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Mar 6, 2009 7:05 AM CST

Bunning Is the GOP's Burris

Despite electoral peril and party pressure, gaffe-prone Kentucky senator won't retire

(Newser) - Senator Jim Bunning, a former Hall of Fame pitcher, may have absorbed too much “quitters never win” talk while still an athlete: The New York Times reports that the erratic Kentuckian won’t go away, despite his Republican colleagues’ best efforts. Bunning barely held his seat in 2004 after...

Senate GOP Forces Delay
on $410B Spending Bill

Mar 5, 2009 9:02 PM CST

Senate GOP Forces Delay on $410B Spending Bill

(Newser) - Senate Republicans, demanding the right to change a huge spending bill, forced Democrats tonight to put off a final vote on the measure until next week. The surprise development will force Congress to pass a stopgap funding bill to avoid a partial shutdown of the government. Republicans have blasted the...

Fiorina Has Surgery for Breast Cancer

Mar 3, 2009 11:50 AM CST

Fiorina Has Surgery for Breast Cancer

Former HP CEO, McCain adviser 'doing great': chief of staff

(Newser) - Ex-Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina had surgery yesterday in California after being diagnosed with breast cancer Feb. 20, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “She's doing great," her chief of staff said. "She only just learned about this.” After a controversial stint at HP, Fiorina went on...

Burris Camp
Returns to
Race Card

ANALYSIS

Mar 3, 2009 10:26 AM CST

Burris Camp Returns to Race Card

Ill. senator hopes to box in white Dems for 2010 campaign

(Newser) - Roland Burris doesn’t have much support in Washington or money in his war chest for a reelection bid, but he retains one reliable weapon, Politico reports: the race card. As controversy over his appointment has reemerged, Burris hasn’t hesitated to chalk it up to racial politics. A Burris...

Angry McCain Slams Obama Over Earmarks

Mar 3, 2009 7:18 AM CST

Angry McCain Slams Obama Over Earmarks

Old spending bill proves minefield for Democrats

(Newser) - Democrats were hoping they could sneak the $410 billion omnibus spending bill from last fall quietly through the Senate and onto the president’s desk, to make way for the 2010 budget. But John McCain is having none of it. “If it seems like I’m angry, it’s...

Race to Replace Burris Already Under Way

Mar 2, 2009 12:18 PM CST

Race to Replace Burris Already Under Way

Illinois gov threatens special election before senator can run in 2010

(Newser) - The jockeying has begun to replace Roland Burris in the Senate, the New York Times reports, though nobody’s certain when an election will be. Burris seems set on serving the remaining 2 years of Barack Obama’s term, but pressure is building for special elections. “The landscape on...

Pelosi: It's My House, Not Obama's

analysis

Feb 27, 2009 1:30 PM CST

Pelosi: It's My House, Not Obama's

Speaker stakes her ground on Iraq, tax cuts, other issues

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi was happy to block for President Obama on the stimulus, but she won’t keep at it forever, reports Politico. Pelosi’s responsibilities are to her liberal district and caucus; on the pace of repealing tax cuts, withdrawal from Iraq, and other issues, Pelosi doesn’t plan on...

Senate OKs Congressional
Seat for DC

Feb 26, 2009 4:33 PM CST

Senate OKs Congressional Seat for DC

Measure expected to clear House, but legal challenges remain

(Newser) - Washington, DC, moved a step closer today to getting a congressional representative. The Senate voted 61-37 to give the district—and its 600,000 residents—a seat in the House of Representatives, the Post reports. The measure now goes to the House, where it is expected to pass next week....

Congrats, DC: Sen. Burris Is
on Your Side

OPINION

Feb 26, 2009 11:18 AM CST

Congrats, DC: Sen. Burris Is on Your Side

Milbank: Capital has ally in quest for rep ... just not a popular one

(Newser) - DC residents have a new Senate ally in their quest for congressional representation. Unfortunately, Dana Milbank points out in the Washington Post, it’s the monumentally unpopular Roland Burris, “the Democrat from Blagojevich.” As Milbank points out, “Burris is not one to be set back by shunning,...

We Know What We're Doing, Bernanke Assures Congress

Feb 25, 2009 3:00 PM CST

We Know What We're Doing, Bernanke Assures Congress

Fed chair defends response to financial crisis

(Newser) - Ben Bernanke defended the government’s response to the financial crisis today before Congress, saying regulators’ various approaches reflect different aspects of a unified strategy, MarketWatch reports. “We’re not making it up,” the Federal Reserve chief said. “We’re working along a program that has been...

Congress Debates Easing
Cuba Travel Restrictions

Feb 25, 2009 10:08 AM CST

Congress Debates Easing Cuba Travel Restrictions

(Newser) - A bill pending in the US House includes a provision relaxing travel restrictions on Cuban-Americans who wish to visit Cuba by slicing out funding for enforcement of a 2004 law, the Miami Herald reports. The bill, which will likely see a vote today, allows annual visits rather than one every...

Coleman Won't Rule Out Further Minn. Challenges

Feb 24, 2009 4:38 PM CST

Coleman Won't Rule Out Further Minn. Challenges

(Newser) - Norm Coleman expects a decision on the US Senate race in Minnesota within weeks, and hopes “they’ll do the right thing,” but has not decided whether to challenge a decision, Politico reports. “I’m not ruling it in or ruling it out,” he said. Coleman...

Durbin to Burris: Resign

UPDATED

Feb 24, 2009 3:30 PM CST

Durbin to Burris: Resign

(Newser) - Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin told his junior colleague, Roland Burris, that he should resign during a meeting today, the Chicago Tribune reports. Burris declined, and also would not confirm whether or not he would run in 2010, despite earlier accounts that he would give up the seat. Durbin said he...

What Should I Say
Tonight? 5 Sure Bets

ANALYSIS

Feb 24, 2009 3:07 PM CST

What Should I Say Tonight? 5 Sure Bets

(Newser) - President Obama has had to change his tune a few times since he took office, but the content of his speech to Congress tonight will be no surprise, Michael Scherer writes in Time. Talking points have been consistent for long enough to predict 5 key features:

I'm not Bush: In

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Sen. Bunning Apologizes for Grim Ginsburg Comment

Feb 23, 2009 3:05 PM CST

Sen. Bunning Apologizes for Grim Ginsburg Comment

It's great to see justice back, Republican says

(Newser) - Sen. Jim Bunning apologized to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for saying he believes she is likely to die in less than a year from pancreatic cancer. The Kentucky Republican said over the weekend that Ginsburg has the type of cancer that is usually fatal within 9 months. In a statement...

Kennedy:
'I Don't
Plan to Go
Away Soon'

Feb 21, 2009 9:25 PM CST

Kennedy: 'I Don't Plan to Go Away Soon'

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy appreciates the sentiment, really. But this recent wave of eulogies might be a tad premature, he tells the New York Times. "Obviously I've been touched and grateful," he says in a phone interview. "Beyond that, I don’t really plan to go away soon."...

Burris Launched
Senate Bid in Fall Call

Feb 20, 2009 10:10 AM CST

Burris Launched Senate Bid in Fall Call

Former Blago aide says Burris contacted him repeatedly about appointment

(Newser) - Roland Burris’s effort to get into the Senate looks more elaborate every day. John Filan, a former aide to Rod Blagojevich, now says he got a call from Burris some time in the fall, expressing interest in a Senate appointment, the Chicago Tribune reports. Burris reiterated his interest, and...

How We Can
Get Rid of
This Guy

OPINION

Feb 19, 2009 2:02 PM CST

How We Can Get Rid of This Guy

(Newser) - Even with everyone in sight calling for his head, even after he’s been caught lying multiple times about his appointment, Roland Burris seems determined not to step down. But there is a quick way to be rid of him, law professor Garrett Epps writes for Salon: The Illinois legislature...

Coleman Lawyers Blast Judges' 'Fatal Inconsistency'

Feb 19, 2009 9:15 AM CST

Coleman Lawyers Blast Judges' 'Fatal Inconsistency'

Trial rhetoric escalates as judges deny Coleman ballots

(Newser) - Norm Coleman's lawyers lambasted the judges in Minnesota's recount trial for again refusing to reconsider certain rejected absentee votes that would narrow Al Franken's 225-vote lead in the Senate race, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. The attorneys called the rulings a "legal quagmire" and said the "fatal inconsistency...

Obama Must
Share Blame
for Burris

OPINION

Feb 18, 2009 12:58 PM CST

Obama Must Share Blame for Burris

(Newser) - Roland Burris is in the Senate embarrassing Illinois, and Rod Blagojevich isn’t the only one on the hook for that, writes John Kass of the Chicago Tribune. A fair share of the blame belongs to Barack Obama, who pressured Senate leaders to seat Burris—a move from which he's...