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Mich. Inches Closer to
June Re-Vote

Approval of privately financed primary must come within week

Mar 14, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michigan’s Democratic primary will take place—again—on June 3 if Barack Obama and the state legislature agree on a re-vote and private funds can be raised, the Detroit Free Press reports. Negotiators struck a tentative deal this afternoon on a full-fledged primary repeat, which state lawmakers must approve... More »

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Barack Obama • Jon Corzine • Ed Rendell • Carl Levin • Jennifer Granholm • Michigan primary

Mich., Fla. Closer to Approving Re-Votes

DNC chair leaves
mail-ins up to states

Mar 9, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michigan and Florida senators appeared closer today to approving mail-in re-votes for their disqualified primaries, the Swamp blog reports. DNC chair Howard Dean said he also supported the mail-ins if state leaders can agree with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on how to run them. “I have to run... More »

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Florida • Howard Dean • Michigan • Democratic National Committee • Carl Levin • Bill Nelson • Michigan primary • Florida primary • mail-in vote • re-vote

Oil-Rich Iraq Should Fund Reconstruction, Say Senators

US taxpayers are footing bill instead

Mar 9, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why isn't an Iraq that's rolling in oil dollars funding its own reconstruction? senators Carl Levin of Michigan and John Warner of Virginia want to know. The Armed Services' Committee honchos wrote the Government Accountability Office saying Iraq is doing little to help itself despite a projected $100 billion in... More »

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Congress • oil • John Warner • Carl Levin • oil price • Iraq reconstruction • senator • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

Army to Shorten Combat Tours

Three years between deployments

Feb 27, 08 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pentagon aims to trim tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan from 15 months to a year with an eventual three years between deployments, the Army's top general told the Senate Committee on Armed Services yesterday. The change will be made after the military reduces troop levels this summer,... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Pentagon • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • Carl Levin • drawdown • Gen. George Casey • troop levels • deployments • Senate Armed Services Committee

Credit Card Execs Grilled
Over Rate Hikes

Lawmaker threatens legislation to stop sudden increases

Dec 4, 07 6:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Lawmakers grilled credit card execs today over the practice of hiking interest rates on customers who pay on time, the AP reports. Senator Carl Levin called it unfair, but Bank of America and Discovery execs said that factors like credit scores also affect rates. "It's important criteria for how... More »

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Bank of America • Congressional hearings • credit card • Carl Levin • Discover

Washington Takes Aim at Credit Cards

Lawmakers vow to tackle rate hikes, reform arcane fee system

Dec 1, 07 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Dem lawmakers vow to finally rein in credit card companies after years of consumer complaints, the Washington Post reports. They want lenders to scrap random rate hikes and inscrutable fees, and plan to tackle it in a hearing next week; one rep has already drawn up legislation. But industry... More »

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Congress • Democratic Congress • Federal Reserve • Chris Dodd • Andrew Cuomo • credit card • Carl Levin

Push to Put Private Guards Under Military

Congress wants military in charge, despite resistance from Condi

Oct 25, 07 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite reluctance from Condoleezza Rice, Congress is pushing to bring all private security guards operating in Iraq under US military control. The Senate included military oversight of private contractors in its 2008 defense bill, and the House is likely to follow, the AP reports. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Carl Levin,... More »

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Iraq • Robert Gates • Condoleezza Rice • Blackwater • Carl Levin

Troop Withdrawal Timetable
Fails in Senate

Anti-war Dems have
had a bad week

Sep 21, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Antiwar Democrats continued their losing streak today as a Senate measure to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq didn't get enough support to keep it alive. The vote on the amendment to a defense authorization bill, which would have mandated a drawdown to begin in 120... More »

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Iraq • Harry Reid • filibuster • Carl Levin • Jack Reed • Iraq war

Dems Willing
to Deal on
Troop Pullout

They're easing off deadline after some surge progress

Sep 6, 07 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats are signaling they are willing to compromise with Republicans on a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The Democrats, who pushed before the summer recess for a pullout deadline next spring, have been undercut by some progress in Iraq and the success of the White House in maintaining... More »

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Iraq • Jim Webb • Senate • Senate Democrats • Armed Services Committee • troop withdrawal • timetable • Lamar Alexander • Carl Levin • Ken Salazar • Iraq war

GOP Senator: Start Bringing Troops Home

Warner raps Iraq PM, calls for limited pullout by Christmas

Aug 23, 07 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a significant break from his previous support for the White House's Iraq policy, John Warner said today wants to see some US troops home by Christmas. The influential ex-chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has opposed Democratic attempts to force withdrawal, CNN reports, but now says a partial... More »

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Nouri al-Maliki • Armed Services Committee • John Warner • troop withdrawal • Carl Levin • pullout • Iraq war

Maliki Must
Go: Senator

Iraq needs 'more unifying' leader, says head of Armed
Services Committee

Aug 21, 07 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki must go, says Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin, who yesterday called on the nation's parliament to replace him with a "more unifying" leader if Maliki can't quickly forge political peace among rival factions. Maliki's current talks with Iraqi leaders is the "... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Senate • Nouri al-Maliki • Senate Democrats • David Petraeus • Iraq government • Carl Levin

Michigan to Shift Primary
to Jan. 15

Move forces New Hampshire earlier;
Iowa mulls December

Aug 18, 07 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michigan is about to move its 2008 presidential primary to January 15th, sources inside the state Democratic and Republican parties tell MSNBC. A bill shifting the date will go before the state senate next week. The move will provoke other early states to move to earlier—as early as December—... More »

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Democrats • Republican • presidential campaign • primary • Michigan • Carl Levin • Michigan primary • Election 2008

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