Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obama says he’s ‘absolutely confident’ health care reform package will pass — but there’s a tough road ahead• YOU DECIDE: Did House Make Right Decision'• Will Health Care Bill Vote Doom Dems'• Health Care Bill Passes House; Focus Shifts to Senate• Source: AMA Won’t Overturn Health Bill Endorsement [...]
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
... can keep the seat Republican," he said. "We can't afford to lose any ground, particularly in the Senate, when the margin is so tight there." Republicans hold 40 Senate seats. Democrats need 60 votes to steamroll any GOP filibuster efforts, leaving Republicans fighting in 2010 to swipe some Democratic seats and give them the power to block some Obama administration initiatives....
Green Options (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
In the midst of a week when climate change finally stole back some of the spotlight that had been hogged by health care reform for months, the Senate fought off a potentially devastating attempt to emasculate the EPA and its recently won power to regulate greenhouse gases. Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican of Alaska) tried to sneak in an amendment to the EPA fiscal 2010 spending bill that...
KentNewsNet.com (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Dear Editor: This is in response to your recent coverage of the senate faculty vs. Office of the Provost debate.
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
... for decarbonisation of the traded sector through the 2020s.” At a time when the U.S. Senate is fighting over a cap-and-trade plan that would set a carbon price of just $15 a ton , that doesn’t bode well. [Again, if people seriously think that the US climate swindle has a bright future, why has the offset price crashed 70-fold to 10 cents per ton']
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
... report shows that Coloradans are continuing to respond to the work Michael is doing in the Senate — fighting for real health care reform (and) constantly pushing for ways to get Colorado's economy moving again," said Bennet campaign manager Craig Hughes in a statement.The campaign raised just more than $1 million from 1,641 donors. About 72 percent of those donors call Colorado home, according...
rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
This is a disturbing video that clearly shows what can only be described as physical abuse. It’s made all the more disturbing by the fact that the perpetrator is a state senator. More disturbing still is the fact that this is a state senator, Hiram Monserrate, who leaders of both parties were fighting over last [...] Related posts: Obama now getting involved in the New York Senate...
