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US Taxpayers, Too, Billed for Lawmakers' Cars, Cameras

Taxpayer groups criticize Congress for making expense info hard to get hold of

May 30, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - No moat-cleaning, but there were cameras, TVs, and fancy cars among the expenses members of Congress have charged to taxpayers recently, a Wall Street Journal investigation inspired by the British expenses scandal finds. House members are given up to $1.9 million a year and senators get up to $4.... More »

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Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • senator • politician • expenses

Burris Offered Blagojevich a
Personal Check

FBI tape reveals offer, but the future senator never sent money

May 26, 09 7:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Ethics Committee will have an interesting conversation to ponder as it considers whether Roland Burris engaged in any shady business before being appointed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. In an exchange secretly taped by the FBI between Burris and Blago's brother before the gubernatorial scandal... More »

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investigation • Chicago • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • senator • Roland Burris

Ridge Won't Challenge Specter for Seat

Former Pa. gov was encouraged to run for Senate by GOP brass

May 7, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Pennsylvania governor and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge will not seek the Republican nomination for senator from that state, the Hill reports. Party leaders had urged him to run against newly minted Democrat Arlen Specter. Ridge was in a good position to run, polling just 3 points behind Specter.... More »

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Congress • Senate • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Department of Homeland Security • governor • senator • Tom Ridge • Election 2010

Specter: I'm Not 'Automatic 60th Vote' for Dems

GOP colleagues 'stunned,' angered by senator's party switch

Apr 28, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly minted Democrat Arlen Specter said he will not blindly toe the party line, Politico reports. “I will not be an automatic 60th vote,” the veteran Pennsylvania senator said, pointing out recent opposition to a unionization bill. “If the Democratic Party asks too much, I will not... More »

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Congress • RNC • Senate • Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Senate Republicans • John Cornyn • senator • 2010 election • Michael Steele • switching parties

(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy earned a rousing ovation from the Red Sox faithful today as he threw out the first pitch at Fenway, the Boston Globe reports from Opening Day. Kennedy, battling brain cancer, rode in from the outfield on a cart driven by team legend Jim Rice. Kennedy’s first... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • baseball • senator

 Obama Sings 
 Happy Birthday 
 to Kennedy 

Musical tribute honors senator's battle for health care reform

Mar 9, 09 2:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is no Marilyn Monroe, but he sang a heartfelt Happy Birthday to Ted Kennedy yesterday as part of a star-studded musical tribute to the ailing senator, AP reports. Obama shared the Kennedy Center stage with Bill Cosby, Lauren Bacall and James Taylor. Also attending was Caroline Kennedy, who... More »

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Ted Kennedy • health care reform • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • senator • brain cancer • President Obama

analysis

Hillary Reprises 
Star Role in 
Her Third Act 

First lady, senator duties prepared her well for State job

Mar 8, 09 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton showed off her "substantive and unspectacular" side on her trip to the Middle East this week, writes David S. Cloud in Politico. Hearkening back to her early days in the Senate, she impressed colleagues by chipping away at details, figuring out how to play her new role.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • foreign policy • first lady • popularity • senator • Obama administration

Predict Minn. Senate Race
in Online Game

Play 'Seat the Senator' for an autograph from the eventual winner

Mar 4, 09 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Political junkies can play out the Minnesota Senate race in an online game called "Seat the Senator," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Set up by the National Wildlife Federation, the game challenges players to guess who will be sworn in as Minnesota’s senator and when—up until... More »

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Congress • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • disputed election • senator • National Wildlife Federation

 Ted Kennedy to Be Knighted 

Gordon Brown to announce senator's royal honor today

Mar 4, 09 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Arise, Sir Ted. The ailing Massachusetts senator is to receive an honorary British knighthood for his services to American-British relations and his efforts to forge peace in Northern Ireland, reports the Times of London. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to officially announce Kennedy's honor during his address to both... More »

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Gordon Brown • Queen Elizabeth II • Ted Kennedy • knighthood • Britain • senator • honor

Gregg Pulled In Profit on
Air Force Base Earmark 

No personal gain from earmarks, says senator

Feb 27, 09 8:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama can be glad Sen. Judd Gregg, briefly nominated for commerce secretary, backed out. Today, the AP reports that Gregg invested heavily in efforts by his brother Cyrus to redevelop New Hampshire’s Pease Air Force Base, while earmarking federal dollars for the redevelopment. “These earmarks do not... More »

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New Hampshire • Air Force • governor • Air National Guard • senator • Judd Gregg

Sen. Shelby Questioned Obama Citizenship: Paper

Senator slams quote as 'distortion'

Feb 23, 09 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Richard Shelby may be a “birther”—one who questions whether Barack Obama is in fact a natural-born American and therefore eligible to be president, Salon reports. When asked about Obama citizenship rumors, the Alabama Republican replied: “His father was Kenyan and they said he was born... More »

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Alabama • Richard Shelby • President • senator • President Obama • birth certificate • birther

 DC Dems Look for 
 Ill. to Act on Burris 

'Wait-and-see attitude' likely as concerns grow

Feb 17, 09 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - As further concerns emerge about Illinois Sen. Roland Burris’ ties to Rod Blagojevich, DC Democrats hoping to escape the former governor’s shadow are hoping Illinois will address the problem for them, Politico reports. Burris has acknowledged Blago contact that he hadn’t mentioned earlier, and while the senator says... More »

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Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • senator • Roland Burris • affidavit

Gillibrand Moves Twin Rifles From Under Her Bed

'Security' prompts senator to relocate guns after reports

Feb 17, 09 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - After admitting in an interview that she and her husband kept a pair of rifles under her bed—to protect their upstate home—New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has moved the weapons, Newsday reports. “Given that the location of the guns has been disclosed, they have been moved... More »

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gun control • New York • senator • guns • gun rights • Kirsten Gillibrand • Bill Maher Grid

 GOP Goes 
 Easy on 
 Daschle, 
 For Now 

Key Senators will wait to learn more about tax problems

Feb 1, 09 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Influential Republicans are holding their tongues on Tom Daschle's tax troubles for now, Politico reports. GOP Senators Jon Kyl, Mitch McConnell, Jim DeMint, and Susan Collins all adopted a wait-and-see approach on today’s talk shows. “I want to find out more about it,” DeMint said of the... More »

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politics • Jon Kyl • Mitch McConnell • talk show • Susan Collins • Tom Daschle • senator • Obama administration

Agent, Witness in Stevens Case Had a Fling, Defense Says

Ted's team wants new trial over secret-sharing

Jan 27, 09 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers for former Sen. Ted Stevens say the head FBI agent in his corruption case got a little too cozy with a key witness against Stevens, Politico reports. The defense lawyers cite an FBI whistleblower's memo that “strongly suggests that the inappropriate relationship” between the agent and an oilman... More »

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Alaska • FBI • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • senator • whistleblower • witness • corruption trial • Mary Beth Kepner

Ohio Sen. Voinovich Won't Run in 2010

Empty GOP seat would give Dems chance to pad majority

Jan 12, 09 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Two-term GOP Sen. George Voinovich will retire in 2010 rather than seek reelection, the AP reports, raising Democrats’ hopes to snag an additional seat in the battleground state of Ohio. Voinovich's announcement, expected today, comes as two other Republican senators in swing states have said they won't run again. Just... More »

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Democrats • retirement • Senate Republicans • George Voinovich • senator • re-election

ANALYSIS


 Burris Flap Rouses 
 Ghosts of Obama's Past 

President-elect probably wants to forget these guys

Dec 31, 08 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - If Barack Obama caught Rod Blagojevich’s press conference yesterday, in which he named Roland Burris to fill the vacant Senate seat, Obama probably saw everything he doesn’t miss about Illinois. Each member of the trio on stage—Blagojevich, Burris, and Rep. Bobby Rush—claims a history with Obama,... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • senator • Roland Burris

 Congress Gets a Raise 

Watchdog groups slam lawmakers' automatic pay raise amid economic chaos

Dec 18, 08 6:51 AM CST
(Newser) - The flatlining economy hasn't stopped Congress from getting a pay raise, the Hill reports. Lawmakers will get an extra $4,700 a year starting in January, amounting to a total of $2.5 million. The 2.8% automatic raise is only half as large as the cost of living adjustment... More »

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Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • senator • pay increase • politician

 Dubya: Jeb Would Be 
 'Awesome' Senator 

President touts brother's fitness for Fla. seat

Dec 16, 08 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush gave his little brother a glowing job recommendation, telling RealClearPolitics the former Florida governor would make “an awesome US senator.” Among those who stand to benefit if Jeb Bush runs to replace retiring Republican Mel Martinez in 2010, per Dubya: The GOP, Florida, and the country.... More »

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Florida • Mel Martinez • Jeb Bush • governor • senator • George W. Bush

Sources: Paterson Not So Keen on Caroline

Governor thinks NY needs a more assertive voice in the Senate

Dec 8, 08 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - David Paterson likes and respects Caroline Kennedy, but the New York governor isn't so sure she's cut out to be Hillary Clinton's replacement. Giving Kennedy 20-1 odds, an anonymous insider tells Fredric U. Dicker of the New York Post that Paterson wants his state to have a louder voice in... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Richard Parsons • Andrew Cuomo • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • senator • David Paterson • New York state • Carolyn Maloney • Kirsten Gillibrand

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