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Nov. 24, 2009 - Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., is reportedly willing to consider alternatives to most of the provisions in the 1,139-page regulatory reform discussion draft he unveiled two weeks ago.

The U.S. Senate voted 60-39 Saturday night , along party lines, to begin debating health care reform on the Senate floor.

A new Republican contender in Kentucky? - The Scorecard: A new Republican contender in Kentucky? November 18, 2009 Categories: Kentucky A new Republican contender in Kentucky? After Sen.

A recent e-mail solicitation for donations sent by Club for Growth President Chris Chocola urged recipients to 'Click here to send a message to the Washington establishment by making a contribution to Marco Rubio for Senate today.' The Politico 44 / Click Story Widget Requires Adobe Flash Player .

WASHINGTON - During a recent interview on a Kentucky radio station, House Minority Leader John Boehner urged listeners to ramp up their opposition to the health reform bill making its way through Congress.

Al Berkeley, Chairman of Pipeline Trading, said requiring dark pools to report the names of participants and post trades instantly to the consolidated tape would harm the mutual funds and pension funds that most small investors use to participate in the equities market.

Bill Johnson is running his campaign for the U.S. Senate the old-fashioned way. He is attending community events across the state, meeting and speaking with residents about what they want to see from the person who will replace Jim Bunning.

Over at the blog In the Agora , Joshua Claybourn notes that libertarian Rand Paul has taken an early polling lead for the Republican nomination to replace retiring U.S. Sen.

Witnesses participating in the Senate Banking House and Urban Affairs committee's hearing Wednesday on dark pools, flash orders and high frequency trading called for more openness in what was basically seen as a well-functioning market structure.

Is Richie gonna play tonight? That's the question echoing throughout Kentucky since former University of Kentucky basketball player and current state Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer told The Associated Press last week that he is considering a run for governor.

U.S. Rep. Ron Lewis spent more than $60,000 in campaign funds last year not running for re-election. In the months after Lewis, R-Cecilia, dropped out of the race, his campaign paid for restaurant meals, catering, hotels, flowers, Christmas cards, gifts for friends, cell phones, car fuel and maintenance, photography and $13,000 "loyalty awards" for ...

An exclusive WHAS11/Survey USA poll released Sunday shows widespread disapproval in the bluegrass state.

Members of a new Senate panel and the Obama administration's chief performance officer said on Thursday they are committed to ensuring that performance informs budget decisions on federal programs.

WASHINGTON - The homeland security spending bill signed this week by President Barack Obama includes more than $15 million for Kentucky.

Depending on how you count it, there are somewhere between 15.1 million and 25 million people currently unemployed in the United States.

The fact that its sponsor and his 26 co-sponsors - including Georgia Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson - are all Republicans is all you need to know to understand that Senate 1772 is a wholly political maneuver.

Though he's running for his party's nomination to the U.S. Senate, Boone County Republican Trey Grayson still has a day job.

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In recent weeks President Obama has come under fire recently for being "too cautious" and "too slow" in making appointments to vacant federal posts.

Extending and expanding an $8,000 homebuyer tax credit should be a slam dunk in the Senate, but the White House is still being cautious about the impact of the politically popular program.