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NEWS ABOUT: Senate Appropriations Committee

Senate Appropriations Committee stories: 5 news summaries

Dems in a Snit Over Specter's Cozy Deal

Senate honchos fume as newbie prepares to leapfrog to top jobs

Apr 30, 09 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some top Democratic senators are rebelling against the deal that brought Arlen Specter into the fold, the Hill reports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the aisle-crosser he could keep the 28 years of seniority he gained as a GOP senator, infuriating long-serving Democrats whom Specter will now likely leapfrog... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Senate Appropriations Committee • party politics • switching parties

Byrd, 90, Resigns as Appropriations Chairman

Senator, rumored to be under pressure from Reid, will be replaced by Hawaii's Inoyue

Nov 7, 08 3:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Robert Byrd resigned today as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, acquiescing to Democratic leaders who reportedly wanted him out of the job, the Hill reports. Byrd, 90, has been hospitalized three times in the past year, and said he was willing to leave the committee in younger hands—namely,... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Daniel Inouye • Senate Appropriations Committee • change • Robert Byrd • President Obama

Senate Dems Look to Prod Byrd Out of Key Chair

West Virginian, 90, has been in the Senate since 1959

Oct 29, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats are considering an attempt to remove 90-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd from his position as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, the New York Times reports. Byrd is the longest-serving senator in history. His committee controls one-third of all federal spending, and Dems worry he’s not up to the... More »

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Harry Reid • Senate Appropriations Committee • Robert Byrd

 'Too Old' Byrd
 to Critics:
 Shut Up! 

Senator, 90, flexes muscle at hearing

Apr 17, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - History's longest-serving senator has two words for people who think he's no longer up to the job of chairing the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee: "Shut up." Democrat Robert Byrd, 90, has been hospitalized twice this year but his management of a two-hour hearing on Iraq war spending yesterday... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Dick Durbin • Senate Appropriations Committee • Iraq war spending • Robert Byrd

Candidates
Run the Gamut on Earmarks

Clinton in top 10; Obama near bottom; McCain has none

Feb 15, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - This year’s presidential frontrunners represent a wide array of stances on congressional earmarking—a term for garnering funds for home-state pork, reports the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton is one of the Senate’s biggest earmark recipients, Barack Obama is in the bottom quarter, and John McCain is one of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Senate • earmarks • funding • spending • Senate Appropriations Committee

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