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NEWS ABOUT: David Vitter

David Vitter stories: 17 news summaries
OPINION

ACORN Takedown Campaign Overblown, Misguided

The actions of a half-dozen employees doesn't represent the huge organization

Sep 18, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The conservative campaign against ACORN—which has now, thanks to a few video “sting” operations, lost its federal funding—is built on an outrageous set of exaggerations and falsehoods, writes Joe Conason for Salon. “No doubt it was fun to dupe a few morons into providing tax advice... More »

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prostitution • voter fraud • DC Madam • video • David Vitter • hidden camera • activists • Acorn • Ken Calvert

Vitter Rides High on Anti-Obama Sentiment

Hostility toward prez helps La. overlook hooker scandal

Sep 11, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - You might think an acknowledged client of a Washington prostitute would have a tough time being reelected to the US Senate. But you’d be wrong, the New York Times reports. David Vitter of Louisiana appears to be a strong favorite in his 2010 bid, and he owes it... More »

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Barack Obama • Louisiana • David Vitter • Senate race • Election 2010

(Newser) - The calls for Mark Sanford to resign are growing louder, but recent history suggests that the South Carolina governor has a chance to hold on, writes the Washington Times. While every politician who admits an affair faces calls to quit, only those who have committed real crimes are hounded from... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • Antonio Villaraigosa • David Vitter • Eliot Spitzer • affair • Kwame Kilpatrick • political scandal • Jim McGreevey • Mark Sanford

 Porn Star 
 Eyes Move 
 on Vitter's 
 Senate Seat 

Stormy Daniels launches 'listening tour' across Louisiana

May 4, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Louisiana Sen. David Vitter has been tied to the DC Madam, but an election challenger with an even more compelling sexual history is deciding whether to get serious in going after his Senate seat. Politico reports that Stormy Daniels, a porn star whose credits include Operation Desert Stormy, is launching... More »

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entertainment • Senate • pornography • Louisiana • David Vitter • 2010 election • Stormy Daniels

(Newser) - It’s not quite a David Vitter, but Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio had his own run-in with airport security this week, the Washington Post reports. DeFazio, one of the architects of the Transportation Security Administration, had to endure what he thought was an unnecessary search. But when he told the... More »

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Congress • airline industry • David Vitter • Oregon • TSA • Transportation Security Administration • Peter DeFazio

 Vitter Denies Airport Meltdown 

Sen. admits blunder, but says reports of tantrum are greatly exaggerated

Mar 12, 09 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. David Vitter says reports he threw a tantrum at Washington's Dulles Airport are way off base, reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The Republican acknowledges that he blundered through the wrong door in a rush to catch a flight back to Louisiana, but denies  reports that he berated an... More »

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Senate Republicans • David Vitter • airport • Dulles • temper tantrums

(Newser) - Sen. David Vitter, perhaps best known for admitting to patronizing a prostitute, had a very public meltdown at Washington’s Dulles Airport last week after arriving late for a flight, Roll Call reports. Finding the gate already closed when he arrived to board, the Louisiana Republican opened the door anyway,... More »

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Senate Republicans • David Vitter • airport security • Dulles • scandal

(Newser) - Louisiana GOP Senator David Vitter will meet a substantial opponent in his 2010 bid for re-election: porn star Stormy Daniels, CNN reports. A grass-roots “Draft Stormy” campaign, unaffiliated with the state’s Democratic Party, has encouraged the buxom blond to run on a platform of the economy, women’s... More »

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Congress • Senate • DC Madam • pornography • Louisiana • David Vitter • adult films • Baton Rouge • Election 2010 • Stormy Daniels • porn star

 Congress Mulls Salary Freeze 

Both sides look to gain political capital in putting off raise

Jan 26, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s freeze on top White House salaries has put pressure on Congress to do the same for itself, reports Politico, but as with much on the Hill, that’s a lofty idea mired in the mud of political reality. Even those who support a pay freeze are scrambling... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • House of Representatives • David Vitter • US Senate • Obama administration • financial crisis • President Obama • economic downturn • salary freeze

 Senate 
 Committee 
 Approves 
 Clinton 

GOP's Vitter is lone dissenter in 16-1 vote

Jan 15, 09 9:38 AM CST
(AP) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next US secretary of State. The 16-1 vote paves way for a full Senate vote after Barack Obama takes office Tuesday. The junior senator from New York earned the near-unanimous support of her colleagues—Louisiana Republican David Vitter... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Senate • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • David Vitter • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

House Likely
to Vote on
Auto Bailout This Afternoon

Senate likely tomorrow; GOP has harsh words

Dec 10, 08 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The House is ready to vote on a $15 billion bill to rescue GM and Chrysler as early as this afternoon, the Detroit News reports. The Senate, meanwhile, is likely to vote tomorrow morning. “My understanding is it is done, but the piece of paper is not before... More »

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Congress • Chrysler • Harry Reid • General Motors • Mitch McConnell • David Vitter • auto industry • bailout • auto bailout

 'DC Madam' Guilty, Guilty, Guilty 

Palfrey faces 55 years on racketeering, money-laundering convictions

Apr 15, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rejecting the defense that she didn't know her escorts were having sex with clients, a federal jury convicted the "DC Madam," who, WTOP–FM reports, met today's verdict with a sigh. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, whose prostitution-ring bust implicated Washington highbrows, including a Louisiana senator, faces up to 55... More »

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prostitution • DC Madam • Deborah Jeane Palfrey • David Vitter • prostitution ring

Senator Won't Testify in 'DC Madam' Case 

Defense rests without calling witnesses;
Vitter off the hook

Apr 14, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Louisiana Sen. David Vitter will be spared an embarrassing trip to the witness stand in the trial of Deborah Palfrey, the so-called “DC Madam,” CQ Politics reports. The defense and prosecution both rested today, with the defense declining to call any witnesses. The Republican lawmaker, who has admitted... More »

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DC Madam • Deborah Jeane Palfrey • trial • David Vitter • witness

Gay Groups Want Craig Probe Halted

Citing Vitter, activists see ‘homophobic’ double standard

Nov 13, 07 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent gay rights groups are calling on the Senate Ethics Committee to drop its sexual misconduct probe of Larry Craig, calling the panel’s focus on the senator’s case—combined with the lack of focus on David Vitter’s—“hypocrisy tinged by homophobia.” The two groups say... More »

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gay rights • California • homophobia • David Vitter • Larry Craig • Senate Ethics Committee • Barbara Boxer

Republican
Scandal Level Approaches Self-Parody

GOP insider: 'You can’t make this stuff up'

Aug 29, 07 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Larry Craig's bathroom toe tap is only the latest in a seemingly endless string of scandal that has Republicans at wit's end, the NY Times reports. Such episodes are fueling voter suspicion of a party already tied to an unpopular president and the Iraq war. "We are approaching... More »

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ethics • Republican • sex scandal • GOP • Ted Stevens • David Vitter • Larry Craig • scandal • Iraq war

Vitter's Sorry for ... Something

D.C. Madam client apologizes for a
"serious sin" he
refuses to name

Jul 17, 07 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taking a page out of the Jason Giambi playbook, Louisiana Senator David Vitter yesterday held a press conference to apologize for "actions from my past" but categorically refused to specify what, exactly, he'd done wrong. Vitter spent a week in seclusion after his number showed up in the D.... More »

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sex scandal • DC Madam • David Vitter

La. Senator Caught Dialing DC Madam

Republican apologizes for "very serious sin" after escort-service revelation

Jul 10, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter atoned yesterday for a "very serious sin in my past," after his telephone number turned up on the scandal-soaked call logs of Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The so-called DC Madam was forced to denude the records of her million-dollar escort service last week. More »

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prostitution • Republican • politics • Senate • DC Madam • conservative • Louisiana • escort service • David Vitter • social conservatives • senator

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