Gates sees problems if Senate blocks repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'

cnn 10-DEC-10

2010 MID-TERM ELECTION: Republicans seize control as millions of U.S. voters turn their backs on Obama

dailymail 03-NOV-10

Obama's Democrats brace for US elections rout (AFP)

news 01-NOV-10

Obamas campaign together in Ohio

washtimes 17-OCT-10

Bill Clinton campaigns for Reid in Nevada

cnn 14-OCT-10

Senate strikes down vote on jobs bill, critics call it a âstuntâ (Daily Caller)

news 28-SEP-10

Military gay policy goes to Senate vote

CBC 21-SEP-10

Kagan confirmed to Supreme Court

bbc 05-AUG-10

Feingold Faces Unexpectedly Tough Race

CBSnews 06-JUL-10

Finance bill gives more consumer protections; toughest bank rules die (McClatchy Newspapers)

news 26-JUN-10

Major US financial reform agreed

bbc 25-JUN-10

Rep. Joe Barton and oil industry have long history

latimes 19-JUN-10

Park warning systems under scrutiny after deadly floods

cnn 13-JUN-10

New Wall Street rules should clear hurdles

economictimes 13-JUN-10

Arkansas flash floods kill at least 16 people

latimes 12-JUN-10

Busiest primary day of the year pits politicians against enemy within

thetimes 09-JUN-10

Guide to Biggest Primary Day of the Year (So Far)

IHT 08-JUN-10

Primaries from Calif. to SC measure voter anger (AP)

news 07-JUN-10

Calif. to SC, primaries measure voter anger

msnbc 06-JUN-10

Obama hails finance bill progress

bbc 20-MAY-10

Republican and Democrat big hitters are losers in Senate primaries

thetimes 19-MAY-10

Weather yet another primary obstacle for Pennsylvania's Specter

cnn 18-MAY-10

Tuesday's Primaries Could Reveal Trends for 2010

CBSnews 17-MAY-10

Kagan meets with key senators

cnn 12-MAY-10

Obama names Supreme Court choice

bbc 10-MAY-10

Dem challenger surges past Lincoln in fundraising (AP)

news 06-MAY-10

Arizona immigration law reshaping the push for reform

latimes 27-APR-10

Bank reform bill faces key test

bbc 26-APR-10

Barack Obama promises to end bailouts 'once and for all'

telegraph 25-APR-10

Senate scrambles to unite on finance reform bill

latimes 23-APR-10

Analysis: Obama's stronger role on Wall Street reform

cnn 22-APR-10

Synthetic, derivative

economist 21-APR-10

Goldman Sachs scandal sparks fierce US debate

channel4news 20-APR-10

GOP senators united In opposition to financial reform bill

cnn 17-APR-10

Top GOP senator, White House clash on financial reform

reuters 14-APR-10

Obama: Student loan changes apolitical

washtimes 28-MAR-10

Obama appointment to labor board sparks opposition

cnn 28-MAR-10

Obama Cites Student Loan Savings

CBSnews 27-MAR-10

Senate jobs bill vote expected Wednesday

cnn 24-FEB-10

Democrats Reel as Senator Says No to 3rd Term

IHT 16-FEB-10

Labor nominee blocked in Senate

washtimes 10-FEB-10

'Tea Party' activists gather to hear Sarah Palin address their first national gathering

dailymail 06-FEB-10

Medvedev: U.S. arms talks progressing

washtimes 16-JAN-10

Mass. Senate candidates shift to bank tax debate (AP)

news 16-JAN-10

Health care bill passes key test vote

cnn 21-DEC-09

Climate deal agreed in Copenhagen

bbc 19-DEC-09

Health care overhaul bill slowed by read-a-thon (AP)

news 16-DEC-09

Polls show dim support for health care bill

washtimes 10-DEC-09

Obama lauds health care deal, but others raise concerns

cnn 09-DEC-09

Senate debates health care, rejects GOP amendment

cnn 06-DEC-09

Senate preserves long-term care program (AP)

news 05-DEC-09

To Pass, Health Bill May Have To Ditch Public Option

NPRnews 25-NOV-09

Splits widen for Democrats over health reform

ft 23-NOV-09

Senate vote on Obama’s health Bill is start to months of debate

thetimes 22-NOV-09

Senate healthcare vote 'assured'

bbc 21-NOV-09

Teamsters buck Senate health bill over tax

washtimes 20-NOV-09

Government plans next file-share crackdown

ft 19-NOV-09

US health care bill backed by House of Representative

telegraph 08-NOV-09

Public option would lead him to filibuster, key senator says

cnn 28-OCT-09

Senate to add 'public option' to healthcare bill

latimes 27-OCT-09

Snowe pushes health care compromise as positions harden

cnn 14-OCT-09

Senate Panel To Vote Tuesday On Health Bill

NPRnews 08-OCT-09

Senate panel wraps up work on health care

washtimes 02-OCT-09

Dems turn back GOP health bill tax amendments (AP)

news 01-OCT-09

Key Senate panel votes down 'public option' for healthcare

latimes 30-SEP-09

Senate panel debates public option for health care bill

cnn 29-SEP-09

Senators to square off on public insurance plan (AP)

news 25-SEP-09

Baucus offers higher subsidies, other changes to his healthcare bill

latimes 23-SEP-09

Sen. Specter Says He Now Backs Union Bill

CBSnews 16-SEP-09

The World from Berlin: 'It Was High Time for Obama to Win His Authority Back'

spiegel 11-SEP-09

President to focus on health care specifics, Biden says

cnn 04-SEP-09

House rolls out plan to make health care a right (AP)

news 15-JUL-09

Obama presses for remaining $350B bailout funds (AP)

news 13-JAN-09

Obama 'wins North Carolina vote'

bbc 07-MAY-08

Controversial judge confirmed by Senate (AP)

news 24-OCT-07

Iran charges Iranian-American academic of seeking to topple regime

IHT 21-MAY-07

Senate Approves Democratic Budget Plan

ABCnews 24-MAR-07

Snow: 'Hazy memories' in attorneys' firings

cnn 16-MAR-07

Lieberman: From Democratic reject to Washington kingmaker

IHT 15-NOV-06

Senate Rejects Estate, Minimum Wage Bill

guardian 04-AUG-06

GOP Forges Deal on Investor Tax Cuts

guardian 10-MAY-06

Democrats Oppose GOP Health Coverage Bill

guardian 09-MAY-06

Tax Law Authors Have Pros Do Their Returns

ABCnews 16-APR-06

More Lawmakers Drop Abramoff-Linked Funds

guardian 07-JAN-06

Lawmakers Keeping Money Linked to Abramoff

guardian 06-JAN-06

Analysis

newsweek 05-JAN-06

US deal advances Saudi WTO bid

aljazeera 10-SEP-05

Senate Clears Way for Owen's Confirmation

ABCnews 25-MAY-05

Both Sides Claim Edge in Filibuster Fight

ABCnews 16-MAY-05

Wheeler-dealer Delorean Dies

ninewsletter 21-MAR-05

Bush: Social security math 'does not work'

timesofmalta 04-FEB-05

New Congress to Look More Like Real America

guardian 05-NOV-04

Democrats Face Months of Soul Searching

guardian 04-NOV-04

Republicans retain control of Senate

timesofindia 03-NOV-04

Republicans Set to Retain House Majority

guardian 30-OCT-04

Gay marriage to be examined in review ...

irish 18-OCT-04

Tax Cuts Sailing Through Congress

CBSnews 23-SEP-04

TAX RELIEF FOR FILM INDUSTRY

themirror 22-SEP-04

[-said]: The time is long overdue to fund the discrimination settlement for farmers who have experienced decades of injustice,

CBSnews 09-DEC-10

[-said]: This bipartisan agreement gives Arkansas’s middle-income families and small businesses the certainty they need that their taxes will not go up on January 1,

Whitehouse 08-DEC-10

[-told]: I worked hard at reaching out to others to find that middle ground, to be that common sense and try to make our country great. I still don't believe the answers are in the extremes,

msnbc 03-NOV-10

[-told]: Outside special interests on both extremes are plotting today to gain control of this Senate seat representing you, the people of Arkansas,

newschannel5 03-NOV-10

[-told]: I still don't believe the answers are in the extremes,

newschannel5 03-NOV-10

[ said]: When people vote, we win,

news 01-NOV-10

[-told]: As a part of that tax-writing committee, I think I have a responsibility along with other members of that committee to figure out whether we can find some sort of compromise of what is the best way to meet our objective of strengthening the economy and bringing down our debt and putting people back to work,

msnbc 11-OCT-10

[-said]: Clearly, if you just extend all of them, it comes at an enormous cost,

msnbc 11-OCT-10

[-said]: I can sympathize with those of you all in the media that want to place me in one of these camps, whether I'm for Bush or I'm for Obama, because it makes it easier to check a box,

newschannel5 11-OCT-10

[-said]: There's a lot of negativity, there's a lot of fear and anger that's being churned up so that people hopefully will be complacent and not go to the polls and so that people will be angry and instead of getting out there and working hard and figuring out how to solve our problems, they want people to whine,

newschannel5 09-OCT-10

[-told]: I don't think we should have to say that we're either going to extend the Bush tax cuts or we're going to take on the Obama tax cuts,

newschannel5 09-OCT-10

[-said]: Mitsubishi made a great choice when it decided to build its manufacturing plant in the hardworking community of Fort Smith ,

earthtimes 08-OCT-10

[-said]: This relief is long-overdue, and I have made certain that producers who are eligible will receive this assistance in the coming weeks — not months or years as is too often the case,

irishsun 16-SEP-10

[-said]: This relief is long-overdue, and I have made certain that producers who are eligible will receive this assistance in the coming weeks not months or years as is too often the case,

irishsun 16-SEP-10

[ said]: will finally put us on a path toward improving the health of the next generation of Americans, providing common-sense solutions to tackling childhood hunger and ,

nytimes 08-AUG-10

[-said]: No piece of legislation is ever perfect, and it's important we take steps to make improvements where we can,

upi 07-AUG-10

[ said]: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act will finally put us on a path towards improving the health of the next generation of Americas, providing common-sense solutions to tackling childhood hunger and ,

IHT 06-AUG-10

[-says]: In this budget environment, with record deficits, we have been able to produce a bill that is fully paid for and will not add a dime to the deficit,

upi 06-AUG-10

[ said]: We could not do our job without him,

WashingtonPost 30-JUL-10

[-said]: That is what we ask in terms of making sure that risky business is taken outside the banking institutions so that it is not a liability to the depositors or to the Treasury, and therefore the taxpayers,

NPRnews 25-JUN-10

[-said]: Quite frankly, common sense prevailed,

reuters 25-JUN-10

[-said]: Clearly swap dealing is a risky activity, and it's something we need to deal with,

cnn 25-JUN-10

[ said]: There wasn’t a lot of warning time at all to anybody there,

DailyNation 13-JUN-10

[ said]: There wasn't a lot of warning time at all to anybody there,

haveeru 12-JUN-10

[-admitted]: I know you're angry at Washington, believe me, I heard you on May 18th

cnn 11-JUN-10

[ said]: In my view, banks were never intended to perform these activities in the first place,

IHT 11-JUN-10

[-said]: Derivatives dealing is not central to the business of banking,

reuters 11-JUN-10

[-told]: Ever since 1991 when I first threw my hat in the ring, everyone has said I'm too young, I'm a woman, I'm up against the conventional wisdom, whatever,

cnn 11-JUN-10

[ said]: The regulatory approach is the wrong way to promote renewable energy and clean energy jobs in Arkansas and the rest of the country,

CBSnews 11-JUN-10

[ said]: EPA regulation of greenhouse gases does not move us any closer to a clean energy future or to reducing our dependency on foreign oil. And furthermore, it simply is the wrong tool for addressing greenhouse gas emissions,

cnn 10-JUN-10

[-said]: There are very few who come out on the battleground and dare to say, ‘Where is the common ground? Where do we solve these problems?’ One of the reasons I’ve been beat up is I’ve gotten out of that foxhole. I’m out here in the middle,

japantoday 09-JUN-10

[-said]: I would say that we may have underestimated the anti-incumbent mood,

cnn 09-JUN-10

[-said]: We've got a lot worth fighting for. A whole lot worth fighting for. We're going to make sure, as we regroup tomorrow, we put this campaign on a trajectory towards November and a victory in November,

cnn 09-JUN-10

[-said]: I couldn't be more proud of my great state of Arkansas,

CBSnews 09-JUN-10

[-said]: I believe in who Democrats are and what our Democratic Party stands for,

cnn 09-JUN-10

[-told]: I have heard your message,

reuters 09-JUN-10

[-said]: I was one of the senators that helped to bring down the cost of the stimulus package and so many other things that I felt like were very much in tune with what Arkansas wanted to see,

cnn 08-JUN-10

[-said]: One of the reasons I've been beat up is I've gotten out of that foxhole. I'm out here in the middle,

newschannel5 08-JUN-10

[-said]: I feel really good about this,

cnn 08-JUN-10

[-told]: People need to ... remind themselves that there are a lot of outside interest groups coming in here spending money to try and tell us who we are and buy our votes,

newschannel5 06-JUN-10

[-said]: I remain fully committed to my provision and will fight efforts to weaken it,

msnbc 19-MAY-10

[-told]: Let's make the rest of this campaign what it should be, a competition between two candidates and not a free-for-all among outside groups,

AHN 19-MAY-10

[-denounced]: racist.

csmonitor 18-MAY-10

[-told]: We are going to be ecstatic one way or the other, whether we win right out or we go to a runoff,

washtimes 18-MAY-10

[ said]: In my view,

NPRnews 14-MAY-10

[-said]: People's expectations are always elevated during a presidential year because there's lots of things going on and lots of promises being made. When you look at those expectations and promises that have been made and you look at the reality of how Washington works, it's unfortunate, because there's no way you can ever meet those expectations,

news 13-MAY-10

[ said]: If banks want to be banks ... they need to spin off risky activities,

NPRnews 24-APR-10

[ said]: This is the time for bold change and big decisions about the future of our country and the global financial system ,

news 22-APR-10

[-told]: The point here is, the contribution didn't make any difference because I still produced one of the toughest reform bills that's been presented,

cnn 22-APR-10

[-said]: Despite our differences, we must move forward,

WashingtonPost 21-APR-10

[-said]: to contemplate inaction is unacceptable.

WashingtonPost 21-APR-10

[-said]: My bill will put banks back into the business of banking and prevent future bailouts of Wall Street firms engaging in risky behavior,

news 16-APR-10

[-said]: and preventing future bailouts,

news 16-APR-10

[-said]: This is another example of how risky Wall Street behavior puts our nation's financial system in peril and further illustrates the need for the strong reform that my legislation provides,

news 16-APR-10

[-said]: The dark days of deals are over,

WashingtonPost 15-APR-10

[-wrote]: I have come to the conclusion we must enact vigorous reform of these unregulated markets,

reuters 14-APR-10

[ wrote]: My proposal is focused on transparency, clearing and exchange trading,

reuters 14-APR-10

[-said]: Speculators will not be exempted,

reuters 14-APR-10

[ said]: We’d all like to do more and we’re going to try, but we’ve got to get started,

IHT 31-MAR-10

[-told]: I don't support reconciliation! All I said was I want to see what's in it,

msnbc 09-MAR-10

[-said]: I know that I am the target of both political extremes, but that's what makes this campaign so important to all of us,

news 01-MAR-10

[-said]: Changing the rules in the middle of the game would be detrimental to their operations and would cost us even more jobs in rural America,

newschannel5 10-FEB-10

[ said]: The budget and the administration's economic policies of late provide more questions often times than they do answers,

earthtimes 02-FEB-10

[-said]: It's really cost, I think it's also security and I think it's appropriateness, it's exactly what I hear from my constituency,

thestar 02-FEB-10

[-said]: I have built a practical, common-sense record on energy and environmental issues while working closely with Arkansas environmental advocates,

cnn 29-JAN-10

[-said]: I will not accept any last-minute efforts to force changes to health insurance reform through budget reconciliation,

news 27-JAN-10

[ said]: Heavy-handed EPA regulation, as well as the current cap and trade bills in Congress, will cost us jobs and put us at an even greater competitive disadvantage to China, India and others,

alertnet 21-JAN-10

[ said]: We have been told that the U.S. beef industry has been informed that only U.S. product which has been inspected according to Russian standards will be allowed into the country as of February 1, 2010,

news 15-JAN-10

Paul [-said]: In Arkansas, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, a moderate who was first elected in 1998 and is considered among the most vulnerable Senate Democrats this fall, was the top vote-getter. But she failed to win the majority neede d to avoid a costly run-off against Lt Gov Bill Halter. He had the backing of labor unions and left-of-center progressives. The winner of the June 8 run-off will face Rep John Boozman, who won the Republican nomination. Turnout was better than normal for the primaries in Pennsylvania, Arkansas an

kuwaittimes 20-MAY-10