Category Archives: Senate

Martin May Switch to Missouri Governor’s Race

By: David Cantanese Former U.S. Senate candidate and current Missouri congressional candidate Ed Martin is now considering his third contest of the 2012 cycle: A race for governor. Appearing on Mark Reardon’s St. Louis radio program Tuesday afternoon, the conservative talk show host asked Martin to get in the race and Martin replied, “I will [...]

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Rubio: “We don’t need new taxes. We need new taxpayers”

Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL) on July 6, 2011, Senate speech. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

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NRSC You Tube Video Creates Waves

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) have released the hard-hitting You Tube video “Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Mr. President“, which has achieved over 120,000 views since it’s release on Thursday. On Thursday, Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell invited Obama to meet with Senate Republicans over raising the debt limit, Obama declined. White House press [...]

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Sen. John Kerry to Imus: “I Could Have Been A Contender”

DON IMUS: “I think you would have been a much better President than the guy we have now, don’t you agree with that?” SEN. JOHN KERRY: “You’ve asked me that before. Every time I come on you try to get me to –” IMUS: “– I’m not trying to get you to do anything. I’m [...]

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While You Were ‘Weinergating’, Panetta Had A Confirmation Hearing…

Nothing soaks up the political headlines like a Senate Confirmation Hearing. Unless they occur during the week of exposing the improprieties of elected officials, they can go by unnoticed. That’s exactly the case for CIA Head Leon Panetta during his Department of Defense Senate Hearings. As the Libyan conflict remains on the back-burner topic-wise within [...]

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Gallup Poll Points to GOP Rout

By RICHARD E. COHEN | In a compelling sign that the Republican tide on Tuesday will produce a historic sweep in the House, the final pre-election poll by the Gallup Organization gave the GOP a 55 percent to 40 percent lead over Democrats among likely voters in its generic congressional ballot test. The commanding 15-point [...]

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U.S. Senate Kills H.R. 2499

Taken from La Chuleta Congelá’ Once again, the U.S. Senate refused to be a constructive partner in solving Puerto Rico’s unequal status. After months of claiming senators wanted to wait for the White House task force report at the end of October, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), chairman of the senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, [...]

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What McCain’s Tactics Teach

HUMAN EVENTS by Patrick J. Buchanan John McCain is headed back to the U.S. Senate, perhaps a changed and chastened man, and perhaps not. But the manner in which he secured his Senate seat for another six years is instructive, and not only for moderate Republicans facing off against conservatives and tea party candidates, but [...]

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Barack Obama’s home-field disadvantage

By CAROL E. LEE & ALEXANDER BURNS CHICAGO – Replacing President Barack Obama in the Senate was always going to be a tall order for Illinois Democrats. But never has the scale of that challenge been so clear as it was this week, when Obama embraced the man nominated to fill his seat and pleaded [...]

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Poll: Blunt has narrow lead over Carnahan; Obama’s numbers are “horrible”

By: Tony Messenger St. Louis Post Dispatch Fueled by voter dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama’s administration and the economy, Republican Roy Blunt leads Democrat Robin Carnahan in the highly charged Missouri race for U.S. Senate, according to a Post-Dispatch/KMOV-TV (Channel 4) poll. The poll, conducted July 19-21, asked voters if they would support Blunt, a [...]

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