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'Mo' Cowan sworn in, giving Senate a record number of blacks -- 2
WASHINGTON — The usually pin-drop-quiet Senate gallery erupted in applause Thursday after William “Mo” Cowan was sworn in as the newest senator from Massachusetts. Vice President Joe Biden administered the noontime oath to Cowan, a...
Tags: Tim Scott, Joe Biden, Elections, Politics, Government
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Scott Brown won't seek Senate comeback
WASHINGTON – Scott Brown, defeated last November in a marquee election battle for a Massachusetts Senate seat by Elizabeth Warren, has opted against seeking a return to Congress this June in the special election to replace John F. Kerry. The...
Tags: Democratic Party, Scott P. Brown, Marth Coakley, Deval Patrick, U.S. Congress
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Mass. governor names ex-aide as interim senator to replace Kerry
WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has named his former chief of staff to temporarily fill the Senate seat being vacated by John Kerry, and called a special election for June 25 for voters to choose a permanent replacement for the incoming...
Tags: Tim Scott, Barney Frank, Scott P. Brown, Deval Patrick, Lobbying
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Mary Jo White won't be intimidated as SEC chief, Obama says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying her track record as a hard-nosed prosecutor means she won't be easily intimidated as Wall Street's new top watchdog. "You don't...
Tags: Business Institutions, Mary Schapiro, Economy, Business and Finance, Richard Shelby, Richard Cordray
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Garcetti's campaign spending pledge has roots in Massachusetts
Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti's call last week for a "People's Pledge" — to limit spending by outside groups in the mayor's race — hails from Massachusetts, where a similar pact got mixed reviews from the Boston Globe. The Boston...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Boston, Online Advertising, Local Elections, Politics
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Time to break up the biggest Wall Street banks
TARP, the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008, is finally over. The Treasury Department recently announced it will soon be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors....
Tags: Sherrod Brown, Jeb Hensarling, Christopher Dodd, Citigroup Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance
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Ben Affleck May Be Running For Senate
Ben Affleck appeared in Washington yesterday to meet with Hillary Clinton and John Kerry about violence in the Congo. Affleck is founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, which seeks to curb the massive number of killings in that country (5 million in 14...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Ben Affleck, Congo, Hillary Clinton
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Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, to retire from Senate
WASHINGTON -- Facing the prospect of a tough reelection fight, veteran West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, 75, announced Friday that he will leave the Senate when his current term ends. His decision makes him the first senator in either party whose term...Tags: New York City, John D. Rockefeller IV, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Greenbrier, Democratic Party
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A primer for the 113th Congress
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – With the “fiscal cliff” averted despite the failure to solve key budget issues, the 112th Congress will close out its widely criticized term and the 113th Congress will be sworn in Thursday. The outgoing Congress was...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Joe Biden, Dennis J. Kucinich, Olympia J. Snowe, Media Industry
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Michelle Obama's traditional values
At the risk of inviting legions of conservatives to swoop down and tell me I'm drowning in the Obama Kool-Aid (actually, it's not just a risk; it's a guarantee), I'm just going to come out and say it: Michelle Obama was spectacular at the Democratic...
Tags: Reince Priebus, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Values, Arts and Culture, U.S. Senate
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Who's on Democrats' 'short list'?
Soon after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party's nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...Tags: Brian Schweitzer, Joe Biden, 2012 Democratic National Convention, James Buchanan, Democratic Party
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