U.S. Senate

                   

FIGHTING FOR SUN, FIGHTING COAL

newenergynews.blogspot.com     Jul 24, 2008   21 related          

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) seems out of place. And the Drudge Report recently turned Senator Reid notorious when it linked to a YouTube video capturing Reid’s passionate condemnation of coal: "…coal makes us sick...                    

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Coburn's pork busting driving Reid up a tree

prairiepundit.blogspot.com     Jul 24, 2008   5 related          

Washington Times: The Senate will soon consider legislation with an impressive-sounding name — Advancing America's Priorities Act. But the bill being pushed by Democratic leaders includes lots of lawmakers' pet priorities, such...                    

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Dollar rises to one-month high on Fannie, Freddie rescue bill's progress

bloggingstocks.com     Jul 24, 2008   12 related          

Filed under: Politics, Housing, RecessionThe dollar rose to a one-month high Thursday morning, as dollar bulls cheered a report that U.S. Congressional legislation designed to shore-up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had passed the...                    

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Sununu Surges

weeklystandard.com     Jul 24, 2008   14 related          

From New Hampshire's Concord Monitor: After a year of lagging behind his opponent in polls, Sen. John Sununu has closed the gap, transforming New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race into a dead heat, according to a new poll from the...                    

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Hey Congress! Karl Rove’s back and ready for pickup at the Fox studios

tpzoo.wordpress.com     Jul 24, 2008   11 related          

Karl Rove was sighted in the US again. In fact on Fox News. Time to explain to Congress yet again, if not to Linda Sanchez who knows the concept of inherent contempt and asked for it to be used, how to handle Rove. From...                    

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Good jokes-Bill

miteshasher.blogspot.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Senators William B. Spong of Virginia and Hiram Fong of Hawaii sponsored a bill recommending the mass ringing of church bells to welcome the arrival in Hong Kong of the U.S. table tennis team after its tour of Communist...                    

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Dems Expect to Gain a 'Whole Bunch of Seats'

washingtonpost.com     Jul 23, 2008   13 related          

The two Democratic congressional campaign chiefs made clear today that they expect the party to gain significant ground in both the House and Senate on Election Day, paving the way for Democrats to team up with a potential...                    

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Cristóbal Joshua Alex: Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire of Senate Judiciary Committee

huffingtonpost.com     Jul 23, 2008   2 related          

Corporate greed run amok? How about a Supreme Court that has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century? Today, the Senate...                    

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Great Lakes Advocates Urge Congress to Act Quickly on Historic Protections for Lakes

prnewswire.com     Jul 23, 2008   31 related          

Great Lakes Advocates Urge Congress to Act Quickly on Historic Protections for Lakes ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Advocates for the Great Lakes urged Congress to act quickly on the Great Lakes-St....                    

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Pulling the Plug on FHA Down Payment Assistance

behindthemortgage.typepad.com     Jul 23, 2008   3 related          

FHA seller-funded downpayment assistance programs (wherein the seller of a property makes a donation to a non-profit, and then this same non-profit gives this money to the buyer for their down payment) have been on Death Watch...                    

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