B001066 1931-10-23 316 Hart Senate Office Building http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-1373 Jim 'r':4 'ky':5 'bun':3,7,9 'jim':2,6,8 'sen':1 M 300014 Bunning Jim_Bunning Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY] N00003437 9091 Republican 202-224-4343 Roman Catholic KY Jim Bunning 2.57575757575758 http://bunning.senate.gov/public/ 300014 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 11:14:25 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...percent to 28 percent in the Democratic contest. Six of the nine announced candidates for the seat now held by retiring Sen. Jim Bunning appeared at Wednesday's forum at UK's King Library. Buck Ryan, director of the Citizen Kentucky Project that put on '28':9 'uk':37 'bun':30 'jim':29 'put':50 'sen':28 'six':15 'buck':41 'held':25 'king':39 'nine':18 'paul':1 'ryan':42 'seat':23 'skip':5 'chide':2 'forum':6,35 'retir':27 'rival':3 'appear':31 'candid':20 'announc':19 'citizen':46 'contest':14 'librari':40 'percent':7,10 'project':48 'democrat':13 'director':43 'kentucki':47 'wednesday':33 'kentucky.com':52 6597782 true true daylife Kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/ OK http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1006422.html 300014 Person republican Thu Nov 05 11:16:24 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...president of the company confirms it and says, "We feel we are in complete compliance with the laws of God and man." * Sen. Jim Bunning, the retiring but never shy Republican from Kentucky, threw out the first pitch at last night's World Series. In addi '60':4 'bun':41 'day':2 'god':36 'jim':40 'law':34 'man':38 'say':24 'sen':39 'shi':46 'addi':62 'bowl':14 'feel':26 'last':56 'plan':12 'seri':60 'booki':6 'daili':64 'elect':1 'first':53 'never':45 'night':57 'pitch':54 'polit':63 'retir':43 'split':7 'super':13 'threw':50 'world':59 'jersey':9 'michel':10 'presid':17 'second':5 'compani':20 'complet':30 'confirm':21 'freedom':16 'bachmann':11 'kentucki':49 'complianc':31 'republican':47 6587288 true true daylife Politics Daily http://www.politicsdaily.com/ OK http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/03/election-day-in-60-seconds-bookies-split-in-jersey-michele-ba/ 300014 Person sen\. Mon Nov 02 22:17:58 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...fans capping off the baseball tradition. Following Morissette's performance, Phillies Hall of Fame pitchers Sen. Jim Bunning and Robin Roberts each tossed out a ceremonial first pitch, with J.A. Happ and Jayson Werth (who is from the same hometown as Ro 'ro':47 'bun':23 'cap':7 'fan':2,6 'j.a':35 'jim':22 'sen':21 'fame':19 'hall':17 'happ':36 'sing':4 'toss':28 'first':32 'pitch':33 'robin':25 'werth':39 'yanke':1 'anthem':5 'follow':12 'jayson':38 'philli':16 'robert':26 'tradit':11 'basebal':10 'mlb.com':48 'perform':15 'pitcher':20 'ceremoni':31 'hometown':45 'morissett':3,13 6563627 true true daylife MLB.com http://mlb.mlb.com/ OK http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&content_id=7602514&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb 300014 Person sen\. Tue Nov 03 22:22:15 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...committee's bill be posted online prior to the vote. This was a stalling tactic proposed by finance committee member Jim Bunning, R-Ky., who opposes the bill; on the markup's first day, Bunning declared that it "tramples on American freedom and liberty. 'r':36 'ky':37 'bun':34,48 'day':47 'jim':33 'joe':3 'sen':2 'won':10 'bill':15,41 'care':7 'post':17 'r-ki':35 'vote':22 'first':46 'onlin':18 'oppos':39 'prior':19 'slate':58 'stall':26 'declar':49 'financ':30 'health':6 'markup':44 'member':32 'propos':28 'reform':8 'tactic':27 'trampl':52 'freedom':55 'liberti':57 'american':54 'committe':13,31 'filibust':5 'lieberman':4 6572376 true true daylife Slate http://www.slate.com/ OK http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=18c162df58a88158f172fd871ca28e59 300014 Person congress Thu Oct 29 22:19:24 -0500 2009 Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...it to drive change. Previous attempts at influencing congressional budget decisions with performance data has failed, and Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., a task force member, said it is likely to continue to be a significant challenge. "It is no secret that Co 'r':31 'co':53 'ky':32 'bun':29 'jim':28 'sen':27 'base':8 'data':23 'fail':25 'forc':35 'like':40 'r-ki':30 'said':37 'task':34 'chang':13 'decis':20 'drive':12 'budget':9,19 'commit':2 'member':36 'offici':1 'secret':51 'attempt':15 'continu':42 'perform':7,22 'challeng':47 'collabor':4 'influenc':17 'previous':14 'signific':46 'congression':18 'govexec.com':54 'performance-bas':6 6528816 true true daylife GovExec.com http://govexec.com/ OK http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1009/102909e1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss 300014 Person congress Tue Oct 27 11:12:44 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...because of the bureaucracy involved. "A lot of people ultimately throw up their hands in despair and walk away," he said. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., criticized the Finance Committee's bill this month for adding "hundreds of billions of dollars more in ne 'r':33 'ad':44 'ky':34 'ne':52 'st':54 'bun':31 'jim':30 'lot':14 'sen':29 'away':26 'bill':4,40 'care':3 'hand':21 'ksdk':53 'leav':5 'loui':55 'r-ki':32 'said':28 'walk':25 'hundr':45 'month':42 'peopl':16 'throw':18 'ultim':17 'critic':35 'dollar':49 'financ':37 'health':2 'involv':12 'billion':47 'despair':23 'million':6 'uninsur':7 'committe':38 'congress':1 'bureaucraci':11 6502682 true true daylife KSDK | St. Louis http://www.ksdk.com/ OK http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=188228 300014 Person congress Mon Oct 26 22:02:00 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...because of the bureaucracy involved. "A lot of people ultimately throw up their hands in despair and walk away," he said. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., criticized the Finance Committee's bill this month for adding "hundreds of billions of dollars more in ne 'r':33 'ad':44 'ky':34 'ne':52 'st':54 'bun':31 'jim':30 'lot':14 'sen':29 'away':26 'bill':4,40 'care':3 'hand':21 'ksdk':53 'leav':5 'loui':55 'r-ki':32 'said':28 'walk':25 'hundr':45 'month':42 'peopl':16 'throw':18 'ultim':17 'critic':35 'dollar':49 'financ':37 'health':2 'involv':12 'billion':47 'despair':23 'million':6 'uninsur':7 'committe':38 'congress':1 'bureaucraci':11 6498308 true true daylife KSDK | St. Louis http://www.ksdk.com/ OK http://www.ksdk.com/news/health/story.aspx?storyid=188228 300014 Person democrat Mon Oct 26 22:01:58 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ... are battling for the party primary nod which will place a democrat on the ticket for the US Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Jim Bunning, a Republican. ... 'us':20 'bun':28 'jim':27 'nod':9 'sen':26 'seat':22 'time':32 'battl':4 'parti':7 'place':12 'senat':21 'vacat':24 'leader':33 'ticket':17 'primari':8 'democrat':14 'kentucki':2 'princeton':1,31 'republican':30 6498307 true true google news Princeton Times Leader OK http://www.timesleader.net/articles/stories/public/200910/26/4xxq_news.html 300014 Person congress Mon Oct 26 22:01:58 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 Beginning in the 1990s, the lock conversion requirement was zealously advocated by Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) whose constituents, not coincidentally, ... 'r':24 'ky':25 'bun':22 'doc':7 'jim':21 'blog':32 'lock':4,13 'news':31 'r-ki':23 'want':2 '1990s':11 'advoc':18 'begin':8 'senat':20 'whose':26 'better':3 'requir':15 'secret':6 'convers':14 'secreci':30 'zealous':17 'congress':1 'constitu':27 'coincident':29 6498304 true true google news Secrecy News (blog) OK http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/10/better_locks.html 300014 Person senate Mon Oct 26 22:01:57 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 Grayson is vying with two other candidates to fill current Senator Jim Bunning's senate seat in 2010. He says his experience as the state's top election ... 'vy':10 'bun':20 'jim':19 'say':27 'top':34 'two':12 '2010':25 'fill':16 'issu':6 'make':3 'seat':23 'trey':1 'wymt':36 'elect':35 'senat':18,22 'state':32 'answer':7 'appear':4 'candid':14 'experi':29 'current':17 'grayson':2,8 6498303 true true google news WYMT OK http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/66124922.html 300014 Person congress Sat Nov 07 22:18:08 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 With Senator Jim Bunning (R) retiring after this present term, the Republican primary and general election in Kentucky should be quite interesting. With the Secretary of State, Trey Grayson and the son of Congressman Ron Paul, ... 'r':16 'bun':15 'jim':14 'ron':46 'son':43 'jump':1,48 'must':4 'paul':7,47 'pool':3,50 'quit':32 'rand':6 'term':21 'trey':39 'unit':11 'elect':27 'oppos':5 'retir':17 'senat':13 'state':38 'general':26 'grayson':40 'present':20 'primari':24 'campaign':9 'interest':33 'kentucki':29 'secretari':36 'republican':23 'congressman':45 6613404 false true google blog Jumping in Pools http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/ OK http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2009/11/must-oppose-rand-pauls-campaign-for.html 300014 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:14:20 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY] Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK] Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX] Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY] Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC] Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT] Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK] Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL ... 'r':14,19,24,29,34,39,44,49,54 'al':55 'ky':15 'ok':20,50 'sc':30,40 'tx':25 'ut':45 'wy':35 'bun':13 'jim':12,27 'sen':11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51 '8000':7 'enzi':33 'home':8 'jame':47 'john':22 'buyer':9 'hatch':43 'inhof':48 'obama':2 'orrin':42 'thoma':17 'coburn':18 'cornyn':23 'credit':10 'demint':28 'extend':5 'financ':60 'graham':38 'person':59 'presid':1 'lindsey':37 'michael':32 'session':53 'congress':4 'consumer':56 'jefferson':52 'commentari':57 6597781 false true google blog Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance... http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/ OK http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/11/06/president-obama-and-congress-extend-the-8000-home-buyers-credit/ 300014 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:20:26 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 This race is to replace retiring US Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.). Rand Paul has already raised far more money than his opponent, Kentucky's GOP establishment-backed Secretary of State Trey Grayson. Rand Paul has jumped 14 points in the last ... 'r':16 '14':44 'ky':17 'us':11 'bun':14 'far':23 'gop':31 'jim':13 'sen':12 'tao':49 'back':34 'jump':43 'last':48 'news':1 'paul':19,41 'r-ki':15 'race':6 'rais':22 'rand':18,40 'trey':38 'could':3 'cover':4 'money':25 'oppon':28 'point':45 'retir':10 'state':37 'govern':51 'replac':9 'alreadi':21 'grayson':39 'kentucki':29 'establish':33 'secretari':35 'establishment-back':32 6604049 false true google blog Tao of Government http://taogovernment.blogspot.com/ OK http://taogovernment.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-they-could-cover.html 300014 Person republican Thu Nov 05 22:23:55 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Mark Nickolas: Signs That GOP Is Giving-Up On Holding Sen. Bunning's Seat. A couple of very interesting developments in the ongoing saga of the most vulnerable Senate incumbent in 2010 -- Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY). ... 'r':48 'ky':49 'bun':23,46 'gop':15 'jim':45 'sen':22,44 '2010':43 'andi':1 'blog':51 'give':18 'hear':9 'hold':21 'mark':11 'ongo':34 'r-ki':47 'saga':35 'seat':25 'sign':13 'yeah':6 'coupl':27 'senat':40 'incumb':41 'ostroy':2 'vulner':39 'develop':31 'nickola':12 'renaiss':5 'interest':30 'giving-up':17 'republican':4 6593485 false true google blog The Blog http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/a-republican-renaissance_b_346781.html 300014 Person congress Thu Nov 05 22:23:54 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Over at the blog In the Agora, Joshua Claybourn notes that libertarian (and Ron Paul offspring) Rand Paul has taken an early polling lead for the Republican nomination to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.). ... 'r':49 'ky':50 'bun':47 'jim':46 'ron':26 'sen':45 'son':12 'u.s':44 'blog':16 'lead':36 'note':22 'paul':27,30 'poll':35 'r-ki':48 'rand':29 'agora':19 'earli':34 'nomin':40 'retir':43 'taken':32 'famous':7 'joshua':20 'member':8 'offspr':28 'replac':42 'delawar':1,51 'congress':10 'claybourn':21 'republican':39 'libertarian':2,24,52 6593484 false true google blog Delaware Libertarian http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/ OK http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2009/11/now-heres-famous-member-of-congresss.html 300014 Person republican Thu Nov 05 22:23:54 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Yesterday I somehow missed this: for the first time Rand Paul leads Secretary of State Trey Grayson in a poll of Kentucky Republican primary voters. Paul and Grayson are running to succeed Sen. Jim Bunning. According to Survey USA, ... 'bun':42 'jim':41 'run':37 'sen':40 'usa':46 'lead':19 'miss':11 'paul':6,18,33 'poll':27 'rand':5,17 'rise':7 'time':16 'trey':23 'first':15 'state':22 'voter':32 'accord':43 'survey':45 'grayson':24,35 'primari':31 'somehow':10 'spectat':3 'succeed':39 'american':2 'kentucki':29 'secretari':20 'yesterday':8 'amspecblog':4,47 'republican':30 6593483 false true google blog AmSpecBlog http://spectator.org/blog OK http://spectator.org/blog/2009/11/05/rand-paul-rising 300014 Person republican Wed Nov 04 22:30:59 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senator John Cornyn, chair of the NRSC, tells ABC News that the group will not spend any money in contested primaries, allowing each state's Republicans to choose the best candidates to represent them in the 2010 general election: ..... McConnell forc 'abc':20 'air':2,54 'hot':1,53 'top':55 '2010':48 'best':41 'blog':3 'forc':52 'john':13 'news':21 'nrsc':7,18 'pick':56 'stay':10 'tell':19 'allow':33 'chair':15 'choos':39 'elect':50 'group':24 'learn':6 'money':29 'pledg':8 'senat':12 'spend':27 'state':35 'archiv':4 'candid':42 'cornyn':14 'lesson':5 'repres':44 'contest':31 'general':49 'primari':32 'mcconnel':51 'republican':37 6581995 false true google blog Hot Air » Top Picks http://www.hotair.com/ OK http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/04/lesson-learned-nrsc-pledges-to-stay-out-of-contested-primaries/ 300014 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:16:18 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 High School Coach of the Year at PLD Mickey Marshall plead guilty to two theft charges relating to funds he took from the baseball booster club. Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning, also former Hall of Fame pitcher for the Phillies, threw out the ... 'bun':39 'jim':38 'pld':6,17 'sen':37 'two':23 'also':40 'club':35 'fall':3 'fame':44 'fund':28 'hall':42 'high':10 'miss':2 'took':30 'year':15 'charg':25 'coach':7,12 'plead':8,20 'relat':26 'theft':24 'threw':49 'former':5,41 'guilti':9,21 'mickey':18 'paxton':1 'philli':48 'school':11 'basebal':33,53 'booster':34 'marshal':19 'pitcher':45 'practic':4 'blugrass':52 'kentucki':36 6587285 false true google blog BluGrass Baseball http://blugrassbaseball.com/ OK http://blugrassbaseball.com/2009/11/04/paxton-misses-fall-practice-former-pld-coach-pleads-guilty/ 300014 Person senate Wed Nov 04 22:30:58 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Mark Nickolas: Signs That GOP Is Giving-Up On Holding Sen. Bunning's Seat. A couple of very interesting developments in the ongoing saga of the most vulnerable Senate incumbent in 2010 -- Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY). ... 'r':47 'ky':48 'bun':22,45 'gop':14 'jim':44 'sen':21,43 '2010':42 'blog':50 'give':17 'hold':20 'mark':10 'ongo':33 'r-ki':46 'saga':34 'seat':24 'sift':3 'sign':12 'coupl':26 'senat':39 'simon':1 'econom':6 'incumb':40 'messag':7 'vulner':38 'develop':30 'nickola':11 'interest':29 'giving-up':16 'rosenberg':2 6581993 false true google blog The Blog http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-rosenberg/shifting-through-the-econ_b_345321.html 300014 Person republican Wed Nov 04 22:30:58 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 And then this morning we woke up to the news that Miss McConnell's most prized recruit, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson-- for whom Missy knifed Jim Bunning in the back-- is now losing the race for the Republican Senate nomination. ... Google. 'ny':6 '-23':7 'bun':38 'jim':37 'back':41 'lose':44 'miss':21 'morn':13 'news':19 'race':46 'trey':31 'woke':15 'googl':52 'knife':36 'missi':35 'nomin':51 'prize':25 'senat':50 'state':30 'prepar':3 'repeat':5 'grayson':32 'recruit':26 'kentucki':9,27 'mcconnel':22 'secretari':28 'republican':2,49 'downwithtyranni':1,53 6581994 false true google blog DownWithTyranny! http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/ OK http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/11/republicans-prepare-to-repeat-ny-23-in.html