of healthcare reform in the U.S. Senate seems to be resting with these four women: Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, and Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe. This new bipartisan gang of four could be key to removing the ...
  7 hours ago

• The truth about health-care reform: the public option (2)

  
  The Reaction — Authority: 592
  By Michael J.W. Stickings Heres a third Q&A from the Senate Democratic Policy Committees Citizens Forum . I posted one on affordability on Monday and one on the public option on Tuesday. Curtis Macchioni (Livermore, CA): Why cant we have a public option? Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH): ...
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• Senators Nudge EU On Sun

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 168
  The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle has become an ongoing saga, one that is reportedly seeing Sun hemorrhage cash at an alarming rate. The companys troubles have now found their way to the hallowed halls of Congress, where a majority of the U.S. Senate has entered the fray. read more read more
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• Alan Khazei, City Year Co-Founder, Running for the Senate in Massachusetts — Election in Two Weeks

  
  The New Service — Authority: 123
  Among the hopefuls to fill Ted Kennedy’s long-held Senate seat is City Year founder Alan Khazei. Alan Khazei, from his campaign website Twenty years ago Alan Khazei and Michael Brown co-founded City Year, a national service corps that became a model for AmeriCorps in the early 90s. Today, Khazei is ...
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• Kirk gets Schock’s endorsement for US Senate bid

  
  Clout St — Authority: 656
  Posted by Rick Pearson at 9:23 p.m. Five-term North Shore Congressman Mark Kirk claimed a major downstate endorsement today for his Feb. 2 bid for the GOP’s U.S. Senate nomination by gaining the backing of first-term Republican congressional colleague Rep....
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• Giannoulias tax returns show hefty bank income

  
  Clout St — Authority: 656
  Posted by John Chase at 8:50 p.m. State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has made millions of dollars from his family’s community bank since his election in 2006, much of it from payouts related to his father’s death, according to four years...
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• PolitiFact rules false on Marco Rubios never raised taxes claim

  
  The Buzz: Florida Politics — Authority: 601
  "I have never voted for a tax increase," Rubio says on his campaign Web site. "While I generally support tax cuts, I believe meaningful tax reform that simplifies our tax code, makes it easier to understand and is more fair to the taxpayer should be our ultimate goal." ...PolitiFact scoured Rubios nine-year ...
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• GOP Senator Tells Climate Change Researchers to Retain Controversial E-Mails [Sen. James Inhofe]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  GOP Senator Tells Climate Change Researchers to Retain Controversial E-Mails Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe has sent letters to several climate change scientists and to the inspectors general of various federal agencies notifying them to retain breached documents and e-mails that he says prove researchers are manipulating ...
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• Cloture Reform

  
  Red Tory v.3.0 — Authority: 507
  Long overdue and much needed. Along with his co-sponsorship of Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve (HR 1207 and S 604), this seems like another winning issue for Grayson. Could we get a few more Dems like him with verifiable backbones to replace those cowardly, interminably waffling “blue dog” ...
  2 days ago

• Rush Limbaugh likes Marco Rubio, calls Charlie Crist a RINO

  
  Naked Politics — Authority: 153
  The Rubio camp sent out this transcript of Rush Limbaugh on the Republican Senate race: “I like Rubio. … “In the Republican Party particularly, there is a fatigue with RINOs and moderate Republicans. … “Republicans, the only chance they ever have of winning national elections is to go conservative.  ...
  2 days ago

• Giannoulias pitches bailout plan, talks about family bank

  
  Clout St — Authority: 656
  Posted by John Chase at 5:33 p.m. Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a former loan officer who still has a small financial interest in his family’s community bank, unveiled a plan today that would require large “Wall Street” banks to make immediate contributions to an emergency fund that would be used to ...
  2 days ago

• GOP accuses Conlin of flip-flopping on lobbyist donations

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 658
  The National Republican Senatorial Committee is calling foul on Democrat Roxanne Conlin, saying she is trying to have it both ways on the issue of taking donations from lobbyists and political action committees. Conlin has repeatedly said she will not accept donations from lobbyists or PACs, and Tuesday called on ...
  2 days ago

• Medicare and Medicaid have grown uncontrollably and HR 3962 won’t? How dumb do those in government think we are?

  
  Red Pills — Authority: 143
  I hate to keep beating this government health care issue into the ground, but that’s just exactly where it should be. Six feet UNDER ground. Besides federal mandated government health care being unconstitutional, the article below shows why it is insanity for government to be involved in our health care! Those ...
  2 days ago

• Endorsement: Capuano Only Proven Candidate

  
  Marry in Massachusetts — Authority: 466
  Michael Capuano is by far the best choice to replace U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy. In the special election primary on December 8th, go with the only candidate sure to do the job and do it right. This job would be a moderate step up for Capuano. With six years between elections and almost certain re-election, he would ...
  2 days ago

• Don’t Vote For Kelly Ayotte: GOP Candidate Helped Illegal Aliens

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 629
  By Debbie SchlusselToday’s USA Today cover has a picture of New Hampshire U.S. Senate Seat candidate Kelly Ayotte . . . along with her Mr. Mom hubby taking care of the kiddies, which is sad in and of itself.  (Dude surrendered his man card at the door.)  The article is about at-risk Democrats on the [...]
  3 days ago

• The truth about health-care reform: the public option

  
  The Reaction — Authority: 592
  By Michael J.W. Stickings Heres a second Q&A from the Senate Democratic Policy Committees Citizens Forum . I posted one on affordability yesterday. Geoffrey Pettingill (Hamburg, MI): Why is the public option better than private insurance? Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT): The public option ...
  3 days ago

• Crist: LeMieux made right call on healthcare bill

  
  Naked Politics — Authority: 153
  In a speech to about 300 Broward Republican activists tonight, Gov. Charlie Crist said he agreed with Sen. George LeMieuxs  vote Saturday to block the Democrat-backed health care legislation. Republicans failed to stop the Senate from taking up the bill for debate. Crist said he agreed with his political ...
  3 days ago

• Crist: Democratic health care plans must be stopped

  
  Broward Politics | Sun Sentinel Blogs — Authority: 583
  Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday sharply criticized efforts by President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress to overhaul the nation’s health care system.He said health care overhaul was being pushed, “almost literally down our throats,” by Democrats in Washington – and strongly opposed by ...
  3 days ago

• Mary Landrieu, the Senate’s latest high priced ho

  
  Red Pills — Authority: 143
  We know that most of our politicians are just high priced ho’s. They do not have to be that way and would not be that way if they truly had our interests at heart. But they don’t, so they are. They sell their morals and selves for a vote here, a grant there, and a lobbyist’s contribution. But this past ...
  3 days ago

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