Montana: Rehberg Could Face Off Against McDonald
In 2008, a little-known candidate defeated the party favorite in the primary and Rehberg effectively got a free pass for re-election.
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In 2008, a little-known candidate defeated the party favorite in the primary and Rehberg effectively got a free pass for re-election.
Congress’ fight over the $410 billion omnibus package includes an issue that re-emerges almost every year: the annual cost-of-living increase to Members’ salaries.
Blanche Lincoln (D) won her previous re-election by a comfortable 12-point margin. And yet Republicans clearly see something enticing this cycle in the Land of Opportunity.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — whose Conference is particularly split over the issue — called the executive order a “troubling shift— in policy.
“The reason there are so many amendments is because of the magnitude of these things,— said on senior Senate GOP aide.
the Senate Republican leadership and working with the Democrats on pressing issues.
As baby boomers across the country re-evaluate their retirements in the face of dwindling 401(k)s, the organization that represents 40 million of them in Washington, D.C., is planning for its own future
According to the Morning Call blog item, Toomey has begun telling friends that he will run for Senate again in 2010.
With an open Senate seat and at least one open House seat, the Granite State does not lack opportunities to run for federal office in 2010.
By a vote of 43-52, the Senate defeated the amendment sponsored by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.).
The bundling rules require party committees, leadership PACs and lawmakers’ re-election committees to report the names, addresses, employers and amounts of money raised when registered lobbyists
[IMGCAP(1)]Kirsten Gillibrand’s appointment to the Senate has put one of those Democratic seats at risk, and party strategists have to decide how far they’ll go to try to hold it.
Although he’s been nudged by some in the Senate GOP leadership to retire, Sen. Jim Bunning (R) is firmly committed to running for re-election in 2010.
,— one senior Senate GOP aide said.
The two-term Senator was defeated for re-election in 2008 by Democrat Jeff Merkley. He said he chose Covington because of the type of work it would allow him to do.
Correction Appended After a two-year battle that frayed both political and personal nerves, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen.
David Vitter’s (R-La.) road to re-election in 2010 now looks a little clearer than it did last week.
The result is a more conservative GOP electorate than last time Specter faced re-election in a closed GOP primary. But the worst might be yet to come.
A Vacant Senate Seat. You just can’t keep a good woman down. Sen.
Any changes would force the House to take it back up again or require a potentially time-consuming House-Senate conference.