Democratic candidates for Senate nomination tout ethics
Four seeking seat occupied by Roland Burris make their cases A month after U.S. Sen. Roland Burris was admonished for misleading the public about his appointment by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevic...
Chicago Tribune,
Thu Dec 10 21:18:14 PST 2009
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Congressional Republicans Lead Democrats in Announced Retirements
The number of announced retirements in both chambers is higher among Republicans, who also must defend more open seats in the Senate than Democrats.
Fox News,
Thu Dec 10 17:01:46 PST 2009
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.: Reid Readying Full Manager's Amendment; Details Secret Until Fr...
In an email to The Huffington Post Wednesday night, a spokesman for Harry Reid indicated that the Senate Majority Leader is folding a key healthcare...
The Huffington Post,
Wed Dec 09 18:27:53 PST 2009
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Obama supports Senate efforts to find compromise on public insurance option
President Obama said he supports the effort by Senate Democrats to reach a compromise on the public option. Read more...
The Hill,
Wed Dec 09 11:55:21 PST 2009
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Highlights of the year since Blagojevich's arrest
Key events in the year since Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges:
AP via Yahoo! News,
Tue Dec 08 14:38:58 PST 2009
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Blagojevich Busted: 1 Year Later
It's been one year to the day since then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was awakened by federal agents, arrested at his home, and taken away in handcuffs.
CBS 2 Chicago,
Wed Dec 09 09:55:47 PST 2009
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This day in history
Rod Blagojevich continued the trend of corruption in the office of governor in the state of Illinois, when he was arrested on Dec. 9, 2008. The United States Marshals Service, in partnershi...
The Western Courier,
Wed Dec 09 15:26:53 PST 2009
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Abortion vote shows health care fight looms
Dec. 8, 2009 - Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and John McCain, R-Ariz., are seen in an elevator following the tabling of an abortion amendment on Capitol Hill in Washington.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Wed Dec 09 01:36:24 PST 2009
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"Celebrating" Today's Effing Golden Blagoversary
Has there ever been a year more filled with political turmoil, more highs and lows, more twists and turns for major Illinois public servants than 2009? I...
Chicagoist,
Wed Dec 09 12:19:42 PST 2009
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Klobuchar, Franken want Senate to extend jobless, COBRA benefits
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MinnPost,
Wed Dec 09 08:22:26 PST 2009
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One year later, Blagojevich investigation moves slowly to trial
One year ago today, FBI agents knocked at Rod Blagojevich's North Side Chicago home and arrested him on federal corruption charges. Later that morning, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said...
Daily Herald,
Tue Dec 08 22:01:03 PST 2009
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Senate deal may discard 'public option'
Accord could include nonprofit insurer, Medicare expansion, but Reid is mum Senate Democrats reached what Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called a "broad agreement" Tuesday night that c...
Daily Press,
Tue Dec 08 23:04:27 PST 2009
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Highlights of the year since Blagojevich's arrest
Key events in the year since Gov.
AP via Yahoo! Philippines News,
Tue Dec 08 14:38:00 PST 2009
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Highlights of the strange year since Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested by FBI
_ Dec. 9: Blagojevich arrested by FBI. _ Dec. 10: Blagojevich turns 52. _ Dec. 15: Illinois House creates committee to consider impeachment.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune,
Tue Dec 08 14:52:04 PST 2009
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Senate freshmen engage in health care debate
Sen. Jeff Merkley and 10 other Senate freshmen enter the health care debate, offering a package of 40 amendments aimed at controlling costs, improving quality and giving consumers better in...
The Oregonian,
Tue Dec 08 12:50:24 PST 2009
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Sen. Warner leads eleven freshman senators in announcing health-care amendments to...
Courtesy of Office of U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner today (Dec. 8) led a group of eleven freshman U.S. Senators in introducing a package of amendments that will br...
Midlothian Exchange,
Tue Dec 08 08:00:39 PST 2009
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Warner pushes plan to alter health care pricing system
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia is joining the debate on the Senate health care bill today , proposing with 10 other Democratic senators a package of amendments they hope will lay the gro...
The Virginian-Pilot,
Mon Dec 07 19:32:28 PST 2009
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A New Alternative to the Public Option Emerges
The Senate Could be on the Verge of Abandoning the "Public Option," but is it Closer to a Compromise?
CBS News,
Mon Dec 07 10:08:00 PST 2009
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Health Care Progress Report: December 7
The Senate Starts its Debate over the Health Bill's Abortion Language; Continues to Debate Public Option
CBS News,
Mon Dec 07 09:30:03 PST 2009
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