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Hillary Clinton confirmed: Senate panel
The Swampby Mark Silva The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today recommended confirmation of the nomination of Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York as secretary of state. The vote was 16-1. The full Senate still must confirm Clinton as President-elect Barack Obama'...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Inauguration of President Barack Obama (2009), Upper House, Louisiana, National Government
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Naked Ambition
Spin CycleWhich was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1. Yankees President Randy Levine, telling a lawmaker who questioned more taxpayer borrowing breaks for the new stadium: ???Your behavior in this entire matter is worthy of the......Tags: Hillary Clinton, United States, Government, National Government
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Hillary Clinton confirmed to State Dept.
The Swampby Frank James Senators tend to take care of their own and today they took care of Hillary Clinton, voting 94 to 2 to confirm her as President Obama's secretary of state. The two Republican senators who voted against her?......Tags: Hillary Clinton, Jim DeMint, United States, Politics, Bill Clinton
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Burris ouster by Senate looks unlikely
The SwampSen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), leaves a press conference outside Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) by Frank James and Mike Dorning Now that Sen. Roland Burris has acknowledged that he indeed tried....Tags: Upper House, Ethics, Baptist, United States, Ted Stevens
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Burris Senate expulsion no time soon
The Swampby David G. Savage Though Roland Burris had some trouble being admitted to the U.S. Senate, he will not be easily expelled now that he has arrived. It takes a vote of two-thirds of the senators to oust a member,......Tags: Upper House, Ethics, United States, Ted Stevens, Regional Authority
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Burris should resign: sex-scandal senator
The SwampSen. David Vitter, R-La., and wife Wendy in July 2007. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (This posting has changed since it was first posted.) by Frank James Sen. David Vitter (R-Hypocrisy), that paragon of moral virtue from Louisiana probably best......Tags: Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, Louisiana, Health, Roland Burris
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Southern conservatives like their pork
The Swampby Frank James Taxpayers for Common Sense has e-mailed reporters its database of earmarks in the omnibus $420 billion spending bill currently being debated in the Senate and here's one conclusion to draw from it: Republican senators from the South......Tags: Upper House, Louisiana, National Government, Democratic Party, Thad Cochran
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Sen. Vitter goes plane crazy
The SwampDavid, you did WHAT at the airport? by James Oliphant Can't get enough David Vitter stories? Good. Neither can we. You remember Vitter, the Louisiana senator who famously copped to be a client of the "D.C. Madam"--the escort service......Tags: Witnesses, Transportation, Prosecution, United Air Lines, Public Relations
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Vitter's FEMA bar: No politics, just money
The Swampby Mark Silva Sen. David Vitter swears his objections to the Obama administration's appointment of a new FEMA director have nothing to do with politics -- in an email which conveniently links readers to a fundraising appeal for the Republican......Tags: Disasters, Upper House, Republican Party, FEMA, Hurricane Preparedness
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Ensign affair: Showstopper? Slate-clean?
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 1:20 pm EDT In an era when a senior Republican senator from Idaho is undone by a toe-tapping stop at an airport's men's room and a popular Democratic governor from New York loses his......Tags: Family, Upper House, Las Vegas, Symptoms, Louisiana
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GOP to keep majority, winning in key contests
Washington BureauRepublicans appeared certain to retain control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday after pulling off key wins in the South, and they had the prospect of widening their current narrow margin by winning several Senate races that were still undecided....Tags: Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Dick Durbin, Kentucky, Elections, Louisiana
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GOP Retains Control of Congress
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — Republicans retained control of both the House and Senate in Tuesday's elections, extending their decade-long domination of Capitol Hill as they swept up victories across the South and unseated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of...Tags: Heads of State, CBS Corp., Mel Martinez, Kentucky, Carol Moseley Braun
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