David Vitter

The 12 Most Shocking Political Sex Scandals Of The Decade

Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

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As 2009 ends, the Huffington Post is taking a look back at one of the recurring themes of the past decade -- embarrassing political sex scandals. Whic...

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Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing on Bernanke Confirmation: One Hot Committee Room

Cate Long | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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Cate Long

A fight's a'brewin in room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building... This is the committee room of the Senate Banking Committee...

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How to Pass Health Care Reform - -Promise Voinovich the Moon

William Klein | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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William Klein

Why not be the man who goes down in history as saving health reform? Voinovich has in the past bucked the conservative tide.

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Contradictory Republicans Still Flummoxed By Medicare

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

A contradiction problem has been a feature of Bush Republicanism for a while now, but it's only during the past year that the gap between contradictory statements has narrowed down to just 24 hours.

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Jay Dardenne Considers Primary Challenge To David Vitter

The Advocate | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

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Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said he is considering conducting a poll to measure Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter's vulnerability among Louisiana ...

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Ryan Grim

GOP Would Require President, Cabinet, Staff To Enroll In Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

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Senate Republicans opposed to a public health-insurance option intend to introduce an amendment Monday that would require not just members of Congress...

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Ryan Grim

Pharma Deal To Be Tested On Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has promised to allow a vote on re-importing prescription drugs from Canada as an amendment to the health c...

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Vitter, Coburn Public Option Bluff Called By Democrats (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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Democrats took on a pair of Republican senators Friday, signing on to an amendment that would make lawmakers join the public option. On Thursday, thi...

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GOP Purity Test: Republican Party's Version of the Longest Suicide Note in History

Kara Vallow | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Kara Vallow

You can tell the sun is setting on a once-great political party when it starts issuing angry, demonizing mission statements that seem deliberately devised to alienate as many moderate voters as possible.

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David Vitter Digs In; Won't Say if Brown was Decided Correctly

Mike Stark | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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Mike Stark

I guess if you ask a United States Senator if he'd like to condemn a racist judge, you reveal yourself as being "fringe."

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Vitter Won't Say If Brown vs. Board Of Education Rightly Decided (VIDEO)

Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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Back in November, blogger Mike Stark asked Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) a question inspired by Vitter's refusal to comment on the Louisiana judge who wou...

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Sam Stein

Dems To Vitter: Denounce Glenn Beck's Landrieu-Prostitute Analogies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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The Louisiana Democratic Party, in a rather humorous and bold press release on Tuesday, called for Senator David Vitter (R-La.) to denounce conservati...

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Senator Vitter on Video: I Don't Know if Loving Was Correctly Decided

Mike Stark | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Mike Stark

Loving v. Virginia was a unanimous Supreme Court decision that declared state anti-miscegenation (interracial marriage) laws unconstitutional. It is simply not credible for any lawyer to claim ignorance about it.

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David Vitter's Obstruction Exposes Dirty Relationship With Formaldehyde Industry

Mother Jones | Andy Kroll | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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In May, President Obama nominated a renowned scientist known as the "father of green chemistry" to head the EPA's Office of Research and Development. ...

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Stormy Daniels: 'I Hope Someone Is Afraid Of What I'm Doing'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with Marie Claire magazine, adult film star Stormy Daniels discusses her ambitions to unseat Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and the explosi...

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Sam Stein

Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Last month, Senator David Vitter (R-LA) opposed a congressional measure to prohibit the government from working with contractors who deny victims of r...

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A Hypocrite Bashes Immigrants

Gautam Dutta | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Gautam Dutta

David Vitter just introduced a bill that would ban millions of immigrants from being counted in the census. This bill is undemocratic, unconstitutional, and un-American.

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Breaking: Senator Reid States He Is Keeping Anti-Immigrant Vitter Amendment From the Senate Floor

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

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Mario Solis-Marich

Today at a press tele-conference with Latino members of the press Senate Majority Leader Reid stated that he was keeping the anti-immigrant Vitter amendment from the floor of the Senate.

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David Vitter Ducks Question On Interracial Couple (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Earlier this month, Louisiana Justice of Peace Keith Bardwell refused to perform a marriage for an interracial couple, on the grounds that society has...

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Louisiana Young Dems: We Can Only Guess Why Vitter Is Opposed To Anti-Rape Law

Talking Points Memo | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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The Young Democrats of Louisiana have sent out a new e-mail against Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) -- the staunch social conservative who was implicated in ...

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David Vitter FEC Complaint Filed By Louisiana Dems

Politico | Jonathan Allen | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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The political committees of Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) have been accused of ...

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Soft on Crime, Soft on Cruelty

Michael Markarian | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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Michael Markarian

Virginia state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli may be one of the only elected officials in the country running for statewide office who is an apologist for staged animal fighting -- and has the record to prove it.

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David Vitter Having Yet Another Lousy Week

Senate Guru | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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Senate Guru

This week has demonstrated that both Democrats and non-partisan ethics organizations will not let the voters forget about Vitter's law-breaking and dumbfounding hypocrisy.

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David Vitter: America's Prostitution Expert (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy

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Senator David Vitter, a man who endured a public scandal after being outed for visiting prostitutes, has devoted himself to taking on ACORN (Associati...

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Vitter Slapped With Prostitution Complaint

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility (CREW) has filed a bar complaint with the Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel against Sen. David Vitte...

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