Women In Politics

La. senator seeks $1B a year for restoring Coast
AP – Sen. Mary Landrieu is pushing for up to $1 billion a year to restore Louisiana’s battered and oily coastline.

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Bruce Nilles: Senator Robert Byrd: An Appreciation
This post was co-written by Mary Anne Hitt of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, who is also a native West Virginian.On September 21, 2006,…

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Senator seeks improved treatment and monitoring for PTSD
Washington, DC – With thousands of new veterans experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) symptoms in the weeks, months and years after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing new measures to bolster monitoring and treatment for men and women in uniform and new veterans.

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BREAKING NEWS: Senator Robert Byrd “Seriously Ill” in Hospital
U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd has been admitted to a Washington area hospital and his doctors have described his condition as “seriously ill.”

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Pew Applauds Senator Snowe, Nine of Her Colleagues for Introducing Coastal Jobs Creation Act
Legislation will create jobs for fishermen, promote restoration of depleted fish populations

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Senator has concerns about intel post nominee – Navy News, news from Iraq – Navy Times
WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday that she has concerns about someone from the military heading U.S. spy agencies.

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Edward Flattau: Senator Astray
With friends like U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, the good people of Louisiana don’t need enemies. The allegiance of this Louisiana lawmaker is clearly first and foremost to the oil industry.

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National Press Club to Host Newsmaker Media Briefing: Senator Landrieu to Speak on the New Legislation on Federal …
WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Senator Mary Landrieu will announce that she is introducing legislation to overhaul the law that governs the federal government’s response to a disaster or emergency, at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, in the BOC – Suite 480, 4th Floor, the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC.

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New York Senator wants to prevent extra charges for paper bank statements
Banks that are pushing customers into paperless statements shouldn’t charge higher fees to customers that don’t want to or can’t do business electronically, says Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. “Thousands of seniors and families in this area do not have adequate access to the Internet or thousands more are simply not comfortable reviewing their finances electronically,” Sen. Gillibrand said in a …

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US senator likens oil spill to Titanic as hearings open
A leading US senator blamed “a cascade of failures” Tuesday for a disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill and likened the crisis to the sinking of the Titanic and space shuttle Challenger explosion.

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