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Arne Duncan -- Get in the Game

Dennis Danziger | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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Dennis Danziger

Duncan has the right stuff to make huge and positive changes in the lives of our public school children. He did it in Chicago and I want him to repeat those successes across our nation.

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Ryan Grim

Stimulus Negotiators To Work Through The Night

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Senate Stimulus Bill, Stimulus Negotiators, Stimulus, Senate, US Senate, Politics News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor Thursday evening that negotiators would work through the night to craft a stimulus compromi...

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Reid: Stimulus Bill Going To Be "Long, Hard Slog"

CNN | Ed Hornick and Kristi Keck | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Bill Vote, Stimulus Bill, Senate, US Senate, Politics News

Democrats admit it's going to be a tough fight to get President Obama's economic stimulus plan passed with bipartisan support, but they are optimistic...

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Senate Passes Bill To Expand Child Health Coverage

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled Congress moved a step closer to handing President Barack Obama an early health care victory Thursday as t...

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Now We'll Know if Caroline Kennedy Is Serious About Serving

James Boyce | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Patterson, Hillary Clinton, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
James Boyce

A free ticket to the U.S. Senate should be given only to someone who is willing to earn it under a different circumstance, and I assure you, Senator Gillibrand is that sort of person.

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Ryan Grim

Obama's Mavericks? Retiring Republicans Will Be Senate Wild Cards

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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A Republican retirement community of sorts is slowly forming in the United States Senate. The behavior of its liberated members could have profound im...

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Kennedy Found Out that Politics is for Politicians

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Senate, New York, Caroline Kennedy, Democrats, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A bruised Kennedy did the right thing, the only thing that she could do when her head bumped against the realities of political life, she dropped out before she was dumped.

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Ryan Grim

Norm Coleman Returns To Senate As Non-Senator

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Former Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota is on Capitol Hill today meeting with his erstwhile colleagues. "I'm hopeful I'll be back here," said Coleman a...

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$825 Billion... With Band-Aids For Health Care?

Pia Sawhney | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Politics, U.S. Senate, Senate, Obama Transition Team, Health, President Obama, Breaking Politics News, Obama Administration, Obama Transition, Senate Democrats, Health Care, Barack Obama, Economy, Obama, Recession, Recession Fears, Politics News
Pia Sawhney

When all companies find that the cost of healthcare is bogging them down, this would be the area to fix in an economic stimulus. Will healthcare be the greatest failure of the new administration?

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Blagojevich 2.0

Lloyd Garver | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy, Blagojevich, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Chicago Governor, Illinois Governor, Gov. Blagojevich, Friends of Blagojevich, U.S. Senate, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Obama, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Blagojevich Complaint, Governor Arrested, Blagojevich Indictment, Blagojevich Arrested, Roland Burris, Patrick Fitzgerald, Politics News
Lloyd Garver

What Blagojevich did is so shocking that it could make "Lincoln turn over in his grave." But Caroline getting the seat because of her zillion-dollar fund raising ability wouldn't do the same?

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She's No Kennedy

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Edward Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Kennedys, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Michael Wolff

Caroline Kennedy is a woman. Some of the most oppressed people on earth are women named Kennedy. Ergo, appointing Caroline to the US Senate is striking a blow for women and humankind.

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An Anti-Kennedy Coalition: Radio Ranters and Intellectuals

Martin Nolan | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Ellen Alderman, Otis Pike, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joseph P. Kennedy, Hempstead, Greenwich Village, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Harvard, Eugene McCarthy, Ronald Reagan. Adlai StevensonRobert Kennedy, Ed McCormack, James Buckley, Kenneth Keating Sam Stratton, Alfonse D'Amato, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Roosevelts, Adamses, U.S. Senate, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Martin Nolan

The Empire State is a triumvirate uniting the House of Clinton, the House of Cuomo and the House of Paterson. Would reviving the Kennedy dynasty disturb this delicate ecological balance?

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New Senate Boosts Wilderness Protection Across US

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Bill Clinton, Virginia, Wilderness Protection Bill, US Senate, Little Rock, Oregon, Colorado, Wilderness, Wilderness Bill, California, Green News

WASHINGTON — In a rare Sunday session, the Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderne...

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GOP Sees Franken As Public Enemy Number 1

Politico | ALEXANDER BURNS | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

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With only a longshot court appeal standing in the way of Democrat Al Franken's election to the Senate, Republicans are gritting their teeth and bracin...

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Chris Matthews Tells Staff: I'm Not Running For Senate

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

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WASHINGTON — MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews has told his colleagues he won't be leaving television to run for a U.S. Senate seat fro...

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Burris Hoping to be Crowned Emperor of Universe

Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rod Blagoevich, Roland Burris Senate, U.S. Senate, Andy Borowitz, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Capitol, Illinois, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

Just hours after being denied a seat in the U.S. Senate, Roland W. Burris said that he was no longer interested in that position and would instead seek to be crowned Emperor of the Universe.

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Caroline Kennedy: Don't Tear Down That Wall

Howard Bragman | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

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Howard Bragman

I don't like to be too simplistic but you either love life in the public eye or you don't. I don't believe Caroline Kennedy loves it.

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Coleman Should Concede to Victorious Senator Franken

Brian Normoyle | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

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Brian Normoyle

Coleman's earlier admonishments about healing quickly and sparing taxpayer dollars have given way to a stubborn refusal to be a man of his word.

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Norm Coleman's Term Officially Expires

New York Times | Liz Robbins | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Minnesota Recount, Minnesota Senate Seat, US Senate, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Politics News

Count. Recount. File legal motion. Recount. File legal motion. It might be faster for the next United States senator from Minnesota to get to Washing...

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Burris Flap Tosses Glare on Virtual Lily White Senate

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Elections, Politics, Bobby Rush, 17th Amendment, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois, US Senate, Democrats, Roland Burris, Barack Obama, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Senate's glaring diversity problem goes far beyond the white out of African Americans. The paucity of openly gay members, minorities and women among the 100 senators is just as glaring.

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Alan Hoffman Returns To Washington As VP-Elect Joe Biden's Deputy Chief Of Staff

Erin Medlicott | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

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Erin Medlicott

As U.S. Senator Joe Biden's (D-DE) Chief of Staff from 1998 through 2003, Alan L. Hoffman directed Biden's agenda, communications and political operations, and managed everything from legislative affairs to personnel.

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Send Caroline Kennedy to Court of St. James

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, New York Senate Seat, Political Aristocracy, Richard Cheney, Court of St. James, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Ambassador to Britain, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, U.S. Senate, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama should stop this torment that is being prepared for Kennedy by offering her the Court of St. James, the U.S. Ambassadorship to Great Britain.

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Caroline Kennedy Refuses To Disclose Financial Records, Basic Information

nytimes.com | DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

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If she were applying to be, say, an undersecretary of education in Barack Obama's new administration, Caroline Kennedy would have to fill out a 63-ite...

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The Populist Case for Caroline Kennedy

Al Giordano | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Organizing, David Paterson, Ted Kennedy, US Senate, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Al Giordano

Caroline Kennedy's open support for marriage rights for gays and lesbians in an era when top liberal Democrats can't bring themselves to support it offers the best antidote to the Rick Warren blues yet.

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