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    Mar 9, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  1. Senate rejects rival GOP, Democratic budgets

    The Democratic-led Senate on Wednesday emphatically rejected a budget-slashing House spending bill as too draconian. It then immediately killed a rival Democratic plan that was derided by moderate Democrats as too timid in its drive to cut day-to-day agency budgets.
    Associated Press
    The Democratic-led Senate on Wednesday emphatically rejected a budget-slashing House spending bill as too draconian. It then immediately killed a rival Democratic plan that was derided by moderate Democrats as too timid in its drive to cut day-to-day...

    Tags: Rand Paul, Claire McCaskill, Elections, Ohio, Health and Safety at School

    2. Nov 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Dislodging Obamacare

    Republicans believed a Mitt Romney win would seal Obamacare's fate. Democrats — or rather, the lonely two-fifths of Americans who support the president's beleaguered healthcare law — believed an Obama win would secure its future. Both sides...

    Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Joe Lieberman, Elections, Medicaid, Litigation

    3. Nov 16, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. Election results have minor impact on House and Senate Ag Committees

    With votes cast and ballots counted, the 2012 election is over. Though the majority of the focus during the 2012 election season focused on the presidential race, the results of key congressional races in the Nov. 6 election will have a small effect on...

    Tags: Democratic Party, Elections, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Scott Tipton, Bobby Schilling

    4. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  4. Democrats Hold onto Narrow Majority in U.S. Senate

    WASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress.
    Los Angeles Times
    WASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...

    Tags: Elections, Joe Lieberman, Los Angeles Times, Timothy M. Kaine, Sarah Palin

    5. Aug 3, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  5. Neb. Senator introduces fair grazing fee bill

    Recently, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson introduced a taxpayer fairness bill to end the substantial federal subsidies that an elite number of livestock producers receive, saving American taxpayers about $1.2 billion. His bill requires that the Secretary of...

    Tags: Government, Politics, Forestry and Timber, Marketing, U.S. Department of Agriculture

    6. May 29, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  6. Two Visions, Two Nations?

    Orlando Opinionators - Orlando Sentinel
    A Congressman stands on the floor of the House of Representatives and accuses his political opponents of wishing for Americans to “die quickly”. A popular political commentator accuses a young woman of being sexually promiscuous for simply...
    7. Jun 15, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  7. What a surprise! Schock repeats the big GOP lie

    Change of Subject
    For two years he had complete, unadulterated control of the federal government, a 60-seat majority in the Senate, an 80-plus seat majority in the House. He got every -- literally every piece of legislation he wanted, to try and, quote,......
    8. Jun 6, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  8. 60 Plus group spending another $1.1 mill to target Bill Nelson

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    The 60 Plus Association, the group that proudly bills itself as “the conservative alternative to the AARP,” is on the air with a new commercial targeting incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. The group says it's paying $1.1 million to run...
    9. Mar 22, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  9. Nelson: Cap farm payments to mega-farms

     OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Sens. Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Tim Johnson of South Dakota are part of a bipartisan group of senators who will seek to cap federal farm payments to large farming operations.   The group plans to introduce a measure to...

    Tags: Mike Enzi, Democratic Party, Tim Johnson, Chuck Grassley, Sherrod Brown

    10. Feb 3, 2012 |Story| AP Member Choice Complete
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    11. Jan 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'Super PACs' are showing their power

    Political committees unfettered by donation limits are dominating the last weeks of the presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, funding aggressive attack campaigns that are swamping the efforts of the candidates themselves.
    Political committees unfettered by donation limits are dominating the last weeks of the presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, funding aggressive attack campaigns that are swamping the efforts of the candidates themselves. In Ohio,...

    Tags: Government, Maurice D Hinchey, Companies and Corporations, Elections, Theodore Roosevelt

    12. Dec 23, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  12. Neb. lawmakers question $100K grant to farm group

    LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - State money awarded to a Nebraska farm coalition that was formed to fight an animal welfare group is drawing scrutiny from lawmakers, who question why Attorney General Jon Bruning awarded the money from a cash pool intended for...

    Tags: Tom Osborne, Jon Bruning, National Rifle Association of America, Democratic Party, Elections

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