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  • July 2008

    • Kennedy Returns to Senate

      CNN  |  Jul 9, 08 4:01 PM CDT

      Kennedy Returns to Senate

      (Newser) - Edward Kennedy returned to the Senate today for the first time since his surgery for brain cancer to cast a vote on Medicare legislation, CNN reports. Fellow senators greeted him with a long standing ovation. Kennedy, 76, made a thumbs-up gesture after casting his vote with a loud "aye." His vote helped Democrats break a GOP filibuster and overturn a 10% cut in Medicare payments to doctors. More »

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      Senate  • Ted Kennedy  • Medicare  • brain cancer

    • Senate passes FISA, 69-28

      Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 08 2:50 PM CDT

      Senate passes FISA, 69-28

      (Newser) - The Senate approved a bill today overhauling the rules on secret US government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telephone companies that helped it listen in after 9/11. The so-called FISA bill passed by a large margin of 69-28. The upper house also voted against three amendments that would have watered down, delayed, or stripped away the immunity provision. More »

    • Dems Ready to Slap McCain on Medicare Bill

      The Hill  |  Jul 9, 08 12:37 PM CDT

      Dems Ready to Slap McCain on Medicare Bill

      (Newser) - Democrats are preparing to attack John McCain for hurting doctors, the elderly, and veterans—all by not showing up, The Hill reports. Medicare legislation to stave off a 10.6% cut in physician payments is one vote short in the Senate, and the presumptive GOP nominee, repeatedly absent when it has come to the floor, will be MIA again today. Any of 39 Republicans standing against the measure could help McCain dodge a bullet by switching sides. More »

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      John McCain  • Senate  • elderly  • Medicare  • American Medical Association  • physician

    • Lefties Deliver 'Joe Must Go' Petition to Dems

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 9, 08 11:21 AM CDT

      Lefties Deliver 'Joe Must Go' Petition to Dems

      (Newser) - Online activists are bringing a petition with 43,000 signatures to Democratic senators today, demanding Joe Lieberman be stripped of key committee roles. The group states, “We CANNOT tolerate a leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus who supports George Bush and McCain's War in Iraq … and endorses and stumps for McCain,” the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      John McCain  • Iraq  • Senate  • Joe Lieberman  • netroots  • petition

    • GOP Charts Offshore Drilling Compromise

      Politico  |  Jul 8, 08 11:12 AM CDT

      GOP Charts Offshore Drilling Compromise

      (Newser) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to forge a bipartisan coalition on domestic oil drilling, Politico reports. Republican senators believe they can sway enough moderate Democrats on an amendment to end a federal ban on coastline drilling—allowing a dramatic shift in US energy policy, and reaping a big victory for the GOP. More »

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      Senate  • gas prices  • GOP  • energy  • oil drilling  • bipartisanship  • offshore oil  • Mitch McConnell  • compromise

    • The Real Joke May Be on Minn. Voters

      Washington Post  |  Jul 7, 08 11:03 AM CDT

      The Real Joke May Be on Minn. Voters

      (Newser) - Voters always say they’d rather support “real people” than “professional politicians.” But Al Franken is having trouble in Minnesota precisely because he hasn’t spent his life reading a political script, Michael Kinsley writes in the Washington Post . Instead, he told jokes for a living—jokes his opponents are now trying to transform into political gaffes, and it seems to be working. More »

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      Senate  • Minnesota  • comedian  • Al Franken  • gaffes  • Norm Coleman

  • June 2008

    • Congress Passes $162B Measure to Fund Wars

      Associated Press  |  Jun 26, 08 10:24 PM CDT

      Congress Passes $162B Measure to Fund Wars

      (AP) - The Senate tonight passed a $162 billion war spending plan, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office. The package, approved 92-6, includes a doubling of GI Bill college benefits. It also provides a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits and $2.7 billion in flood relief for the Midwest. Bush is expected to sign the bill next week. More »

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      Congress  • Senate  • war funding  • spending bill

    • Huge Homeowner Aid Bill Nears Approval

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 4:54 AM CDT

      Huge Homeowner Aid Bill Nears Approval

      (Newser) - With 8,000 foreclosures daily and looming elections, Congress is close to approving the most sweeping changes to mortgage financing since the New Deal, reports the New York Times. The pricey aid bill aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure has bipartisan support, despite the threat of a presidential veto. More »

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      Congress  • Senate  • housing crisis  • foreclosure  • John Kerry  • Barney Frank  • presidential veto

    • In Senate, Pranks Mix With Politics

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Jun 23, 08 12:13 PM CDT

      In Senate, Pranks Mix With Politics

      (Newser) - The prank war started when Ben Nelson took advantage of Claire McCaskill's inexperience and got his fellow Democrat even more nervous about her 2007 Senate swearing-in than she already was. The action since then has been sporadic but inventive. McClatchy returns from Capitol Hill with tales of the lawmakers' dueling practical jokes, which have involved Barack Obama and college football paraphernalia. More »

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      Senate  • prank  • Claire McCaskill  • Ben Nelson

    • Hollywood Women Work on Senate Majority

      Politico  |  Jun 18, 08 1:17 PM CDT

      Hollywood Women Work on Senate Majority

      (Newser) - Powerful Hollywood women are reorganizing after Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid, turning their attention toward increasing the Democratic majority in the Senate. A fundraiser Sept. 27 could raise more than $1 million for candidates, and is being put together by the likes of Jane Fonda, Kate Capshaw, Penny Marshall, Daryl Hannah, Laura Dern, and Sarah Jessica Parker. More »

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      Senate  • Hollywood  • Sarah Jessica Parker  • Al Franken  • Jeanne Shaheen  • Tom Udall  • Mark Begich  • Jane Fonda  • Mark Udall  • Laura Dern  • fund raising  • Penny Marshall  • Tom Allen

    • Is Franken Too Vulgar for Politics?

      Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Is Franken Too Vulgar for Politics?

      (Newser) - Al Franken was cracking tasteless jokes for decades before entering politics, but it may be his opponent in the Minnesota Senate race who'll be accused of coarsening debate if he dares to brings them up, Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post . Franken calls his work "provocative, touching, and funny" satire—but Gerson doesn't think it's worthy of the name. More »

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      Senate  • comedy  • Minnesota  • satire  • Al Franken  • Norm Coleman

    • Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip (Only 1 to GOP)

      Washington Post  |  Jun 13, 08 1:51 PM CDT

      Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip (Only 1 to GOP)

      (Newser) - The GOP's best case-scenario sees the party losing only three Senate seats this fall. Washington Post blogger Chris Cillizza runs down the races most likely to flip a vote: Mississippi: Trent Lott replacement Roger Wicker has never been elected statewide, and Barack Obama's coattails should draw in the large black population. Minnesota: Al Franken remains promising, but he's no sure thing, thanks to back taxes and Playboy bylines. More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • Senate  • Trent Lott  • Al Franken  • Mark Warner  • Jeanne Shaheen  • Tom Udall  • Mark Udall  • Mary Landrieu  • Elizabeth Dole  • Roger Wicker  • Jeff Merkley

    • After Decline, Congress' Earmarking is Back

      Washington Post  |  Jun 13, 08 10:46 AM CDT

      After Decline, Congress' Earmarking is Back

      (Newser) - Though Congress vowed last year to reduce earmarking—the process of directing funds to projects at home with little scrutiny—recently there’s been a jump in such spending, the Washington Post reports. A House defense bill’s earmarked funds rose 29% last month, and the Senate bill looks as though it will follow the trend. “Parties talk a good game,” said an analyst, “but at first opportunity, the House larded up.” More »

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      Congress  • Senate  • House of Representatives  • earmarks  • pork barrel spending

    • GOP Blocks Profit Tax on Oil Companies

      Houston Chronicle  |  Jun 10, 08 1:59 PM CDT

      GOP Blocks Profit Tax on Oil Companies

      (Newser) - Senate Republicans today fended off a Democrat-sponsored bill that would have heaped a 25% tax on the five biggest US oil companies and rolled back other tax breaks for the industry, the Houston Chronicle reports. President Bush had threatened to veto the measure, hailed by Dems as "energy price relief" and for which Republicans predicted "abject failure." More »

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      Republicans  • Democrats  • Senate  • oil  • GOP  • energy  • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    • Sex Robots Haunt Franken's Senate Bid

      Bloomberg  |  Jun 9, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      Sex Robots Haunt Franken's Senate Bid

      (Newser) - It’s not easy being a comedian-turned-Senate candidate. Al Franken’s bid to replace first-term Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman has hit some speed bumps lately, Bloomberg reports. Though Franken has nabbed the party’s endorsement, he’s been dogged by bits from his past—like a 2000 Playboy article entitled Porn-O-Rama , which describes human-robot sex in graphic detail—and the GOP isn't hesitating to dredge up more. More »

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      Senate  • comedy  • Minnesota  • pornography  • Playboy  • Al Franken

    • Kennedy Back Home in Mass. After Surgery

      WBZ 4  |  Jun 9, 08 12:09 PM CDT

      Kennedy Back Home in Mass. After Surgery

      (Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy returned to his Massachusetts home today, a week after undergoing a chancy surgery to remove part of a malignant brain tumor, WBZ-TV reports. The Democrat's plane landed at a Cape Cod airport around 11:30 this morning, the Boston Globe adds; Kennedy, 76, told reporters it was “good to be home." More »

    • Senate Moves to Privatize Anemic Restaurants

      Washington Post  |  Jun 9, 08 8:03 AM CDT

      Senate Moves to Privatize Anemic Restaurants

      (Newser) - The Senate has voted to privatize its restaurants after decades of losing money, the Washington Post reports. The decision comes after much wrangling among Democrats, split between the $250,000 taxpayer subsidy that keeps the restaurants afloat and the lower wages workers would receive. “You cannot stand on the Senate floor and condemn the privatization of workers, and then turn around and privatize the workers here in the Senate," said one Dem. More »

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      Congress  • Senate  • restaurant  • privatization  • Dianne Feinstein  • subsidies  • tax

    • Dems Find Going Green Can Turn Red States Blue

      New Republic  |  Jun 5, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Dems Find Going Green Can Turn Red States Blue

      (Newser) - How is a 35-year-old, pro-choice, pro-civil-unions Democrat considered a serious challenge to Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe? It just might be the environment, the New Republic reports. "These people are out in the natural environment and they are seeing a lot of changes in the ecosystem, and they're concerned," Andrew Rice says of his hunting, farming fellow Oklahomans. More »

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      Senate  • evangelicals  • Oklahoma  • James Inhofe

    • Conservative Pearce Wins GOP Primary for Domenici Seat

      Politico  |  Jun 4, 08 11:29 AM CDT

      Conservative Pearce Wins GOP Primary for Domenici Seat

      (Newser) - New Mexico Rep. Steve Pearce edged out Rep. Heather Wilson in the GOP primary for retiring Sen. Pete Domenici's seat yesterday, Politico reports. The results pleased Democrats, who predict that Pearce, who ran as an unapologetic conservative, will be a weaker opponent to Democratic Rep. Tom Udall in November than the more moderate Wilson would have been. More »

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      Senate  • New Mexico  • US attorney firings  • Pete Domenici  • Tom Udall

    • Most Unpledged Senators Will Go Obama Soon

      CNN  |  Jun 2, 08 3:23 PM CDT

      Most Unpledged Senators Will Go Obama Soon

      (Newser) - "Most” of the Senate’s 17 uncommitted Democrats will endorse Barack Obama this week, sources tell CNN, though Majority Leader Harry Reid will remain neutral until Hillary Clinton officially exits. Obama officials had been “pressing” for earlier endorsements, but colleagues "don’t want to pound Hillary Clinton, and there is a sense she should be given a grace period.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Senate  • Bill Clinton  • superdelegates  • Harry Reid

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