October 2nd, 2008
How Did Your Senator Vote on the Bailout?
Per the US Senate roll call vote on H.R. 1424 (as amended) -
See how your Senator, and others, voted - after the jump…
Tags: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, US Senate
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Per the US Senate roll call vote on H.R. 1424 (as amended) -
See how your Senator, and others, voted - after the jump…
Tags: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, US Senate
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Click here for the full text (PDF) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 that was passed by the Senate Wednesday evening.
WARNING! The document is 451 pages!
Tags: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, US Senate
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By a vote of 74 to 25, the US Senate passed the re-vamped bailout bill that was defeated in the House on Monday.
The bill allocates 700 Billion Dollars to be used buy up shares/assets within the financial market. The goal is to alleviate the nation’s (and other nations’) banking/investment industry load of failing assets - […]
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Tags: Medicare, ted kennedy, US Senate
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Ah, a filibuster, one of the most interesting, powerful and misunderstood tools of the Senate, is being considered by Senators Chris Dodd (D - CT) and Russ Feingold (D - WI) in response to the reformed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
They issued the following statement:
This is a deeply flawed bill, which does nothing more than […]
Okay, so I don’t have a real Teddy Kennedy Story - but it’s my personal story about Teddy Kennedy. When I was a college student I was an incurable nerd (no. really.).
While other co-eds were flying off to Cancun and Florida, a good friend and I caught a Greyhound bus to Washington, D.C.
We had planned […]
Ted Kennedy was elected to the US Senate 46 years ago. He is the second longest active Senator. Robert Byrd (D-WV) came into office in 1959. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) is right behind Kennedy - he took office in January 1963. Kennedy is the 3rd longest serving Senator of all time (Byrd is first), coming in behind […]
One of Ted Kennedy’s most important causes has been his fight to ensure fair wages for all workers.
In 2007, he made this impassioned plea on the Senate floor.
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Ted Kennedy has served as the Chairman (or Ranking Democrat) of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee since 1987.
Healthcare: Senator Kennedy has made it a priority to fight so that all Americans will be covered by health insurance. He has worked diligently to improve the health of American children and families […]
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Throughout his tenure in the Senate, Ted Kennedy has served in a variety of leadership roles.
From 1969 - 1971 Kennedy served as Majority Whip in the Senate. He he was succeeded by Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia.
From 1978 - 1981, Kennedy […]
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Written by Madeline Martin [email], and Thursday Bram [email] for b5media.
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