Word: bayh
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...politics immediately after graduating, serving as communications director for President Clinton's initiative to add 100,000 police officers. Joined the communications office of Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2000. Went on to work for the Democratic Governors Association and Democratic Senators Tim Johnson, Tom Daschle and Evan Bayh...
...filibuster. Snowe has said the inclusion of Schumer's provision makes it "difficult" for her to vote yes. Senator Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent who caucuses with the Democrats, has said he cannot vote for the bill as it stands, and moderate Democrats such as Indiana's Evan Bayh, Nebraska's Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas have voiced reservations. Still, Schumer remains upbeat: "Harry Reid is the best vote counter and vote getter that I have ever seen in my 35 years as a legislator," he declared at a press conference on Oct. 29. "We believe we will...
...ratio may be, it does not give Obama an unfettered hand. On all sorts of issues, from health care to energy policy, Senate majority leader Harry Reid will still have to bring along his own right flank - moderate Democrats such as Nelson, Louisiana's Mary Landrieu, Indiana's Evan Bayh and now Specter. And not everything that is about to come before the Senate splits the Democrats along ideological lines. On climate change, for instance, the make-or-break votes come from a diverse group of 16 Democrats from left and center who say they will not support any bill...
...Given the GOP opposition, support from a group of moderate Democrats known as the Gang of 16 (led by Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana) is essential. Although most insisted that Obama's presence on Capitol Hill was not a sales job, the luncheon was dominated by talk of his budget. "These initiatives - education, better health care - are not free," said Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, who asked Obama about a provision she strongly opposes that would raise taxes on independent oil and gas producers. "But he was very open to consider some of those changes, which is what...
...suggestions managed to emerge from the sea of anger, though it remains to be seen how feasible any of them are. Senator Evan Bayh, an Indiana Democrat, said he'd like AIG to enter some form of bankruptcy, "because when you go into bankruptcy, contracts are abrogated all the time." He was referring to AIG CEO Edward Liddy's claim that the bonuses were contractual and therefore had to be paid under the law. (See the top 10 bankruptcies...