State Secrets Scorch Brazil's Senate Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
The Brazilian Senate is in full-blown crisis these days. A controversy over 600-plus undisclosed (or “secret”) acts over recent years has centered on the upper house’s president, 79-year-old Jose Sarney.
But it was not just Sarney involved in the secret acts. About half of the senators have been implicated, according to one report. And many Senate employees saw their salaries zoom past the cap for civil servants because of the acts.
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Senate approves bill to broaden wiretap powers Posted: 1 year ago by theclansman
The Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a major expansion of the government’s surveillance powers, handing President Bush one more victory in a series of hard-fought clashes with Democrats over national security issues. As most of you may know, I am a huge Obama fan and am saddened to see him voting in support of this (even though he said he wouldn't).
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GOP's Chambliss Wins Ga. Senate Runoff Posted: 12 months ago by ImNotBlue
The GOP's Sen. Saxby Chambliss won the Georgia Senate runoff Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in a race that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes on the balance of power in Washington.
(There will be no super majority)
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Democrats likely to win control of the Senate Posted: 3 years ago by XXXXXPP
Democrats are within striking distance of taking control of the U.S. Senate on Election Day, according to a series of new polls.
Democratic Senate candidates are tied, have a slight edge or an outright lead in each of 10 pivotal battleground states. They need a 6 seat gain to become the majority party.
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Senate rejects additional F-22 funding Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
The Senate voted Tuesday to block expansion of one of the country's most controversial and expensive defense programs, the F-22 fighter jet program.
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Senate reaches a deal on stimulus bill Posted: 10 months ago by eastcoast1978
The Senate reached a tentative deal Friday night on a $780 billion fiscal stimulus package, nearly assuring that the plan will pass in the next several days.
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Senate passes bill to hurt the taxpayers Posted: 1 year ago by JoshSF49
Senate voted 74-25 to pass a *slightly* different bill than the house voted down.
Yay! [/sarcasm]
Vote Record
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Senate votes 97-1 to halt oil reserve shipments Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
The Senate voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel.
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Al Franken Wins Primary For U.S. Senate Seat Posted: 1 year ago by ImNotBlue
Comedian Al Franken grabbed the Democratic nomination Tuesday for U.S. Senate in Minnesota...
Minnesota voters joined those in six other states and the District of Columbia... Nominations for House, Senate and governor were on the line, along with the fate of another TV celebrity: Kevin Powell, a former cast member on MTV's "Real World," who lost his bid for Congress in New York.
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Senate Votes to Keep Housing Funds from ACORN Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
Senate yesterday voted overwhelmingly to prohibit Housing and Urban Development grants from going to the group, which bills itself as “the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate income families."
Update to THIS
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Minn. rules for Franken in Senate fight Posted: 5 months ago by nateebiinature
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race.
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State Senate OK's gun-at-work bill Posted: 2 years ago by mutil8or
In the three-year duel over whether citizens should be allowed to conceal their firearms in locked vehicles at work, state lawmakers have decided Florida business owners will have to bite the bullet.
The possibilities for stories here is endless
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Blagojevich set to fill Obama’s Senate seat Posted: 11 months ago by shep182
Defying U.S. Senate leaders and his own state's lawmakers, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was expected Tuesday to appoint a Senate replacement for President-elect Barack Obama despite federal charges that he tried to auction off the seat to the highest bidder.
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Senate Abandons Automaker Bailout Bid Posted: 12 months ago by muppet
The Senate on Thursday night abandoned efforts to fashion a government rescue of the American automobile industry, as Senate Republicans refused to support a bill endorsed by the White House and Congressional Democrats.
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In Franken's Senate run, jokes are off record Posted: 1 year ago by bevissimo
Former funnyman Al Franken hopes to convince Minnesotans that he can represent them in the buttoned-down halls of the U.S. Senate. So for now, jokes are off the record.
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Senate Adopts Slavery Apology Resolution Posted: 5 months ago by DoggyBob
The senate adopted a resolution today, June 18 apologizing slavery and the Jim Crow laws. I am surprised that a formal apology was never issued before.
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Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day, stretching US Secret Service Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
Since Mr Obama took office, the rate of threats against the president has increased 400 per cent from the 3,000 a year or so under President George W. Bush, according to Ronald Kessler, author of In the President's Secret Service.
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George Galloway before the U.S. Senate Posted: 3 years ago by Boomshank
George was brought before a U.S. Senate committee to answer allegations of conspiring with the Sadam and recieving oil kickbacks.
George defends himself AND some with a scathing comeback. It's 45 mins long, but once you make it past 6 minutes it's a GREAT watch.
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Desperate state may sell Capitol buildings, others Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
Call it a sign of desperate times: Legislators are considering selling the House and Senate buildings where they've conducted state business for more than 50 years.
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Should top equity fund managers pay more taxes? Meet some senators who say "no." Posted: 2 years ago by hisidea
The biggest debate in the Senate this week isn't over Iraq, it's over a proposal to increase the taxes on some of the wealthiest Americans.
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Secret Starlight: The BLAST Balloon-Borne Telescope Uncovers Half the Universe's Hidden Light Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
Astronomers working on BLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope) study have determined that dust-enshrouded galaxies several billion light years away hide about half of the starlight in the Universe from Earth's view.
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