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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Jon Kyl

Jon Kyl stories: 17 news summaries

(Newser) - Reasoned debate is all well and good, but the more than 300 amendments offered to the health care reform bill by finance committee Republicans are “dangerously close to a parody,” Dana Milbank writes. Or maybe they’re already there. Take Orrin Hatch’s request for “transition relief... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • Jon Kyl • legislation • Republican Party • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • amendment

ANALYSIS

 Baucus Leaning Left Again 

As interminable mark-up on health bill continues, chair moves on from bipartisan dream

Sep 23, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - With his health care reform bill finally in committee, finance chair Max Baucus appears to have given up on a truly bipartisan bill. On day one yesterday, "he seemed to be moving back to the left again," writes Mike Madden in Salon. He agreed to a host of... More »

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Congress • Jon Kyl • legislation • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Democratic Party • progressive • bipartisan • Gang of 6

(Newser) - With the GOP line against President Obama's health care plan hardening, Dems see little hope of cooperation and are now poised to set out on their own, drawing a final plan solely from within their own party, the New York Times reports. The White House will still face the challenge... More »

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Jon Kyl • Rahm Emanuel • Charles Grassley • health care reform • President Obama • health care cooperative

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton 
 Hits Back 
 at N. Korea 



Jul 26, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton minced no words on North Korea today, telling Meet the Press Pyongyang’s days of “acting out” are over, Politico reports. The secretary of State, whom the North called “a primary school girl” because of tough comments she made, said the North’s pursuit of nuclear... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • North Korea • secretary of State • Jon Kyl • Meet the Press • Robert Gibbs • Henry Louis Gates Jr

White House Gets Tough on Congress' Critics, Skeptics 

Obama defends stimulus, pushes health reform

Jul 16, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is cracking down on its critics—and on laggards within the Democratic Party, too. Republican naysayers on the economic stimulus and health care are getting the roughest treatment, Politico reports. After Kentucky Sen. Jon Kyl railed against the efficacy of stimulus spending, four Cabinet secretaries wrote to... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican • Senate • White House • Jon Kyl • Democrat • health care reform • economic stimulus package • economy • Obama administration • television advertising • Organizing for America

Don't Use Budget Process for Big Reform: GOP to Obama

Procedure would allow Democrats to pass agenda with 51 votes

Mar 24, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - To circumvent a likely 60-vote minimum in the Senate for big-ticket bills like health reform, President Obama is considering pursuing proposals through a budgetary tactic known as reconciliation, where just 51 votes are needed and no filibustering is allowed. But Republicans are having none of it, Politico reports. Senate Republican... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Jon Kyl • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • filibuster • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • reconciliation • bipartisanship • federal budget • Robert Byrd • Obama administration • President Obama • Tom Carper

AIG Bonus Tax Is Stalled, Likely to Die in Senate

Lawmakers likely to let special tax die, with the nod from Obama

Mar 24, 09 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - With populist outrage cooling and the White House even cooler, the 90% AIG bonus tax that sailed through the House last week is stalled in the Senate, where it's likely to die, reports Bloomberg. Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday this week will be devoted to debating national service and... More »

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Congress • taxes • executive compensation • Senate • Harry Reid • Jon Kyl • House of Representatives • AIG • bonuses • Kent Conrad • President Obama

(AP) - Senate Republicans are drawing out a flap that has made the Obama administration squirm, the AP reports. Sen. Jon Kyl, the Republicans' vote counter, blocked Democratic efforts yesterday to bring up the Senate version of the tax bill to recoup most of the $165 million paid out by AIG last... More »

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Jon Kyl • Senate Republicans • AIG • executive bonuses

(Newser) - A US passport is easy to obtain using fake or fraudulent documents, even with extensive post-9/11 security reforms, the AP reports. At the request of a Senate committee, a government investigator went undercover and quickly obtained multiple passports, using the identities of a dead man, a 5-year-old, and two fictitious... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • State Department • Dianne Feinstein • United States • Jon Kyl • identity theft • Government Accountability Office • passport • identification • passport fraud

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Iraq Timetable Unlikely to Change: Gates

Limbaugh the 'intellectual force' behind GOP: Emanuel

Mar 1, 09 12:26 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s “fairly remote” that deteriorating conditions in Iraq will delay President Obama’s withdrawal timetable, Robert Gates told NBC’s Meet the Press. The defense secretary also insisted that the US military will achieve “significant success” once it leaves Iraq. As for his bosses, Gates said Obama... More »

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Robert Gates • Rush Limbaugh • Jon Kyl • Rahm Emanuel • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Peter Orszag

 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

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Senate Queasy on Spending in Obama Stimulus

Kyl: 'Start from scratch;' McConnell vows Dems won't get 60 seats

Feb 1, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The level of spending in Barack Obama’s House-approved $819 billion stimulus package will complicate its Senate passage, say two senators whose support will be crucial. “Unfortunately, this bill has become a Christmas tree,” Republican Susan Collins told CNN, while Democratic colleague Ben Nelson said, “There’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Jon Kyl • Mitch McConnell • Susan Collins • economic stimulus package • Tom Daschle • Ben Nelson • Judd Gregg

 GOP: Hold Up on Holder 

GOP plans a fight over Obama's AG nominee

Dec 12, 08 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Republicans are laying a speed bump on Eric Holder’s route to confirmation as attorney general, Politico reports. Joined by a key Democrat, they're objecting to Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy’s plan to fast track Holder's confirmation, scheduling hearings as early as Jan. 8. Republicans note that more... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • Jon Kyl • Patrick Leahy • attorney general • Eric Holder

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Newt: Palin's 
 Not It in 2012 

Group of frontrunners will emerge, Former House Speaker predicts

Nov 16, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich predicts that Sarah Palin will not be the Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee, the Hill reports. “I think that she is going to be a significant player,” the former speaker of the House told Face the Nation. “But she’s going to be one of 20... More »

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Newt Gingrich • General Motors • Jon Kyl • Tim Pawlenty • talk show • Carl Levin • Richard Shelby • auto industry • Carlos Gutierrez • Rick Wagoner • bailout • Sarah Palin • financial crisis • Election 2012 • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Arizona's Black Leaders Haven't Felt the Mac Love

Senator has trouble 'feigning interest,' says scribe

Apr 8, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has "pretty well zero relationship" with African Americans in his home state, says one prominent civil rights leader, and many others say they've never even gotten their senior senator's attention—much less met him. McCain's perceived indifference may be one thing in Arizona, and quite another in... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • Jon Kyl • civil rights • African-American voters

Kyl Set to Replace Lott as GOP No. 2

Ariz. senator has clear path to becoming minority whip as leadership shuffles

Nov 28, 07 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl is almost certain to become Republican minority whip, the Hill reports, filling an opening created by the retirement of Trent Lott. Kyl apparently won't be opposed, with other GOP senators instead contesting lower leadership roles. Tennessee's Lamar Alexander, who some thought would try for whip, will... More »

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Trent Lott • Jon Kyl • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • Lamar Alexander

Immigration Bill Walks Fine Line

Senate coalition sees its bipartisan brainchild grow from concept to pending legislation

Jun 4, 07 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "grand bargain"—the compromise on which the proposed immigration bill turns—is the product of a process that saw senators from every point on the political compass unite around a common goal. With the senate scheduled to take up the legislation this week, the LA Times goes... More »

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immigration • immigration reform • Senate • Jon Kyl • Ted Kennedy • reform • negotiation

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