Word: sen
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...book by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) hit bookshelves last Tuesday. The title is a mouthful—“The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”—but Obama looks sharp. He leans forward with a knowing smile, probably thinking about how his presidency intimations are driving the media into a frenzy. According to the dust jacket, the book is about 400 pages of hollow political drivel about bringing hope, happiness, and milk and honey back to America. The inside flap promises a few personal stories about Obama, but don?...
Both the offices of Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 (D-Mass.) intervened on Song’s behalf in her application process, the Boston Globe reported...
...much needed shot in the arm. Once-marginalized parties such as the Working Families Party, the Conservative Party, and the Independence Party have become forces in local and statewide elections. In a few important races where they cross-endorsed a mainstream candidate, votes under their aegis even proved decisive. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), for example, was nominated by both the Democratic and Working Families parties in 2000, and a significant chunk of her votes came under the latter banner...
...first two decades and paid a little attention in the third decade. In the last five years they've been paying some attention. Was there as much discussion in 1915 as to the role immigrants play in the economy? There was a presidential commission headed by Sen. [William Paul] Dillingham that became called the Dillingham Commission, and it reported to the American people and Congress in 1911. Nothing like it had ever been done. The main findings were that on balance, contemporary immigration, as they experienced it in 1910 and as they were studying it in the years before...
...addition, last weekend continued a string of appearances by national political celebrities, including Saturday's visit by U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, a potential 2008 White House hopeful. Biden, speaking less than 24 hours after a $90,000 fundraiser in the area headlined by White House spokesman Tony Snow, told local reporters that a win this fall could "change things for the next 20 years." But given how similar politically Davis and Lucas are, perhaps those changes won't be as drastic as Biden and his fellow Democrats would like to believe...