Friday, February 25, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 02-25-2011 AM

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US Senator from Arizona John McCain, who was labeled a moderate during his presidential campaign, had one of the most conservative 2010 voting records in the Senate, according to the National Journal. After reviewing all 96 votes taken in the Senate in ...

Senator Collins "cautiously optimistic" about mills potentially reopening
WCSH-TV
Senator Susan Collins said she's cautiously optimistic that the Katahdin Mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket will be bought and the Millinocket one re-opened. She said the prospect of the reopening is welcoming ...

2010′s most conservative US Senator was … « Hot Air
By Ed Morrissey
NJ once ranked a junior Senator from Illinois as the most liberal member of the upper chamber in 2007, but he still managed to win the Presidency running as a centrist. There's reason to be suspicious of this outcome as well: ...

Senator Ensign Is A-Okay With Legal Prostitution | The Atlantic Wire
By Erik Hayden
Perhaps more confusing than Reid's timing was fellow NV Senator John Ensign's response: defending legal prostitution. Ensign, if you recall, was previously embroiled in a 2009 sex scandal where he "acknowledged an extramarital affair ...

Which Ocracy Do You Prefer?, Christian News, The Christian Post
By Chuck Colson
One wonders whether America's political fortunes have been the same since the 17th Amendment. Now let's be clear. What's happening in these Midwestern states is not democracy. But it will be a critical test for democracy, ...

2Chambers: Levin -- Pentagon must investigate psy-ops charges
Washington Post
By Felicia Sonmez The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged the Pentagon on Thursday to investigate allegations in a new Rolling Stone article that the Army used psychological operations on members of Congress to manipulate them into ...

Christine O'Donnell gets 'the ask' from 'Dancing with the Stars'
The Hill
Former Delaware Senate candidate and Tea Party darling Christine O'Donnell (R) may be waltzing into millions of American living rooms later this year. The 2010 political hopeful posted a note on her Facebook page this week announcing that she had been ...

Senate Dem to Introduce Repeal of "Defense of Marriage Act ...
By Trish Turner
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a senior member of the Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday that she will introduce legislation to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which defines marriage as being solely between a ...


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