Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Seventeenth Summary 11-23-2010 PM

USA Today
The outcome of the legal wrangling won't change the Senate's partisan tilt. Democrats will control 53 votes, including those of two independents, ...

Linda McMahon runs last Conn. Senate ad
NECN
(AP) — The election may be over, but defeated Republican US Senate candidate Linda McMahon is making a return appearance on Connecticut TV stations. ...

Top Senate Republican joins push to stop earmarks
Las Vegas Sun
"Old habits aren't easy to break," McConnell, the Senate minority leader, noted. But he and other earmark proponents were under pressure to acknowledge the ...

Angle keeps her future options open for 2012
Lahontan Valley News
Angle, who scored a convincing victory in the Republican primary for Senate in June, drew 44.55 percent of the vote in the general election, while Reid had ...

O'Reilly: Senate bill on FDA regulation could threaten local producers
News-Leader.com
My friends, I'd like to invite you to read and research Senate Bill S510 -- the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The bill, now hovering close to final ...

Energy and the Lame Duck
New York Times
The Senate, paralyzed by Republican opposition and indifferent Democratic leadership, could not muster the 60 votes to pass legislation to reduce carbon ...

Grassley 'can work with' new ag chair
DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
Charles Grassley says the next chairman of the Senate agriculture committee, Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow, is “a person that I can work with. ...

The MIT Tech
While COICA has now passed in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the EFF still holds objections. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, also opposes the ...

Wonk Room » Senate Extends TANF, But Fails To Renew Popular, Job ...
By Pat Garofalo
For months, Republicans in the Senate have blocked an extension of the currently expired Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Contingency Fund, a successful jobs program that has created more than 250000 subsidized ...

The 12 most vulnerable Senate incumbents of 2012
By Richard Dunham, Bureau Chief
Just like this year, when Hatch's Senate partner, Bob Bennett, was denied renomination by Tea Party-backed Mike Lee. Hatch, like Bennett, is a longtime incumbent who — horror of horrors — has a long track record of working with ...

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