Heller Pursues Bipartisanship With an Eye on 2012
that overwhelmingly passed the Senate, 89-10, on Saturday.
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that overwhelmingly passed the Senate, 89-10, on Saturday.
That summer, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee unanimously endorsed Boarman, but his nomination was subject to an anonymous hold.
Michele Bachmann created a stir last summer when she suspended her Congressional re-election campaign while running for president.
Scott Brown (Mass.) has a related bill in the Senate, but Denham’s bill hasn’t been granted a floor vote.
While Frank, the first Member to come out willingly, is retiring at the end of the next session, Polis recently became the first gay Member to become a parent and Baldwin is now running for the Senate.
Republican Hunter Bates, a former chief of staff to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, confirmed this evening that he’s considering a bid for retiring Rep. Geoff Davis’ (R-Ky.) seat.
“In order to devote more time to my family, I have decided not to seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives,” the Kentucky Republican said in a statement posted on his website.
and the Senate.
Bill Clements’ (R) decision not to seek re-election. James was never implicated in the SMU scandal and has denied involvement as late as this summer.
Marcy Kaptur’s (D) re-election.
“I’m tired of hearing what the Senate can’t do,” Boehner said. “The House has done its work. It’s time for the Senate to do theirs.
Abolishing vitriolic re-election ads? That’s what the comity-seeking No Labels organization is after with its nonpartisan plan to “Make Congress Work.”
Republicans also appeared to cast their votes with an eye on the Senate majority.
Conroy, who gained local fame by walking more than 650 miles across the Bay State as part of his campaign, said he would run for re-election to his state House seat instead.
Top House and Senate leaders cut checks for Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth’s (D-Ill.)
Nick Garcia will continue as managing director, and Brooke Armour and Jessica Ng, who served as deputy communications director for Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, will serve as directors for the new firm
“I am still committed to ending up with a map that Speaker Boehner fully supports,” state Senate President Thomas Niehaus wrote to Whatman in a Sept. 11 email obtained by the group.
Targeting Constituents The advertising technique that is gaining in popularity for Senate campaigns and House offices and campaigns is Facebook ads, which can now be narrowed down to target certain
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said in a statement Friday that the House plan wouldn’t fly.
Specter then lost re-election in 2010. Their departure broke a 50-year tradition of at least one Jewish Republican in the Senate that started in 1957, when former Sen.