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    Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Supreme Court gay marriage debate prompts lawmakers to state support

    WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since...

    Tags: Human Rights, Kay Hagan, Claire McCaskill, Family, John D. Rockefeller IV

    2. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats rejected a call to reopen White House tours scrapped because of the tightened spending.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's...

    Tags: Tom Vilsack, Democratic Party, U.S. Department of Defense, Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment

    3. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. NFU applauds Tester, bipartisan coalition

    WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union (NFU) commended a recently formed bipartisan coalition of Senators, led by Jon Tester of Montana, in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to work...

    Tags: Tom Vilsack, International Organizations, Politics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Congress

    4. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  4. R-CALF USA applauds Senate country-of-origin-labeling letter

    Billings, Mont. - R-CALF USA applauds yesterday's action by a group of 31 U.S. Senators led by Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Tim Johnson (D-SD), and Charles Grassley (R-IA). who sent a joint letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack...

    Tags: Tom Vilsack, Mike Enzi, Chuck Grassley, International Organizations, Politics

    5. Jan 25, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  5. Nancy Pelosi on ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’; Paul Ryan on ‘Meet the Press’

    The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel
    Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks Thursday on Capitol Hill about her bill to ban assault weapons. Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: The weekend political discussion starts on HBO's “Real Time With Bill Maher.” Maher...
    6. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. The challenging math of passing immigration reform

    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system.
    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

    Tags: Saxby Chambliss, John McCain, Mike Enzi, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Mary L. Landrieu

    7. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. Floods blamed for 16 pipeline spills

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Pipeline spills caused by flooding and riverbed erosion dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous liquids into U.S. waterways over the past two decades, according to a new report from federal regulators.
    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Pipeline spills caused by flooding and riverbed erosion dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous liquids into U.S. waterways over the past two decades, according to a new report from federal regulators....

    Tags: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Max Baucus, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Enterprise Products Partners LP, U.S. Congress

    8. Nov 26, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  8. GOP blocks bill giving hunters more land access

    A wide-ranging bill to give hunters and fishermen more access to public lands stalled in the Senate Monday after Republicans said it spends too much money.    Republicans supported opening lands for outdoorsmen and many other provisions in the bill...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, Democratic Party, Hunting, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jeff Sessions

    9. Jul 10, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. 3 GOP senators join call for action on toxic flame retardants

    The first signs of bipartisan support for overhauling the nation's chemical safety law emerged Monday, as three Republicans joined 23 other senators calling for tough restrictions on toxic flame retardants.
    The first signs of bipartisan support for overhauling the nation's chemical safety law emerged Monday, as three Republicans joined 23 other senators calling for tough restrictions on toxic flame retardants. Citing the Tribune's "Playing With Fire"...

    Tags: Frank Lautenberg, Susan Collins, Chemical Industry, Olympia J. Snowe, Amy Klobuchar

    10. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Democrats retain narrow majority in 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.
    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...

    Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Olympia J. Snowe, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Todd Akin

    11. Nov 16, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Would you buy a used candidate from Karl Rove

    No doubt who the big winners were on November 6. Two years ago, he was considered toast. But President Obama scored a decisive victory: winning the popular vote by three and a half million, racking up a 126 margin in the Electoral College, locking up eight out of nine battleground states -- and losing North Carolina by less than 100,000 votes. Give that man a mandate.
    No doubt who the big winners were on November 6. Two years ago, he was considered toast. But President Obama scored a decisive victory: winning the popular vote by three and a half million, racking up a 126 margin in the Electoral College, locking up...

    Tags: Elizabeth Warren, The Washington Post, Democratic Party, George W. Bush, Rick Perry

    12. Nov 9, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  12. R-CALF USA requests investigation into meatpackers' sheep procurement practices

    BILLINGS, Mont. - In a letter sent on Oct. 31 to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, R-CALF USA wrote that it strongly supports the bipartisan congressional requests for an investigation into the sheep procurement...

    Tags: Kent Conrad, Antitrust Issues, Lamb, Mike Enzi, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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