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    20090213
    HISTORY News.
    MITCH McCONNELL News. Kentucky Republican Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell News.Mitch McConnellECONOMIC News. MONEY News.EconomicEMERGENCY News.EmergencyJOB News.JobsACCOUNTING News.AccountingPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsOPINION News.OpinionPEOPLE News.PeopleSOCIAL SECURTIY News. RETIREMENT News. SENIORS News.Social SecurityGOVERNMENT News.GovernmentREFERENCE News.ReferenceBOOK News.BookKENTUCKY News.Kentucky
    "Revisionists' blind view of New Deal." ... "[N]early eight decades after [Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt] FDR launched the New Deal, amid possibly the greatest economic emergency since the 1930s, it’s important to understand that the most sophisticated arguments seeking to demolish the New Deal are based on a misreading of the bulk of the historical evidence. University of California, Davis historian Eric Rauchway, the author of “The Great Depression & The New Deal: A Very Short Introduction,” dismantled Shlaes’ argument in a 2007 review in Slate. He showed how [right wing writer Amity] Shlaes had tried to diminish the nation’s economic growth during the 1930s using the narrow gauge of the Dow Jones Industrial Average as opposed to the gross domestic product." ... "Shlaes cited unemployment figures that excluded Americans who had New Deal-generated jobs, and she virtually ignored what Rauchway calls “the authoritative reference work Historical Statistics of the United States.” That reference book shows that during FDR’s first term, the real GDP grew by some 9 percent annually; and after the 1937-38 recession, the economy grew at an annual clip of 11 percent. By the fall of 1934, another New Deal historian, William E. Leuchtenburg, explains, “the ranks of the unemployed had been reduced by over 2 million and national income stood almost a quarter higher than in 1933.”" ... "The Shlaes-[ Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch] McConnell anti-New Deal critics tend to minimize the enduring contribution of laws such as the Wagner Act, which established workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively, and the Social Security Act of 1935 that provided for unemployment as well as old-age insurance. They highlight, instead, the failure of the National Industrial Recovery Act to fuel economic growth, overlook the ways in which the New Deal alleviated people’s misery and rarely acknowledge that World War II lifted the economy and ultimately ended the Depression because the national government joined closely with the private sector to provide a massive stimulus in the form of federal wartime spending." ... "FDR’s New Deal had its share of failures, setbacks and problems. But to argue that it harmed the American people, “failed abysmally” (Shlaes’ words) to reduce unemployment, and retarded economic growth is to twist the historical evidence beyond all reasonable recognition. Such arguments are forms of revisionism that are misleading, polemical and riddled with distortions of the overwhelming facts at hand about the New Deal’s achievements as well as its real shortcomings. " -By Matthew Dallek -Politico.com
    20081216
    NOTEWORTHY News.
    JIM DeMINT News.Jim DeMintBOB CORKER News.Bob CorkerRICHARD SHELBY News.Richard ShelbyMITCH McCONNELL News.Mitch McConnellFOREIGN News.ForeignFINANCIAL News. COMPANIES News. CASH News. MONEY News. CAPITALISM News. FREE MARKET News. BUSINESS News.MoneyPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsCONSTRUCTION News.ConstructionAUTO News. BMW News. Bayerische Motoren Werke News. Mercedes News. Nissan News. Kia News. General Motors News. Chrysler News. Auto Companies News. Automakers News. Auto Plants News.AutoMAKERS News. MANUFACTURING PLANTS News.MakersGOVERNMENT News.GovernmentEMERGENCY News.EmergencyLEGISLATION News. LAW News.LegislationLABOR News. EMPLOYEES News. WORKER News. Unionized News.LaborMICHIGAN News.MichiganCALIFORNIA News.CaliforniaSOUTH CAROLINA News. SC News.South CarolinaALABAMA News. Ala News.AlabamaTENNESSEE News. TENN News.TennesseeKENTUCKY News. Ky News.KentuckyGERMAN News. GERMANY News.GermanJAPANESE News. JAPAN News.JapaneseSOUTH KOREA News. SOUTH KOREAN News.South Korean
    "Foreign Auto Makers Won Billions in Government Subsidies: Southern States Gave [Foreign] Auto Companies Tax-breaks and Cash for Training." ... "To hear Southern Republicans tell the story, the financial burdens facing Detroit’s automakers are self-made troubles to be settled by the laws of Adam-Smith capitalism." ... "“We don’t think it is the role of government to intervene,” [South Carolina Republican Senator] Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C. [Republican-South Carolina]) told the Fox Business Network last week. “We need to let the market and the laws work the way they are already in place.”" ... "Yet this argument — that the government has no business interfering in free markets — ignores an increasingly frequent tradition among Southern states, which have fronted billions in local taxpayer dollars in the past two decades to attract foreign auto plants. Those incentives, arriving in the form of tax breaks, training for new employees and even land, have enticed [German automaker Bayerische Motoren Werke] BMW to South Carolina, [German automaker] Mercedes to Alabama and [Japanese automaker] Nissan to Tennessee. The result of the government subsidies has been the steady emergence of the South as an auto-manufacturing powerhouse. Some are dubbing it the “New Detroit” –  a region where real estate is cheap and the labor’s not unionized." ... "Not coincidentally, these Southern states are represented by the same coalition of GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] senators who led the fight against the recent Detroit [Michigan] bailout proposal. That legislation would have provided $14 billion in emergency bridge loans to General Motors and Chrysler, both of which say they lack the finances to survive the month. Rallying behind the animated opposition of GOP [Republican Senators] Sens. Bob Corker (Tenn.[Tennessee]), Richard Shelby (Ala.[Alabama]), Mitch McConnell (Ky.[Kentucky) and South Carolina’s DeMint, Senate Republicans killed the legislation." ... "On Friday, the day following the Senate vote, Shelby told CNBC that if the Big Three had only managed their business operations as well as the foreign companies, known as transplants, they wouldn’t be scrambling now for a taxpayer-funded bailout." ... "“You look at the South,” Shelby said. “You take — not just Mercedes in my hometown — but BMW, Honda and all of them. These companies are flourishing with American workers made in America.”" ... "But the flourishing of the transplants didn’t come without significant taxpayer help. Shelby’s Alabama, for example, secured construction of a [German automaker] Mercedes-Benz plant in 1993 by offering $253 million in state and local tax breaks, worker training and land improvement. For [Japanese automaker] Honda, the state’s sweetener surrounding a 1999 deal to build a mini-van plant was $158 million in similar perks, adding $90 million in enticements when the company expanded the plant three years later. A 2001 deal with [Japanese automaker] Toyota left the company with $29 million in taxpayer gifts." ... "Alabama is hardly alone. Corker’s Tennessee recently lured [German automaker] Volkswagen to build a manufacturing plant in Chattanooga [Tennessee], offering the German automaker tax breaks, training and land preparation that could total $577 million. In 2005, the state inspired Nissan to relocate its headquarters from southern California by offering $197 million in incentives, including $20 million in utility savings." ... "In 1992, South Carolina snagged a BMW plant for $150 million in giveaways. In Mississippi in 2003, Nissan was lured with $363 million. In Georgia, a still-under-construction [South Korean automaker] Kia plant received breaks estimated to be $415 million. The list goes on." -By Mike Lillis -WashingtonIndependent.com
    OPINION News.
    MITCH McCONNELL News.Mitch McConnellBOB CORKER News.Bob CorkerRICHARD SHELBY News.Richard ShelbyFOREIGN News.ForeignMONEY News. FISCAL News.MoneyFEDERAL GOVERNMENT News. FEDS News.GovernmentPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsAUTO News. AUTOMAKERS News. AUTOWORKERS News.AutoMAKERS News. MANUFACTURING PLANTS News.MakersWORKING News. WORKERS News.WorkingPEOPLE News.PeopleKENTUCKY News. Ky News.KentuckyTENNESSEE News. TENN News.TennesseeALABAMA News. Ala News.AlabamaMICHIGAN News.MichiganUS AMERICAN NewsUS
    "Do Southern Senators Really Want to Start a New War Between the States?" ... "When my Southern pals used to say "The South is gonna rise again," I doubt this is what they had in mind: A cadre of Southern [Republican] Senators, heavily financed by foreign automakers and special interests, declaring war on the American Dream of good wages and decent benefits. When did they decide that hard-working people trying to make a better life for themselves are the enemy?" ... "These Senators may want to think twice. Southern states have been benefiting from Northern taxes for years. If they start another War Between the States, the Federal gravy train might suddenly stop at the Mason-Dixon line." ... "Studies by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation have consistently shown that these Senators' states receive far more from the Federal government than they pay back in taxes. That's an irony that could lead to some Blue State bitterness: They love to preach about fiscal responsibility and lower taxes, but they keep dipping their beak into the Federal trough." ... "I believe the applicable Southern phrase is "a handful of gimme and a mouthful of much obliged."" ... "The numbers in [PDF] the Foundation's most recent study (warning: pdf) speak for themselves: [Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell's Kentucky took in $1.45 from the Feds for every dollar it paid in taxes. That's a 45 cent free ride. [Tennessee Republican Senator] Bob Corker's Tennessee received at 30-cent Federal giveaway. And [Alabama Republican Senator] Richard Shelby's Alabama extracted a whopping 71-cent subsidy from Northern taxpayers." ... "What about Michigan? They lost 31 cents for every dollar they paid. In other words, McConnell, Shelby, and Corker have been skimming a percentage off these autoworkers' taxes for years on behalf of their constituents. Now, when the same Michigan taxpayers need help, these Senators are telling them to get lost." -By RJ Eskow -HuffingtonPost.com
    20081213
    OPINION News.
    BOB CORKER News.Bob CorkerRICHARD SHELBY News.Richard ShelbyJIM DeMINT News.Jim DeMintMITCH McCONNELL News.Mitch McConnellFOREIGN News.ForeignMONEY News. INDUSTRY News. ECONOMIC News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticiansAUTOMAKERS News. CAR News. VW News: VolksWagen News. Nissan News. Ford News. General Motors News. Chrysler News.AutoMAKERS News. FACTORIES News. MANUFACTURING PLANT News.MakersMICHIGAN News.MichiganUS AMERICAN News.USWORKERS News. UNION News. Non-Union News.WorkersEMERGENCY News.EmergencyLAW News. LAWMAKERS News.LawTENNESSEE News. Tenn News.TennesseeALABAMA News. Ala News.AlabamaKENTUCKY News. Ky News.KentuckySOUTH CAROLINA News. SC News.South CarolinaGEORGIA News.GeorgiaJAPANESE News. JAPAN News.JapaneseGERMAN News. GERMANY News.GermanKOREAN News. SOUTH KOREAN News.South Korean
    "Meet the GOP's [Republican's] wrecking crew: Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars." ... "On July 15, [Tennessee Republican Senator] Bob Corker was a happy man." ... ""I cannot think of a more exciting day, even more so than Election Night, for me," the Republican senator from Tennessee said in a conference call that day. The reason for his elation was the announcement that [German automaker] Volkswagen, lured by up to $500 million worth of incentives from the state government, had agreed to build a $1 billion plant near Chattanooga, Tenn. [Tennessee.] That is, not just in his home state, but in the suburbs of the city he once served as mayor." ... "Add VW [Volkwagen] to [Japan automaker] Nissan, which already has two plants and its North American headquarters in Tennessee, and you begin to see why Corker was so aggressive this month about trying to block -- or at least dramatically rewrite -- a proposal to float billions of dollars in emergency loans to domestic automakers. Most of the focus during this debate has been on lawmakers who represent Michigan, the home of the Big Three -- Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. But Corker represents the other side of the coin: Tennessee and other Southern states have recently come to depend on foreign automakers and their non-union factories. If you're from those parts, what's good for American car companies may no longer be what's good for the country -- because your economy now depends on their foreign competitors instead." ... "Expect to hear more not just from the very vocal Bob Corker, but from the rest of a core group of Southern senators whose bread is buttered by the Japanese, Germans and Koreans. Here's a guide to the major players."

    RICHARD SHELBY News."[Alabama Republican Senator] Richard Shelby, R-Ala. [Republican-Alabama]"
    "Foreign auto plants: [German automaker] Mercedes-Benz, [South Korean automaker] Hyundai, [Japanese automaker] Honda"

    JIM DeMINT News. South Carolina Republican James Warren ''Jim'' DeMint News."[South Carolina Republican Senator] Jim DeMint, R-S.C. [Republican-South Carolina]"
    "Foreign auto plants: [German automaker] BMW [Bayerische Motoren Werke]"

    MITCH McCONNELL News."[Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. [Republican-Kentucky]"
    "Foreign auto plants: [Japanese automaker] Toyota"

    BOB CORKER News."[Tennessee Republican Senator] Bob Corker, R-Tenn. [Republican-Tennessee]"
    "Foreign auto plants: Two [Japanese automaker] Nissan plants, as well as the company's U.S. [United States] headquarters; [German automaker] Volkswagen will open near Chattanooga [Tennessee] in 2011"

    "As mayor of Chattanooga, he [Corker] reportedly conceived the idea for the site that will soon become home to the [German automaker] Volkswagen plant, and was instrumental in its development. He organized efforts to lure [Japanese automaker] Toyota to the area, and when that failed, he had VW execs [executives] and other top state politicians over to his house for dinner." ... "Georgia's two Republican senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isaakson, both voted against the plan as well. Their state has a big [South Korean automaker] Kia factory coming in soon." (1, 2) -By Alex Koppelman and Mike Madden with contributions by Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant -Salon


    20081212
    POLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.
    AUTOS News.AutoINDUSTRY News.IndustryLEGISLATION News.LegislationSPORTS PAGES. SPORTS News.SportsHISTORY News.HistoryMICHIGAN News.MichiganKy News: KENTUCKY News.Ky
    "Ky. Sen. Bunning, ex-Tiger, snubbed for autos vote: Ky. Sen. [Kentucky Republican Senator Jim] Bunning, ex-Tigers [baseball] pitching great, gets booted from Detroit[ Michigan]-area fair for autos vote." ... "Bunning was kicked off the schedule after he helped derail an auto-industry loan package in the Senate Thursday night." ... "Bunning is a Hall of Famer who pitched in Detroit from 1955 to 1963." -AP via -CNN
    OPINION News.
    MITCH McCONNELL News.Mitch McConnellBOB CORKER News.Bob CorkerRICHARD SHELBY News.Richard ShelbyAUTO News. General Motors, Chrysler and Ford News. AUTOMAKERS News. AUTOWORKERS News.AutoMAKERS News. MANUFACTURING News.MakersWORKERS News. JOBS News.WorkersLAWMAKERS News. LAW News.LawmakersPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsKENTUCKY News.KentuckyALABAMA News.AlabamaTENNESSEE News.Tennessee
    "Machinists Union Blames McConnell, Shelby and Corker for Killing Auto Rescue Plan." ... "The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today rejected attempts by a trio of Senate Republicans to deny responsibility for their campaign to force General Motors, Chrysler and Ford into bankruptcy and possible liquidation." ... ""In a move worthy of Benedict Arnold, a handful of Senate Republicans this week successfully conspired to deny federal aid to [United States] U.S. automakers," said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. "It ranks second only to their attempt to blame autoworkers themselves for failing to provide sufficient concessions to satisfy GOP [Republican] demands."" ... "The campaign to blame autoworkers began immediately after the effort by [Kentucky Republican Senator] Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Alabama Republican [Senator] Sen. Richard Shelby and Tennessee Republican [Senator] Bob Corker to block the $14 billion aid package for automakers." ... ""With the U.S economy on the brink of a deep and prolonged recession, it is unthinkable that these lawmakers would deliberately kill an effort that could save as many as three million American jobs," said Buffenbarger."
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    20081211
    OPINION News.
    DAVID VITTER News. Louisiana Republican Senator David Bruce Vitter News.David VitterMITCH McCONNELL News.Mitch McConnellBOB CORKER News.Bob CorkerFOREIGN News.ForeignMONEY News. INVESTMENT News. BUSINESS News. CORPORATE News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticiansAUTO News. Automobile Plant News.AutoMANUFACTURING PLANT News. FACTORY News.ManufacturingWORK News.WorkLOUISIANA News.LouisianaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyTENNESSEE News.TennesseePENNSYLVANIA News.PennsylvaniaUS AMERICAN NewsUSJAPAN News. JAPANESE News.JapanGERMANY News. GERMAN News.Germany
    "My Foreign Investor, Right Or Wrong." ... "A bunch of Southern-state Republicans (including, amazingly, ... [Louisiana Republican Senator] David Vitter), from right-to-work states, want to push GM [General Motors] and Chrysler into bankruptcy to bolster the foreign auto presence in their home states. Kentucky has a Ford factory but they also have a [Japanese] Toyota plant in Georgetown [Kentucky], so [Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch] McConnell's on board." ... "Last week, Jane Hamsher explained the conflict of interest for [Tennessee Republican Senator] Bob Corker in Tennessee:"
    "He hasn't mentioned the subsidies his own state of Tennessee has given to
    , making it harder for the Big 2 1/2 to compete:"

    "Tennessee offered its richest incentive package — and perhaps the most government assistance and tax breaks ever for an American automobile plant — to lure [German auto manufacturer] Volkswagen to Chattanooga [Tennessee]."

    "But the state’s chief business recruiter said Wednesday that the benefits from VW’s $1 billion assembly plant far will exceed what could top $500 million in government assistance and tax breaks for the project."

    "“The Volkswagen investment in this community is going to have a tremendous economic gain for the entire region,” said Matt Kisber, Tennessee’s commissioner for economic and community development. “I’m confident we’re going to have a very reasonable incentive package when you look at the initial costs of what is being offered compared with a much bigger long-term return.”"

    "Yes, that's the logic -- these incentives will bring more money to the region than they cost. But it doesn't always work out that way. As David Cay Johnston noted in Free Lunch, these kinds of subsidies frequently wind up costing communities much more than they ever make back:"

    "Johnson writes: "The tribute Cabela's demanded from Hamburg [Pennsylvania] amounted to roughly $8,000 for each man, woman, and child in town." Johnson points out that between 2004 and 2006, Cabela's earned $223.4 million. During those years, it collected at least $293.7 million in subsidies, more than its reported profits. Meanwhile a family business selling fishing and hunting gear was driven out of business in Hamburg."

    "Funny nobody is mentioning this."

    The GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] does a lot of chest-thumping about "Country First" and patriotism. It's fun to watch them destroy American manufacturing so they can keep Japanese and German corporate executives happy. OK, maybe not so fun." -By D-Day via Hullabaloo
    20081202
    ENVIRONMENT News. EPA News: Environmental Protection Agency News.
    BARACK OBAMA News.Barack ObamaSTEPHEN JOHNSON News.Stephen JohnsonSTREAMS News. FLOODING News. WATER News.WaterEARTH News.EarthCOAL News. ENERGY News.CoalCOMPANIES News. ECONOMY News.CompaniesGOVERNMENT News.GovernmentLAW News. LAWSUITS News. ILLEGAL News.LawLAW ENFORCEMENT News.EnforcementPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsKENTUCKY News.KentuckyTENNESSEE News.Tennessee
    "EPA to gut mountaintop mining rule that protects streams." ... "The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday approved a last-minute rule change by the [Republican President] Bush administration that will allow coal companies to bury streams under the rocks leftover from mining." ... "The 1983 rule prohibited dumping the fill from mountaintop removal mining within 100 feet of streams. In practice, the government hadn't been enforcing the rule. Government figures show that 535 miles of streams were buried or diverted from 2001 to 2005, more than half of them in the mountains of Appalachia. Along with the loss of the streams has been an increase of erosion and flooding." ... "The 11th hour change before President George W. Bush leaves office would eliminate a tool that citizens groups have used in lawsuits to keep mining waste out of streams. Mining companies had been pushing for the change for years." ... "It also means that [Democratic] President-elect Barack Obama's administration will have to decide whether to try to restore and enforce the rule, a process that could take many months of new rulemaking. Obama's transition team declined to comment on its plans on Tuesday." ... "Another option would be for opponents to go through the courts. Opponents have argued that the rule change is illegal." ... "For now, however, the EPA's approval means there are no further obstacles to the Office of Surface Mining's plans to change the rule. The White House's Office of Management and Budget approved it on Monday. The Department of Interior, which includes the mining office, plans to make the rule final in December after briefing members of Congress, and it will go into effect 30 days after that, said spokesman Peter Mali." ... "The timing means the rule is expected to be in effect when Obama takes office in January." ... "In approving the change in writing as required by law, [Republican President Bush's Environmental Protection Agency] EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson rejected the appeals of environmentalists and some coal-country officials, including Kentucky [Democratic Governor] Gov. Steve Beshear and Tennessee [Democratic Governor] Gov. Phil Bredesen, both Democrats." ... "In a letter in November to Johnson, Beshear said his state had to protect its water and that while coal was important to the economy, it should be mined in environmentally responsible ways." -By Renee Schoof and Bill Estep -Herald-Leader -McClatchyDC.com
    20081119
    NOTEWORTHY News.
    JEFF SESSIONS News. Alabama Republican Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III News.Jeff SessionsAUTO News. AUTOMAKERS News.AutoMAKERS News. MANUFACTURING News.MakersWORKER News.WorkersHEALTH CARE News.Health CarePENSION News. SENIORS News.PensionPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsFEDERAL GOVERNMENT News.FederalECONOMY News. MONEY News.Economy2010 ELECTION News2010 ElectionMICHIGAN News.MichiganOHIO News.OhioUS AMERICAN News.USFOREIGN News.ForeignALABAMA News.AlabamaGEORGIA News.GeorgiaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyJAPAN News.JapanSOUTH KOREA News.South Korea
    "It's North vs. South in Big Three bailout fight." ... "Should taxpayers in Alabama be required to bail out [American] automakers whose plants are concentrated in Northern states like Michigan and Ohio?" ... "Alabama is home to three Honda [Japan automaker] and Hyundai [South Korea automaker] plants. And just across the state line in Georgia, a new Kia [Hyundai] plant is set to open and will likely employ many Alabamans." ... "[Alabama Republican Senator] Sen. Jeff Sessions, R- Ala. [Republican-Alabama], told reporters Wednesday, “I can not imagine a real justification for a worker in Alabama who does not have any health insurance at his company to be taxed to maintain a Cadillac health care plan for somebody in Detroit [Michigan].”" ... "The struggle over whether Congress should make the loan is a classic regional battle: North vs. South, unionized states like Michigan vs. mostly non-union ones like Alabama." ... "“There are some states that might think there’s a competitive advantage for them if the Big Three don’t make it,” [Michigan Democratic Senator] Sen. Carl Levin, D- Mich. [Democratic-Michigan], a Big Three ally, told reporters Tuesday." ... "[Kentucky Republican Senator] Sen. Jim Bunning, R- Ky. [Republican-Kentucky], who is up for re-election in 2010, said Wednesday, “It’s not a balancing act. It’s whether the federal government should intervene in the private-sector economy. And I believe it should not. I am very concerned that people as hard-headed as the three people who spoke to us yesterday would not have a plan in place and not have any concession to make, but they would just want the money so they can burn through it. That’s unacceptable.”" ... "And if Chrysler and General Motors go into bankruptcy or liquidation?" ... "“I think that’s probably the best thing that can happen,” [Kentucky Republican Senator] Bunning replied. “Then there will be a reorganization and they’ll be able to jettison things they couldn’t ordinarily jettison, like health care benefits, like pension benefits and there will be someone to pick those up like the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. And then they will be able to restructure their salaries to get more in line with foreign producers and they may come out of bankruptcy a heck of a lot better off than they go into it.”" (1, 2) -By Tom Curry -MSNBC
    20080805
    LABOR News.
    JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainRICK DAVIS News. Lobbyist and Republican  John McCain Campaign Manager Rick Davis News.Rick DavisFOREIGN News.ForeignCORPORATE News.CorporatePOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsAIRPORT News.AirportTRANSPORTATION News.TransportJOB News.Jobs2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionBARACK OBAMA News.ObamaOHIO News.OhioKy News: KENTUCKY News.KyARIZONA News.ArizonaUS AMERICAN News.USGERMAN News.German
    "McCain had role in original Wilmington DHL deal." ... "When [2008 Election] Republican presidential candidate John McCain meets Thursday with citizens and officials in Wilmington, Ohio, he won't need a playbook to understand why they're worried about deep job losses at the local freight airport." ... "Little known to those citizens, McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis, played roles in the fate of DHL Express and its Ohio air park as far back as 2003. Back then, however, their actions that helped DHL and its German owner, Deutsche Post World Net, acquire the Wilmington operations resulted in expansion, not retraction." ... "In a private meeting Thursday, Wilmington residents will ask McCain for help in stopping DHL's proposal to quit using the airport as a hub, which could cost more than 8,000 jobs. DHL says that it wants to stay in the freight business but that it can stem financial losses if it can put its packages aboard the planes of a rival - United Parcel Service - before delivering them in DHL trucks. UPS flies out of Louisville, Ky. [Kentucky], so the proposed change would render the Wilmington airport unnecessary." ... "None of that was anticipated in 2003, when McCain and Davis, who was a Washington lobbyist before managing the presidential campaign, first got involved. Several Wilmington civic leaders said that what happened in 2003 created an economic gain for their community, lasting several years." ... "But because that gain, and now the prospective loss, came from the decisions of a foreign-owned corporation, look for some Democrats and labor to seek to tie Wilmington's current troubles to McCain." ... ""Those jobs are on the chopping block because [Arizona Senator] Sen. McCain and his campaign were involved in a deal that resulted in control of those positions being shifted to a foreign corporation, and there's no getting around that," said Joe Rugola, president of the Ohio AFL-CIO." ... "Isaac Baker, a spokesman for [2008 Election] Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, said, "This episode represents everything that's wrong with Washington, D.C." " -By Stephen Koff -PlainDealer
    20080605
    POLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.
    MITCH McCONNELL News. Kentucky Republican Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell News.Mitch McConnellJAMES INHOFE News. Oklahoma Republican James Mountain ''Jim'' Inhofe News.James InhofeGAS News.GasCARBON EMISSIONS News. AIR News.EmissionsGLOBAL News.Global -CLIMATE News.ClimateENVIRONMENT News.EnvironmentNEVADA News.NevadaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyOKLAHOMA News.OklahomaUS AMERICAN NewsUSLAW News.Law
    "Republicans stall climate change bill to punish Reid." ... "When [Nevada Democratic Senator] Sen. Harry Reid rose to become the majority leader in 2007, many believed he had met his match in the Republicans’ new Senate leader, [Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell of Kentucky." ... "Shrewd parliamentarians both, they brought the prospect of each trying to outsmart the other on the Senate floor, promising good viewing." ... "Those skills were on display Wednesday when McConnell brought the Senate to a standstill." ... "Just as the chamber was about to begin a feisty debate on the most sweeping effort yet to address climate change, McConnell shut down the Senate by forcing full reading of the 491-page bill." ... "Rather than hearing a spirited battle over carbon emissions, gas prices and new fees for polluters, one lonely clerk after another read page after page of minutia to a nearly empty chamber." ... "In his own statement, Reid said: “Republicans are yet again doing everything in their power to slow, stop and stall. These petty, partisan tactics waste the American people’s time, and ignoring the crisis of global warming endangers all of us.”" ... "By early evening, with a few remaining tourists in the gallery watching the nearly empty floor, Republican [Oklahoma Senator] Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the chamber’s leading global warming skeptic, sat in waiting, prepared to object should Democrats ask for the hours-long reading to end." -LasVegasSun.com
    20080522
    NOTEWORTHY News.
  • JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainRANDY SCHEUNEMANN News. Republican Lobbyist Randy Scheunemann News. Republican John McCain 2008 Election Campaign Staffer.Randy ScheunemannMONEY News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsFOREIGN News. Countries News.ForeignREPUBLIC OF GEORGIA News. GEORGIA News.Republic of GeorgiaLATVIA News. LATVIAN News.LatviaMACEDONIA News. MACEDONIAN News.MacedoniaROMANIA News.RomaniaKy News: KENTUCKY News.KyARIZONA News.ArizonaUS AMERICAN NewsUS2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "Former Outside NRA Lobbyist Gives A Boost To McCain." ... "When he went to woo the National Rifle Association convention in Louisville, Ky. [Kentucky], on Friday, it did not hurt that presumptive Republican presidential nominee, [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Senator] Sen. John McCain of Arizona, was accompanied by a former outside NRA [National Rifle Association] lobbyist turned campaign adviser, Randy Scheunemann." ... "Officially the top foreign policy and national security adviser to McCain’s campaign, Scheunemann told National Journal in March he has weighed in with advice on Second Amendment and firearms issues. He said he had stopped lobbying for all his clients early this year, and his lobbying registration forms show that the NRA work ended at the end of 2007." ... "But during that year while he was helping the [McCain] campaign, Scheunemann & Associates, one of two boutique firms he runs, received $40,000 in fees from the NRA. The NRA, one of his oldest clients, paid him the same amount for several prior years. Scheunemann, who started working for the campaign as a volunteer in early 2007, did not return four calls seeking comment for this story." ... "According to one NRA lobbyist who was at the convention, Scheunemann arrived and departed with McCain. Scheunemann spent most of his time at the event backstage -- where McCain had a brief meeting with NRA leaders, according to a lobbyist." ... "Scheunemann’s other lobbying firm, Orion Strategies, has worked for several foreign governments, including [the Republic of] Georgia, Latvia, Macedonia and Romania, who have joined or are seeking to join NATO." -By Peter Stone -NationalJournal
  • 20080423
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  • MITCH McCONNELL News. Kentucky Republican Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell News.Mitch McConnellCORPORATE News. COMPANY News. PAY News. WAGES News. PAYCHECK News. MONEY News.CorporatePOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticiansWOMAN News.WomanWORKERS News.WorkersLAW News. SUPREME COURT News.LawKENTUCKY News.Kentucky - "Republicans Kill Fair Pay Bill." ... "[Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell and company managed to torpedo a bill that would have undone the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision last year in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, which held that workers can't sue for ongoing pay discrimination if the statute of limitations has passed since their first discriminatory paycheck (even if, as in most cases, workers don't know at the time that they're being discriminated against). This demonstrates a rather breathtaking lack of empathy on the part of Senate Republicans, even by their usual standards: They're defending on the merits a situation in which if your company continually docks your pay because you're a woman, and you don't find out about it for several years, you can't sue to get your lost wages back." ... "Finally, this seems to me like a pretty clear abuse of the filibuster." -By Josh Patashnik -TNR.com 
  • 20080414
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  • BARACK OBAMA News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama News.Barack Obama2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsKENTUCKY News.KentuckyRACIST News.Racist - "G.O.P. Rep. Refers to Obama as ‘That Boy’." ... "[Kentucky Republican Represenative Geoff Davis on 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama:] “I’m going to tell you something: That boy’s finger does not need to be on the button,” Mr. Davis said." ... "Once the “boy” remarks began to circulate on the Internet, the Obama campaign moved swiftly to criticize them. “It’s hard to tell what is more outrageous - Representative Davis’s condescending and personal attack, or his absurd and offensive claim that Barack Obama is not prepared to defend America. Geoff Davis may hide behind offensive tough talk, but he has marched in lock-step with Bush-McCain policies that have devastated our national security, while Barack Obama has stood up against a misguided war in Iraq and worked with respected Republicans like Dick Lugar and Chuck Hagel to secure loose weapons and nuclear materials from terrorists,” Bill Burton, the campaign spokesman said." -By Kate Phillips -NYTimes
  • 20080312
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  • BARACK OBAMA News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama News.Barack ObamaHILLARY CLINTON News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton News.Hillary Clinton2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionLAWMAKERS News. LAW News.LawmakersILLINOIS NewsIllinoisNEW YORK News.New YorkSOUTH CAROLINA News.South CarolinaMISSISSIPPI News.MississippiGEORGIA News.GeorgiaVIRGINIA News.VirginiaNORTH CAROLINA News.North CarolinaTENNESSEE News.TennesseeALABAMA News.AlabamaNORTH DAKOTA News.North DakotaSOUTH DAKOTA News.South DakotaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyWEST VIRGINIA News.West Virginia - "Eyeing Obama coattails." ... "Democratic lawmakers are becoming persuaded that [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator] Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.[Democratic-Illinois]) would have a more positive impact on other Democrats on the November ballot than [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York Senator] Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.[Democratic-New York])." ... "Obama’s advantage over Clinton would be most pronounced in the Southern and Western states President Bush carried in 2000 and 2004, say lawmakers interviewed by The Hill. In total, 32 members of Congress from these “red states” have endorsed Obama. Twenty-two lawmakers from those states have backed Clinton." ... "Obama will “bring new people into the process in Southern states, there’s no question about it,” said Rep. James Clyburn, the House Democratic whip from South Carolina. “In these Southern states he’s bringing out more people, young people, African-Americans. They’re being energized by him.”" ... "Clyburn, who has stayed neutral in the primary, said Obama at the top of the ticket would “certainly” do more to help other Democratic candidates, citing South Carolina and Mississippi specifically." ... "Obama has picked up congressional endorsements from Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North and South Dakota, Mississippi, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Clinton has not collected congressional endorsements from any of these states, according to a tally kept by The Hill." -By Alexander Bolton with contributions by Sam Youngman -TheHill.com
  • 20080310
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  • DRINKING WATER News. Reservoirs, Rivers, and Lakes News. Watersheds News. Bottled Water News. Water Filtration News. Tap Water News. WATER News. Safe Water News.WaterPHARMACEUTICALS News. Prescription Drugs News. Over-The-Counter Medicines. Medication News.DrugsHUMAN News.HumanMEDICAL News. HEALTH News.HealthENVIRONMENTAL News.EnvironmentalSCIENCE News.ScienceINVESTIGATION News.InvestigationINDUSTRY News.IndustryCONSUMER NewsConsumerSAFETY News. Water Safety News.SafetyFEDERAL GOVERNMENT News.FederalLAW News.LawEARTH News. Aquifers News. Underground News.EarthWILDLIFE News. ANIMAL News.WildlifeCALIFORNIA News.CaliforniaNEW JERSEY News.New JerseyMICHIGAN News.MichiganKy News: KENTUCKY News.Ky - "Sex Hormones, Mood Stabilizers Found In Drinking Water Of 41 M Americans." ... "A vast array of pharmaceuticals _ including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones _ have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows." ... "To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below the levels of a medical dose. Also, utilities insist their water is safe." ... "But the presence of so many prescription drugs _ and over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen _ in so much of our drinking water is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences to human health." ... "In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas _ from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit [Michigan] to Louisville, Ky. [Kentucky.]" ... "How do the drugs get into the water?" ... "People take pills. Their bodies absorb some of the medication, but the rest of it passes through and is flushed down the toilet. The wastewater is treated before it is discharged into reservoirs, rivers or lakes. Then, some of the water is cleansed again at drinking water treatment plants and piped to consumers. But most treatments do not remove all drug residue." ... "And while researchers do not yet understand the exact risks from decades of persistent exposure to random combinations of low levels of pharmaceuticals, recent studies _ which have gone virtually unnoticed by the general public _ have found alarming effects on human cells and wildlife." ... "The federal government doesn't require any testing and hasn't set safety limits for drugs in water." ... "The AP's investigation also indicates that watersheds, the natural sources of most of the nation's water supply, also are contaminated." ... "Even users of bottled water and home filtration systems don't necessarily avoid exposure. Bottlers, some of which simply repackage tap water, do not typically treat or test for pharmaceuticals, according to the industry's main trade group. The same goes for the makers of home filtration systems." ... "Pharmaceuticals also permeate aquifers deep underground, source of 40 percent of the nation's water supply." -By Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza, and Justin Pritchard -AssociatedPress via -HuffingtonPost.com
  • 20080206
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  • EMERGENCY News.EmergencyTENNESSEE News.TennesseeALABAMA News.AlabamaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyARKANSAS News.ArkansasPEOPLE News.PeopleHOMES News.HomesHISTORY News.History - "Tornadoes in South Kill 50 in Rare Winter Strike (Update10)." ... "The deadliest tornado outbreak in almost a decade tore across the southern U.S. [United States] late yesterday, killing at least 50 people, sparking a pipeline explosion in Tennessee and destroying homes from Alabama to Kentucky." ... "The ``extremely dangerous'' tornadoes, spawned by unseasonably warm temperatures, prompted the first high-risk weather alert issued in February in 10 years, AccuWeather.com said." ... "``Tornadoes in February, especially this many and this strong, is a rare event,'' Buddy Rogers, spokesman for the Kentucky Emergency Management Office, said by phone." ... "The twisters first struck in the late afternoon, killing 26 people in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and four in Alabama, the Associated Press reported, citing emergency officials." -By Demian McLean -Bloomberg
  • 20080123
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  • MITCH McCONNELL News. Kentucky Republican Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell News.Mitch McConnellNOTEWORTHY News.NoteworthyGOVERNMENT News.GovernmentINTELLIGENCE News.IntelligenceEAVESDROPPING News. SURVEILLANCE News.SurveillanceCORPORATE News.CorporateTELECOM News.TelecomAMNESTY News. LAW News. CONSTITUTION News.AmnestyPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsNEVADA News.NevadaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyVERMONT News.VermontCONNECTICUT News.ConnecticutWISCONSIN News.Wisconsin - "Your Harry Reid-led Senate in action." ... "[Nevada Democratic Senator] Harry Reid -- who has (a) done more than any other individual to ensure that Bush's demands for telecom immunity and warrantless eavesdropping powers will be met in full and (b) allowed the Republicans all year to block virtually every bill without having to bother to actually filibuster -- went to the Senate floor yesterday and, with the scripted assistance of [Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell and [Vermont Democratic Senator] Pat Leahy, warned [Connecticut Democratic Senator] Chris Dodd, [Wisconsin Democratic Senator] Russ Feingold and others that they would be selfishly wreaking havoc on the schedules of their fellow Senators (making them work over the weekend, ruining their planned "retreat," and even preventing them from going to Davos!) if they bothered everyone with their annoying, pointless little filibuster." ... "To do so, Reid announced that, unlike for the multiple filibusters from Republican colleagues, he would actually force Dodd and company to engage in a real filibuster. This is what Reid said:"
    • "[I]f people think they are going to talk this to death, we are going to be in here all night. This is not something we are going to have a silent filibuster on. If someone wants to filibuster this bill, they are going to do it in the openness of the Senate."
    "That is what Democrats have been urging Reid to do to the filibustering Republicans all year -- in order to dramatize their obstructionism -- but he has refused to make them actually filibuster anything, generously agreeing instead that every bill requires 60 votes. Instead, he reserves such punishment only for the members of his own caucus trying to take a stand for the rule of law and the Constitution, those who are trying finally to bring some accountability to this administration." -By Glenn Greenwald -Salon
    20071027
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  • MITCH McCONNELL News. Kentucky Republican Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell News.Mitch McConnellCRIMINAL News. CRIMINAL JUSTICE News.CriminalMONEY News.MoneyPOLITICAL News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsMILITARY News. DEFENSE News.MilitaryKY News: KENTUCKY News.KYUS News. US AMERICAN News.USGREAT BRITAIN News. BRITAIN News.BritainSAUDI ARABIAN News. SAUDI ARABIA News. SAUDI News.Saudi Arabia - "McConnell marks funds for contractor: Firm Under Investigation for Bribery." ... "[Kentucky Reputlican Senator] Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is pushing $25 million in earmarked federal funds for a British defense contractor that is under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and suspected by American diplomats of a "longstanding, widespread pattern of bribery allegations."" ... "McConnell tucked money for three weapons projects for BAE Systems into the defense appropriations bill, which the Senate approved Oct. 3. The Defense Department failed to include the money in its own budget request, which required McConnell to intercede, said BAE spokeswoman Susan Lenover." ... "BAE is based in Great Britain but has worldwide operations, including a Louisville [Kentucky] facility that makes naval guns and employs 322. McConnell has taken at least $53,000 in campaign donations from BAE's political action committees and employees since his 2002 re-election. United Defense Industries, which BAE purchased two years ago, pledged $500,000 to a political-science foundation the senator created, the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville." ... "In June, BAE confirmed that the Justice Department is investigating possible corruption in its Saudi Arabian deals. According to British media reports, BAE set up a slush fund with hundreds of millions of dollars in a Washington, D.C., bank to bribe Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan in order to win weapons contracts. Bandar, who heads the Saudi National Security Council, has denied the allegation." -By John Cheves -Kentucky.com
  • 20071019
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  • WATER News.WaterEMERGENCY News.EmergencyWEATHER News.WeatherENVIRONMENT News.EnvironmentHISTORY News.HistoryFARMERS News. AGRICULTURE News.FarmANIMAL News.AnimalsFOOD News.FoodGEORGIA News.GeorgiaALABAMA News.AlabamaNORTH CAROLINA News.North CarolinaTENNESSEE News.TennesseeKENTUCKY News.Kentucky - "Southeast drought hits crisis point." ... "Outdoor watering bans already cover the northern third of Georgia and dozens of cities, counties and towns in surrounding states. Farmers are selling cattle because pastures have dried up. Alabama's Elmore County had to bring in floating pumps and barges to extend its water intake pipe farther out into shrinking Lake Martin. Georgia might have to do the same at Lake Lanier, Atlanta's main water source." ... "Although rain is due today across parts of the region, it will barely dampen the 16-month drought. Through September, it is the region's driest year in 113 years of record-keeping. In five of the six worst-hit states, rain totals this year are close to a foot below normal." ... "It is the driest year on record for North Carolina and Tennessee, second-driest in Alabama and third-driest in Kentucky. A tree-ring study this summer of Tennessee's rainfall history shows this is the third-driest year for the state in at least 350 years, behind only 1839 and 1708." -By Patrick O'Driscoll and Larry Copeland with contributions by Jordan Schrader, Marty Roney, Leon Alligood, Ron Barnett, Jessie Halladay, Matt Reed, and Jennie Coughlin -USATODAY 
  • 20071017
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  • MITCH McCONNELL News. Kentucky Republican Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell News.Mitch McConnellMEDIA News. REPORTERS News.MediaSURVEILLANCE News.SurveillanceINTELLIGENCE News.IntelligencePOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsCHILDREN News. FAMILY News.ChildrenHEALTH News.HealthE-MAIL News.E-MailsKENTUCKY News.Kentucky - "McConnell knew staff encouraged media to look at boy's background." ... "Senate Minority Leader [Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell knew his staff had sent e-mails encouraging reporters to look into the background of a boy recruited by Democrats to support expansion of a children's health-care program - even as he denied involvement by his aides, a newspaper reported Wednesday." ... "The Kentucky Republican told a WHAS-TV reporter last Friday that his staff had not been involved in trying to push reporters to look into the financial situation of the 12-year-old boy's family." ... "But McConnell spokesman Don Stewart told The Courier-Journal of Louisville [Kentucky] that he informed McConnell about the Oct. 8 e-mails sometime around Thursday, the day before the interview with the television reporter." -AP via -Kentucky.com 
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  • MITCH McCONNELL News. Kentucky Republican Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell News.Mitch McConnellCHILDREN News. FAMILY News.ChildrenHEALTH News.HealthPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsE-MAIL News.E-MailsMEDIA News. REPORTERS News.MediaRADIO News.RadioAD News.AdMONEY News. FINANCIAL News.MoneyKENTUCKY News.KentuckyMARYLAND NewsMaryland - "McConnell knew of e-mails about boy: TV interview included denial." ... "Senate Minority Leader [Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell knew last week --at a time when he was denying it -- that his staff had sent e-mails encouraging reporters to look into the background of a 12-year-old boy used by Democrats to support expansion of a health-care program." ... "In an interview Friday with WHAS-TV reporter Mark Hebert, the Kentucky Republican said his staff had not been involved in trying to push reporters to look into the financial situation of the boy's family." ... "But McConnell's communications director, Don Stewart, said in an interview Monday with The Courier-Journal that he had told McConnell about the Oct. 8 e-mails sometime around Thursday, the day before the interview with Hebert." ... ""The initial e-mails sent by Stewart were aimed at alerting reporters that bloggers were raising questions about the boy, Graeme Frost of Baltimore [Maryland], and his family's financial circumstances. He backed off that claim in his subsequent e-mails, he said, based on a report from a blogger whom he respected." ... "Stewart said he informed McConnell of his personal role in the matter around Thursday." ... "The next day, Friday, Hebert asked McConnell about the e-mails. The exchange was broadcast Sunday night and again last evening." ... "Hebert asked the senator whether his office was attempting to get reporters to look into Frost's background." ... ""No," McConnell answered." ... "The senator was then asked, "What was the deal with the e-mail from your staffer?"" ... "McConnell replied: "There was no involvement whatsoever."" ... "The boy and his family's circumstances became an issue after he was recruited by the Democrats to respond to [Republican] President Bush's Sept. 29 radio address regarding the expanded health program, which Bush vetoed Oct. 3." ... "Graeme and his sister, Gemma, suffered severe injuries in a 2004 car crash and were beneficiaries of the insurance program." -By James R. Carroll -Courier-Journal.com 
  • 20070629
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  • DAVID VITTER News. Louisiana Republican Senator David Bruce Vitter News.David VitterTRENT LOTT News. Mississippi Republican Senator Trent Lott News.Trent LottRACISM News. RACE News.RacismPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsUNITED STATES IMMIGRATION News.ImmigrationLEGISLATION News. LAW News.LegislationCIVIL RIGHTS News.Civil RightsHISTORY News.HistoryMASS News: MASSACHUSETTS News.MassLA News: LOUISIANA News.LaKY News: KENTUCKY News.KyMiss News: MISSISSIPPI News.MissSC News: SOUTH CAROLINA News.SCALA News: ALABAMA News.Ala2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "Senate immigration bill fails; issue "is going to have to wait." ... "The political battles that helped bring down sweeping immigration legislation in the Senate are sure to rage on, although the bill is all but dead until after the 2008 elections." ... "[Massachusetts Democratic Senator] Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., one of the bill's architects, compared the fight with the Senate's long struggle for civil-rights legislation against segregationist opponents." ... ""You cannot stop the march for progress in the United States," he declared." ... "To that, [Louisiana Republican Senator] Sen. David Vitter, R-La., among the bill's most aggressive foes, snapped: "To suggest this was about racism is the height of ugliness and arrogance."" ... "Republicans on both sides acknowledged the immigration fight had riven the GOP. Republican Senate aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Senate Minority Whip [Mississippi Republican Senator] Trent Lott, R-Miss., was furious with Minority Leader [Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., over the leader's refusal to confront the bill's most implacable opponents, who had virtually commandeered the Senate floor, blocking introduction of amendments, refusing to offer amendments of their own, then complaining that an unfair process was preventing them from improving the bill." ... "Lott told McConnell that Sens. Vitter, [South Carolina Republican Senator] Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and [Alabama Republican Senator] Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., were becoming the uncompromising faces of the Republican Party, a prospect that could set them back for years as the Latino vote grows in power." -SeattleTimes.NWsource 
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