Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Senator Ben Nelson rushed off the elevator on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol and immediately 20 or so reporters took off in hot pursuit. "I'm late for the vote," Nelson called over his shoulder. "I'll come back...
...saying 'Giddy up,' " Nelson quipped, to chuckles...
...over President Bush's judicial appointments. In 2008 he guided the Gang of 10's work on a compromise regarding offshore drilling. And this week the two-term Senator has been spearheading a group of negotiators to find a bipartisan solution on the more than $900 billion stimulus bill. Nelson won't provide an exact number of Senators involved in these talks, coyly trying to avoid yet another gang label. (Enterprising reporters have counted conferees going in - there are 18, including six Republicans.) The talks dragged on well into Thursday evening, and they could yield a legislative victory for Obama...
...Sesame Street, it also enabled them to spread their message of understanding into the political realm as cultural ambassadors. Anti-apartheid activists in South Africa and abroad took Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s music as an unofficial anthem. In 1994, the group performed at the inauguration of Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa. Shabalala and company have hardly slowed down since, producing a steady stream of recordings and maintaining an energetic touring schedule. “Every time when we perform, we feel that people never get enough of us,” Mazibuko says...
...either before it clears the Senate or when it is in conference with the House thereafter. Indeed, the Senate voted on Wednesday evening to add a home-buying tax credit to the package, and Obama spent part of the day meeting with Senators like Collins and Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson, who want to cut tens of billions of dollars in spending from...