Wednesday, December 01, 2010

The Seventeenth Summary 12-01-2010 AM

New Mexico senator seeks football helmet review
Washington Post
The Democratic senator made the request in a letter Tuesday to the commission's chairman. Udall serves on the US Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees ...

New Jersey Senator Calls for Prepaid Debit Card Regulation
GetDebit.com
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez announced that he intends to introduce new legislation before the end of the Congressional session to regulate and ...

Senator Lugar Could Face Republican Challenger
MyWabashValley
Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar could face competition from his own party in 2012. He hasn't faced a Republican challenger in the primary since he ...

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont US Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's expecting the US Federal Reserve to release details on emergency spending actions during ...

C-Span mic catches US Senator's candor: The Senate 'is all rigged ...
By Stephen C. Webster
Bennet was appointed to the US Senate by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter when President Obama selected former Senator Ken Salazar for Secretary of the Interior. Bennet was reelected in November, defeating Republican Ken Buck. ...

Video: Democratic Senator complains lame-duck agenda “rigged” on ...
By Ed Morrissey
“It's all rigged, the whole conversation's rigged,” Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO ) complained today on the Senate floor — without realizing that someone had left the C-SPAN microphones hot. An aide quickly alerted staff and had the mics ...

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