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He received a hero’s welcome at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver and made a surprise appearance on the Senate floor in February to provide a crucial vote for the economic stimulus package
.) — House and Senate Republicans are joining forces beginning Wednesday and ending Friday to hold four town hall meetings and tour local medical facilities.
—“We’re heading in the direction of doing absolutely nothing, and I think that’s unfortunate,— Feingold, who is up for re-election in 2010, said later during the town hall meeting.Feingold is a member
— Marshall, a Blue Dog, has had to fight for re-election since he first won in 2002. Last year he won with 57 percent of the vote. Fellow Blue Dog Rep.
Ben Bernanke could have a bumpy ride to reconfirmation, given both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate expressed concern about the Federal Reserve chairman’s handling of the financial market meltdown
Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) urged President Barack Obama to stand firm in support of the public insurance option and criticized Senate Democrats for their willingness to compromise.
Senators up for re-election in 2010 are making this a true district work period, and Thursday was no exception. Democratic Sen.
President Barack Obama is determined to succeed on difficult issues like health care, even if it dents his popularity so much that he loses a re-election bid and becomes a one-term president, according
— He said he’s now placing his hope in the Senate and the compromise measure that is currently being developed in the Senate Finance Committee and expressed his hope that the full Senate will pass
Despite moving last week to downplay his participation in the Senate Finance Committee’s ongoing bipartisan health care negotiations, Sen.
Senate confirmation as the nation’s new ambassador to China last week.
Nevada Republican party chairwoman and possible Senate challenger Sue Lowden hit back at Sen.
Texas Democrat Kirk Watson, who was considering a run for governor in 2010, has decided instead to seek re-election to the state Senate.
Arlen Specter accentuated the left-leaning side of his long Senate career as he prepares to face Rep. Joe Sestak in a highly competitive Democratic primary.
Senate Republicans fired back Friday at Democratic claims that GOP leaders are eschewing public forums and town halls to avoid difficult questions on health care reform, arguing that Democrats are abandoning
The poll of 1,000 adults, conducted Tuesday, had a margin of error of 4 points.The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee took aim at a handful of Senate Republicans whom, they argued, have shunned public
In the sweltering summer heat, Iowans turned out to talk health care with Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, who has worked for several months to fashion a bipartisan reform
Public polling has shown Dodd trailing some of his potential GOP opponents and the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs chairman is viewed as the most vulnerable Democrat up for re-election next year
PANORA, Iowa — As he did at two previous town-hall meetings on Wednesday, Senate Finance ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made a point at his third event to tell his constituents that he won’t compromise
legislation.Obama, who made the comment at a town-hall meeting in Portsmouth, N.H., meant to say that AARP was generally supportive of “comprehensive reform— and backs a deal between drugmakers and the Senate