Wednesday, February 02, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 02-02-2011 PM

Canada rejects U.S. senator's visa idea
Ottawa Citizen
Senator Joe Lieberman, the chairman of the US Senate's powerful Homeland Security committee, was commenting on a report that found the US Customs and Border ...

Afternoon Fix: Jim Webb's fundraising is (still) lagging, Harry Reid takes ...
Washington Post (blog)
...dressed down a freshman senator today, telling a tardy Dick Blumenthal (D-Conn.), "You can't do this." * White House Counsel Bob Bauer declared that there ...

Snooki snubs Senator Schumer
Washington Post
Members of the crowd around Polizzi can be heard telling her that the Senator is passing by, and Schumer, intrigued, can be seen doubling back to wave at ...

"It Feels Lonely:" Dem Senator Admits Spending Push Could Cost Her Her job
ABC News (blog)
 Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, is embroiled in a tough re-election fight – and today she said her push to cap federal ...

Senator Jeff Merkley: Rethink HAMP
By The Huffington Post News Editors
It's time to take another look at HAMP, Senator Jeff Merkley told MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan. Senator Jeff Merkley, D - OR, said he had spoken to several families in his state who thought their loans were being reworked as part of the ...

Ethics Committee Investigating Nevada Senator's Affair With ...
By ABCNews.com
The Senate Ethics Committee today appointed a special counsel to handle the probe of Sen. John Ensign, R-NV, a move that could prove damaging to his already imperiled re-election bid.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.), who chairs a Senate administrative oversight and courts subcommittee, introduced a bill last week that would clarify existing law to allow troubled borrowers to enter into court-supervised talks with lenders.

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