Senate: Bill Clinton Backs Coakley in Primary
Former President Bill Clinton endorsed Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Senate bid on Sunday and recorded a robo-call on her behalf, less than 48 hours before the primary election.
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Former President Bill Clinton endorsed Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Senate bid on Sunday and recorded a robo-call on her behalf, less than 48 hours before the primary election.
</p> Like his 10 colleagues, Sen.
bill in the past two years, King said.
Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.), who served from 1983 to 2007 and was chairman of the Science Committee, said he spoke to a number of Republicans about the climate change bill that passed the House earlier
</p> “I think that is insulting to voters,— he added. </p> As Democrats have gone about introducing their Senate prospect, Rep.
.— </p> This is clearly a trait that would prove to be invaluable during his 2008 presidential campaign.
—</p> “No one expects Republicans to roll over for President Obama,— Hoyer said.
</p> Brown is expected to handily defeat Jack E. Robinson, a businessman and frequent GOP candidate in Massachusetts.
</p> The most recent report was released Friday by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
</p> “There’s still a few things we have to work out in the bill but issues are being narrowed as we speak,— Reid told reporters.
John Cornyn (R-Texas) said the GOP remains concerned that the bill would raise taxes on small businesses and limit Americans’ access to Medicare.
</p> The group of moderate and liberal Democrats, tasked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) with developing an alternative to the public insurance option that is in the health care reform bill
</p> It was unclear why Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) has not been at the previous meetings of the group, considering he has threatened to filibuster any bill that includes a public option.
</p> According to Saturday’s Orange County Register, Pelosi was the keynote speaker at the Orange County Democratic Party’s Harry S. Truman Awards Dinner in Irvine.
</p> President Barack Obama is expected to meet with Senate Democrats in a special caucus at 2 p.m. on Sunday as the chamber continues a rare weekend debate of its health care reform bill, sources said
</p> But few Members have been willing to comment publicly about the news on a day when the Senate is debating a health care bill that Baucus had a hand in crafting.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (
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McCormick wants an amendment to that bill that would create a federal paternity-testing mandate. The bill itself is sponsored by Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and Rep.