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Saturday Dec 5 | Examiner.com

What's your Senator's stance on employee protections for women?

They were targeted as being in favor of rape, and now they want the Democratic Senator who indirectly called them out on this issue to apologize.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Senator Roger Wicker, Senator John Barrasso, US Senate, Republican, Roger Wicker, US House of Representatives

Saturday Dec 5 | Washington Times

Senators question Obama's Afghan mission

Senators from both parties confused by President Barack Obama's Afghanistan war plan on Wednesday pressed administration officials to clarify the plan to surge troop levels and then begin withdrawing them in 18 months on the second consecutive day of hearings about the new strategy.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, Bob Corker, Hillary Clinton, George Bush

Fri Dec 04, 2009

New York Times

Gates Says Afghan Drawdown Timing Is Flexible

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Kerry, Democrat

Mon Nov 30, 2009

www.denverpost.com | SeeRayRun

Sen. Mark Udall introduces bill to focus attention on West's beetle-killed forests

New legislation to declare "Insect Emergency Areas" in Colorado and other western states on Monday raised hopes of focusing national attention - and funding - on the problem of beetle-killed forests.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Udall, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall, Entomology, Science, Republican

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Denver Post

Sen. Mark Udall introduces bill to focus attention on West's beetle-killed forests

New legislation to declare "Insect Emergency Areas" in Colorado and other western states on Monday raised hopes of focusing national attention - and funding - on the problem of beetle-killed forests.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Udall, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall, Entomology, Science, Republican, Denver Metro

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Bostonist

Cartography: The Ultimate Senatorial Test

Haven't picked your horse in the Massachusetts Senate special election yet? Not swayed by rhymes ? Never fear, a new test is here: map-drawing. In celebration of Geography Awareness Week , National Geographic challenged senators to draw maps of the states they represent and point out at least three major locations therein.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, National Geographic, Vocal, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

OpenSecrets.org

Capital Eye Opener: Friday, November 20

PALIN'S BOOK TOUR DE FORCE: Folks in Michigan waited in line for hours to see former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on tour for her new book, Going Rogue .

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Related Topix: US Politics, Rob Simmons, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Sarah Palin, World Wrestling Entertainment, Christopher Dodd

Sat Oct 24, 2009

43rd State Blues

Senator Risch Participates in Medicare, But Against the Public Option

No, no, no, don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to. 276 days since ... . Navigation Sisyphus Syndicate Submitted by Sisyphus on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 5:18pm. The junior senator from Idaho is the thirteenth richest in Congress, enjoys some fine federal benefits, including health care insurance, AND collects his medicare benefits.

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Fri Oct 16, 2009

| Michael Strickland

Risch: "Another step toward government-run health care at the expense of America’s families"

U.S. Senator Jim Risch issued the following statement after the Senate Finance Committee approved its health care bill:

“Tuesday's vote is, unfortunately, another step toward government-run health care at the expense of America’s families. Instead of responsible reform, the proposal raises taxes, increases the cost of insurance premiums for all Americans and employers, imposes a larger Medicaid burden on states and cuts Medicare benefits by half of a trillion dollars. As expansive and socialistic as it is, it still fails to accomplish the original goal of providing insurance coverage to every American. Health care needs reform, but this is not the right way to do it. Fortunately, this is only one in a series of efforts at reform and there is a long road ahead before final passage. How the final bill will look, no one yet knows.”

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

| Michael Strickland

Risch Supports 72-Hour Transparency Resolution

Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Jim Risch reiterated his continuing support of a resolution requiring greater transparency in all legislative matters brought before the Senate.

The resolution, authored by Senator Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), calls for all legislation to have a final budget scoring from the Congressional Budget Office and to be made available to the public at least 72 hours before it can be brought for consideration in a Senate committee or on the Senate Floor.

“Already this year we have found surprise after surprise in legislation, like the stimulus bill, when it was rushed through without seeing the light of day. A three-day window to examine legislation and consider its cost is reasonable, responsible and provides the oversight we desperately need,” said Risch. “The president and the American people have said they want greater transparency and this resolution provides it.”

A recent poll showed 83 percent of voters support posting legislation online in its final form before Congress votes on it— something Risch has done on his website with each of the health care proposals being considered in the House and the Senate.

The Bunning resolution goes further by requiring all legislation be made available on the Internet in searchable form and further stipulates that weekends and holidays are to be excluded from the 72-hour window unless the Senate is in session on that day. Additionally, the rule could only be suspended by a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate.

“That really is not too much to ask,” Risch said. “It’s just improved transparency.”

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

www.thenational.ae | Michael Strickland

US hails UAE as model for nuclear power

WASHINGTON // As American concerns rise over Iran's nuclear ambitions, the UAE yesterday was once again held up as a model for countries seeking to develop nuclear energy.

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Related Topix: Iran, World News,

Tue Sep 29, 2009

www.clearwatertribune.com | Michael Strickland

Court denies injunction to halt wolf hunt

On Sept. 8 U.S. District Court of Montana judge Donald Molloy agreed with plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service likely violated the Endangered Species Act in delisting wolves in Idaho and Montana, but denied a preliminary injunction against Idaho 's wolf hunt.

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Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

Thu Sep 17, 2009

NWCN.com

Senator Risch one of richest in Congress

Idaho's freshman U.S. Sen. Jim Risch is among the richest members of Congress, according to a new analysis by the Washington, D.C., publication Roll Call.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Sat Aug 15, 2009

Baltimore Jewish Times

AIPAC-Backed Letter Garners 71 Signatures

Seventy-one U.S. senators signed an AIPAC-backed letter to President Obama supporting his effort to encourage Arab states to normalize relations with Israel.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Wed Aug 12, 2009

WKBW

Abc News: Senate Confirms Sotomayor as Nation's First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

By NITYA VENKATARAMAN Aug. 6, 2009 The Senate voted to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court today, making her the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and just the third woman to sit on the court.

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Related Topix: US News, Sonia Sotomayor, US Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Tehran Times

U.S. senators press Obama on Arab peace role

" President Barack Obama should press Arab leaders for "dramatic gestures" on behalf of Middle East peace, an overwhelming majority of U.S. senators said in a letter made public on Monday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, Israel, World News, Middle East, Republican

Tue Aug 11, 2009

WKBW

Abc News: Senate Confirms Sotomayor as Nation's First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

By NITYA VENKATARAMAN Aug. 6, 2009 The Senate voted to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court today, making her the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and just the third woman to sit on the court.

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Related Topix: US News, Sonia Sotomayor, US Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

WKBW

Abc News: Senate Confirms Sotomayor as Nation's First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

By NITYA VENKATARAMAN Aug. 6, 2009 The Senate voted to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court today, making her the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and just the third woman to sit on the court.

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Related Topix: US News, Sonia Sotomayor, US Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Jerusalem Post

71 senators urge Obama to press Arabs

Seventy-one senators have signed an AIPAC-backed letter to US President Barack Obama supporting his effort to encourage Arab states to normalize relations with Israel.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Palestinian Territories

Fri Aug 07, 2009

National Parks Traveler

Clock Ticking on Jon Jarvis's Confirmation Vote in the U.S. Senate

Time is running out for Jon Jarvis to be confirmed as the next director of the National Park Service before the Senate recesses for August.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Senator John Barrasso

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