Wednesday, January 05, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 01-05-2011 PM

Afraid of Backlash, Senate Dems Could Draw Out Filibuster Debate
CBS News
The GOP is fighting back against Senate Democrats' planned attempts at filibuster reform -- and it appears Democratic leadership may be flinching. ...

Kit Bond joins St. Louis law firm after leaving Senate
Kansas City Star
The 71-year-old Bond decided not to seek re-election in November after 24 years in the Senate. He previously served as Missouri's governor. ...

» Dodd Gets a Pass from Senate Ethics Committee on Corrupt Real ...
By Tom Fitton
“To receive complaints and investigate allegations of improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate, violations of law, violations of the Senate Code of Official Conduct, and violations of rules and regulations of the Senate…” ...

Longest-serving female senator wears down the skeptics
Washington Post
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) completes the oath to begin her fifth term in the chamber, she will become the longest-serving female senator, surpassing the ...

Outgoing GOP Senator Joins Lobbying Law Firm
Huffington Post
Still, the firm touted the two-term governor and four-term senator's time as a lawmaker when announcing the hire. "Senator Bond has been a tremendous friend ...

Ex-US Senator Specter to Teach at University of Pennsylvania Law School
Bloomberg
US Senator Arlen Specter will teach at the University of Pennsylvania Law School starting in the next ...

Cliff Schecter: Senator John McCain's Born Identity
By Cliff Schecter
Whether most journalists have been willing to see it or not, John McCain is not a statesman, nor has he ever been. He's a petulant bomb thrower. He's Simon Cowell in a suit.

It is a start….but Senator Collins, how about DEMANDING? « Gretawire
By Greta Van Susteren
Below is a press release from Senator Susan Collins. It is a start - but only a start - and I.

Recommended Reading on Mitch McConnell
The Atlantic
To coincide with the new Congress, I profiled Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell for the new issue of the Atlantic that's just out. ...

Feingold to be professor at Marquette Law School
Washington Post
The Milwaukee school said Wednesday that the three-term Democratic senator will teach an elective course called Current Legal Issues: The US Senate. ...

Lame Senate, Lame Entreaty - By Kathryn Jean Lopez - The Corner ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes on NRO: You might not have seen it because you might have been working, but Harry Reid just told Mark Kirk to hurry up with his ...

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