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Senators anticipate grilling Donald Berwick - Sarah Kliff - POLITICO.com
After requesting a hearing for months, Republicans will finally hear the Medicare chief testify.
11-16-2010 by sallythewaitress Tags appointments, congress, donald berwick, medicaid, republicans, senate

GOP Senate Hopefuls in Tight Races Take Edge in Money Race - WSJ.com
GOP candidates in the closest campaigns for the Senate have moved ahead of their Democratic rivals in the fund-raising race, according to reports released late Friday.
10-17-2010 by janetbaring Tags race, races, senate, take

Easy Campaign for GOP Senate Hopeful in South Carolina - WSJ.com
The troubled candidacy of Senate hopeful Alvin Greene in South Carolina has virtually assured a victory for his GOP opponent, Sen. Jim DeMint.
10-02-2010 by samspruell Tags carolina, easy, hopeful, senate, south

Tough Talk Pays Off for Colorado Senate Hopeful Ken Buck - WSJ.com
Campaigning for the Republican Senate nomination in Colorado, Ken Buck has some harsh words for the voters he is trying to woo. His expect-less approach seems to be working.
08-01-2010 by sallythewaitress Tags buck, colorado, hopeful, pays, senate, tough

BBC News - US Senate approves sweeping reforms of Wall Street
The US Senate passes a bill providing the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the 1930s.
05-23-2010 by ruthlovell Tags approves, news, reforms, senate, sweeping

Obama seats nominees
Bypassing the Senate, Obama uses recess appointments to seat 15 nominees.
03-28-2010 by stevenicolson Tags gone, obama, seats, senate

Senate Approves Motion on Jobs Bill
The Senate voted 61-30 to approve a key procedural vote on a bill aimed at spurring private-sector job creation. A final vote is likely to occur Tuesday.
03-17-2010 by samspruell Tags approves, jobs, motion, senate

Is The Senate Also In Play? (RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Last Tuesday I challenged the conventional wisdom that the House of Representatives is not in play. After Scott Brown’s five-point victory in Massachusetts, it is worth asking wheter the Senate is in play as well. If a Republican
01-27-2010 by stevenicolson Tags also, senate

Senate approves health care bill
The Senate passed a historic $871 billion health care reform bill Thursday morning, handing President Obama a Christmas Eve victory on his top domestic priority.
12-27-2009 by bryanmills Tags health, senate

GOP rips Senate health care timeline
Tensions exploded as Republicans laced into Sen. Harry Reid's possible plan to unveil a revised bill this weekend and pass it before Christmas.
12-20-2009 by bryanmills Tags care, health, senate, timeline

Senate debating health care over weekend
Americans can't take weekends off from worrying about health care and the Senate shouldn't either, Majority Leader Harry Reid said as he opened a rare Saturday session.
12-05-2009 by sallythewaitress Tags care, debating, health, over, senate, weekend

Abortion Haggling Looms Over Health Care Debate in Senate
A key Democratic senator said Tuesday that he won't vote for a health care overhaul if the bill does not clearly restrict federal funding for ending pregnancies.
11-11-2009 by samspruell Tags abortion, care, debate, haggling, looms, over, senate

Health care reform now up to Senate
The House of Representatives passed a sweeping health care bill Saturday night with a tight vote of 220-215, making it the biggest expansion of health care coverage since Medicare was created more than 40 years ago.
11-08-2009 by fionahavisham Tags care, senate

Senate Climate Bill Draft Tougher Than House Version
Draft Senate climate change legislation would require a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020, far deeper than the reductions mandated in the House version.
09-29-2009 by toddpeterson Tags bill, climate, draft, house, senate, version

LaHood: 'Cash for Clunkers' Could End Unless Senate Acts
The Obama administration will suspend the "cash for clunkers" program unless the Senate provides $2 billion more for the car incentive plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday.
08-03-2009 by paulaolsen Tags acts, cash, could, lahood, senate, unless

Reid: No Senate health care vote before recess
Key House Democrats continued to pound home the president's call for health care reform Thursday, hoping to convince a wavering public that change is necessary and to generate sorely needed momentum before the August congressional recess.
07-25-2009 by donfontana Tags care, health, reid, senate, vote

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