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Tom Coburn Gets Big Penalty From Fellow Senators

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday over his contact with a top aide to former Sen. John En...

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Friday Talking Points [167] -- Happy Friday the Thirteenth, Ron!

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.13.2011

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Ron Paul, apparently, is not a superstitious kind of guy. Tempting fate, as it were, he announced today that he's running for president once again -- on Friday the thirteenth.

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Scandal-Plagued John Ensign Could Face Huge Challenges In 2012

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) may no longer be the subject of an investigation into whether he violated federal restrictions after partaking in an extrama...

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Sex Scandal-Plagued John Ensign Believes He Has 'A Lot To Offer' His State

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) said Wednesday that his new plans to seek reelection in 2012 shouldn't be spoiled by his ill-famed marital indiscretions wit...

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John Ensign Secured Earmark Nearing $1 Million From Health Care Reform He Opposed

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) reportedly successfully petitioned the Obama administration for a grant of almost $1 million in the wake of the passage of a...

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John Ensign Resignation Calls Mount: Nevada Republicans Call For Senator's Ouster

Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) has come under increasing internal pressure this week from Nevada Republicans who believe he should resign due to increasing...

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Wall Street Blackjack Player Busts, Busted, and Barred

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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They do quite a bit of surveillance at most casinos. Frankly, those paid to watch the games of chance do a better job than those paid to watch our stock markets. Take this recent case.

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John Ensign Says He's A Victim Of 'Gotcha' Journalism'

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, Politico's Manu Raju reported that Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada GOP Senator who last year admitted to having an affair with a married sta...

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John Ensign Emails Show Senator Sought Lobbying Work For Doug Hampton, Ex-Lover's Husband

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — E-mails turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign's efforts to find lobbyi...

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FBI Investigates John Ensign Affair

Politico | MANU RAJU & JOHN BRESNAHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal agents have started interviewing people connected to Sen. John Ensign's (R-Nev.) sex scandal, a potential sign that the Nevada Republican coul...

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Huh?

Dave Hackel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Everyday the news is filled with statements that just don't make any sense. I write them down and then I study them later. Many still puzzle me. Maybe you can help me make sense of them.

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Nevada Republican: Ensign Affair Hurting State

Politico | Glenn Thrush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) has repeatedly insisted that he's focused on his job in the aftermath of the sex scandal surrounding his extramarital affair...

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Advice to Tiger Woods: Ignore Brit Hume

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The obvious Christian bias would be astounding if not so disturbingly common. What if Woods was a Christian and Hume told Woods he should convert to Islam or Judaism for redemption?

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GOP Senate Leader Won't Comment On Ensign

AP | PETE YOST and LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affa...

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Left, Right & Center: Olympics, Unemployment Rate 9.8%, Iran, Baucus Bill, Sex!

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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The economy, touted as recovering, continues to be a jobless recovery: unemployment is at 9.8%. Arianna says Larry Summers and Obama's economic advisors are the problem, not the solution.

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Emails: Ensign Affair Known About By NRSC

Las Vegas Sun | Lisa Mascaro (Contact) | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Sen. John Ensign is methodically trying to turn the page after admitting to having an affair with a former campaign staffer, but new detail...

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Sen. Ensign's Dad Could Lose Casino Project Over Scandal

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Ensign, the father of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), may be finding his business deals threatened after he admitted to giving his son's mistress and...

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Revenge, European Style

Eva Nagorski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Europe's political wives are no longer standing by their men. In fact, they're more inclined to stand anywhere where they can give them a good clean kick in the derriere.

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Ensign Gave $5,000 To GOP Housemate After Scandal

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eight days after admitting to an extramarital affair, Sen. John Ensign gave $5,000 to the Tennessee gubernatorial campaign of Rep. Zack Wamp - a fello...

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Wake-Up Call For GOP's "Values" Hypocrites: Unions Are Pro-Family, Report Finds

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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GOP officials have emphasized fighting gay marriage, supporting prayer in schools, and banning abortion as the keys to promoting family values.

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Ensign Has Dropped 22 Points In Poll Since Admitting Affair

Las Vegas Review Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign's status in the eyes of his constituents has further eroded in the last month, as revelations about his extramarital affair with a fo...

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A Comical Failure of Moral Values: Twisted Ideas of Theory and Practice in the Republican Party

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The appeal to God to promote a political agenda does not work. Republicans are all the proof we need. We need a new way.

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John Ensign Scandal Escalates: "It's Not Good"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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For a long while, the inspiring tale of Mark Sanford's Latin American jaunt on or near "the sex line" had gripped America with its romantic melodrama....

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Ensign Paid Mistress' Family $96,000

AP/Huffington Post | KATHLEEN HENNESSEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — The sex scandal engulfing Sen. John Ensign has deepened now that his former mistress's husband has revealed new details about the re...

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Coburn's Ensign Advice "Privileged"

UPI | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said Thursday he would invoke privilege if asked about advice he gave to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., on handling an extramarit...

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