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11:48:15 PM NRA likely to score Kagan nomination as 'key vote' against gun rights
Lobbying World

Lindsey Graham (SC) and Mel Martinez (Fla.). Appearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day, Republicans again hit Kagan on her ... [more]

11:19:34 PM How long can White House keep Boehner's "ant" crack alive?
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

Ya think the White House and Dems want to keep attention focused on John Boehner's now-notorious claim that financial reform is akin to "killing an ant with ... [more]

10:53:24 PM Fiorina's Challenge: Keep All Eyes on Boxer
Technorati (blog)

What's unclear is whether that will extend to former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina in her bid to knock off longtime liberal Senator Barbara Boxer in ... [more]

10:14:51 PM George Allen Sykes, 51
Garner Citizen - Garner,North Carolina,USA

Survivors include his wife, Sonya Fowler Sykes; daughter, Cynthia Marie Jacobs of Valdosta, Ga.; son; Kenneth Allen Sykes of Clayton; brothers, ... [more]

10:09:19 PM Men-only meetings and Greer's thirst for power
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando,FL,USA

O'Rourke indicated that she had been a fundraiser for approximately 17 years and had previously worked on campaigns for George W. Bush, Mel Martinez, ... [more]

7:21:27 PM Fiorina suggests she'll work better with Feinstein
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Barbara Boxer. Fiorina told a group of reporters in Washington, DC, that Feinstein and Boxer differ on several important topics, including water allocations ... [more]

6:52:21 PM Kerry, Lieberman Offer to Further Weaken Climate Bill
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA

Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman made the pledge Tuesday following a meeting with President Obama and other lawmakers at the White House. ... [more]

6:51:34 PM No privacy for George Allen
The Hill

George Allen (R-Va.), typing on his Blackberry in the backseat of a Lincoln Town Car leaving Union Station. In case anyone was confused as to who was in the ... [more]

4:49:16 PM • Amid Financial Reform Scuffle, A Revived Call to Tax Executive Bonuses
Huffington Post Investigative Fund

As we first reported in March, Jim Webb of Virginia and Barbara Boxer of California have been pushing for a one-time 50 percent tax on 2009 bonuses of more ... [more]

4:41:30 PM Senate appointees everywhere!
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Mel Martinez (R) after Martinez resigned last summer to take a lobbying job. One more appointed senator served briefly Robert Byrd - Senate - United States ... [more]

3:32:21 PM Kerry-Lieberman Energy And “Jobs” Bill Is A Jobs Killer
Stop the ACLU (blog)

Remember this little nugget from John Kerry back on June 6th on ABC's “This Week”? “Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group … shows that ... [more]

2:37:51 PM Get the latest news
PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria

Bill Frist, a heart surgeon before entering politics who has performed more than 150 heart transplants. He was elected from Tennessee in 1994, ... [more]

12:03:08 PM California Democrats poised to win big
The Union of Grass Valley - Grass Valley/Nevada City,CA,USA

Democrats have a winning combination at the top of the November ballot: Jerry Brown for Governor and Barbara Boxer for US Senator. ... [more]

12:02:41 PM Bush policies on Iraq, economy helping Obama, ex-adviser says
Fort Worth Star Telegram

"President Bush made decisions that were unpopular but set the stage for Obama to succeed," Hughes said during an event hosted by the Washington-centric ... [more]

11:29:50 AM Spill emerges as campaign issue across the nation
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Senator John F. Kerry, with Senator Joe Lieberman, spoke with reporters yesterday after an energy and climate meeting. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press) ... [more]

11:00:42 AM GOP not ruling out filibuster of Kagan nomination
Salt Lake Tribune - United States

Hatch said on MSNBC that the “only people who have ever used a filibuster were the Democrats and, by the way, President Obama participated in filibustering ... [more]

10:53:38 AM White House Downplays Russian Spy Plot, Says Obama Knew Before Medvedev
FOX News - USA

FOXNews The White House and the State Department both downplayed the implications of the blockbuster investigation, which revealed an elaborate Russian intelligence ... [more]

7:04:43 AM Fiorina says Boxer's policies have hurt state
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Carolyn Kaster / AP Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina says Barbara Boxer has backed legislation that has discouraged the timber, agriculture and ... [more]

5:48:40 AM A tale of two Koreas: The power of freedom
Daily Caller

By George Allen | Published: 12:00 AM 06/30/2010 As we mark the 60 th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, the Korean Peninsula provides the ... [more]

4:42:39 AM The polls show a slight lead for Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer in California
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

It is particularly interesting that the Democratic candidates Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer are leading, since Republicans Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina ... [more]

1:56:03 AM White House Energy Session Changes No Minds
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

“There is no energy tax,” said Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, sponsor of a bill that would significantly raise the cost of greenhouse gas ... [more]

12:45:56 AM Feinstein: "Calif needs Barbara Boxer in the Senate -- now more than ever"
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Fiorina has been highly critical of incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer, and here's Feinstein's response to the GOP candidate, just released: "Senator Boxer ... [more]



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