Durbin
WASHINGTON — Chances are that Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln won’t be sharing her big secrets with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., anytime soon.
Durbin, the Senate majority whip, spent Friday afternoon backtracking from comments…
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Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Sen. David Vitter is taking a “political shot in the dark” with a proposal to discount illegal immigrants from the upcoming 2010 census, Rep. William “Lacy” Clay, D-St. Louis, said Tuesday.
“We’re going to stop playing games…
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Sen.-designee Roland Burris
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats probably wonder now why they took such a hard line two weeks ago.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Senate’s No. 2, Dick Durbin of Illinois, said that they…
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Franken
WASHINGTON — Roland Burris isn’t the only would-be U.S. senator whose arrival in Washington will be scrutinized.
Al Franken, a Democrat who left the wacky world of comedy for the wacky world of politics,…
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Checketts
Sarah Palin’s appearance at tonight’s Blues hockey game probably didn’t need too much time gaining approval with team brass.
Team owner David Checketts is apparently a fan, filling the GOP net with thousands in…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Throughout the Democratic and Republican conventions, we’ll be providing short profiles of local delegates.
Here is our first “Delegate Spotlight.”
Name: Cheryl Hibbeler
Age: 54
Hometown: O’Fallon, Mo.
Political experience: St. Charles County Council member, former O’Fallon alderman
Road…
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Leaving Kenny Hulshof’s victory party, U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond went after Democrats in Missouri and nationally and called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democratic Prez nominee Barack Obama to all change their stances…
The YouTube audience is currently eating up comments by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid that burning fossil fuels creates health hazards.
Reid’s comments however were phrased more bluntly than that: “Coal makes us sick,” he said.
That pill isn’t settling…
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