V000127 1961-05-03 516 Hart Senate Office Building http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-5061 David 'r':4 'la':5 'sen':1 'david':2,6,8 'vitter':3,7,9 M 400418 Vitter David_Vitter Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] N00009659 9745 Republican 202-224-4623 Catholic LA David Vitter 3.92452830188679 http://vitter.senate.gov/ 400418 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 22:26:12 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...senators in Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio. They also are seeking to overtake scandal-scarred Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana and are eyeing GOP Sen. Richard Burr in North Carolina, where Obama won last fall. Next page &g 'g':48 'eye':33 'gop':34 'new':12 'sen':26,35 'won':43 '2010':1 'also':17 'burr':37 'fall':45 'fear':4 'hope':6 'last':44 'next':46 'ohio':15 'page':47 'scar':24 'seek':19 'david':27 'elect':2 'north':39 'obama':42 'senat':7 'vitter':28 'florida':9 'overtak':21 'richard':36 'scandal':23 'carolina':40 'democrat':3 'hampshir':13 'kentucki':10 'missouri':11 'louisiana':30 'republican':5,25 'scandal-scar':22 'kansascity.com':49 6613627 true true daylife KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/ OK http://www.kansascity.com/444/story/1554599.html 400418 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:29:11 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...work. In other action, the Senate blocked an effort to have the Census Bureau tally citizenship in next year's count. Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, had sought the information, saying illegal immigrants and other noncitizens who can't vote a 'd':4 'ok':3 'say':38 'sen':29 'u.s':1 '9/11':6 'next':25 'vote':47 'work':8 'year':26 'block':14 'count':28 'david':30 'illeg':39 'senat':13 'talli':22 'trial':2 'action':11 'bureau':21 'census':20 'effort':16 'immigr':40 'inform':37 'sought':35 'vitter':31 'newsmax':49 'suspect':7 'louisiana':32 'noncitizen':43 'republican':33 'citizenship':23 6604550 true true daylife NewsMax http://www.newsmax.com/ OK http://www.Newsmax.com/newsfront/terror_trials_us/2009/11/06/282686.html 400418 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:29:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...managed to vote against the proposal. Here in Louisiana, Sen. Mary Landrieu supported it, but for reasons only he knows, Sen. David Vitter chose to vote no. Even though the amendment passed by a wide bipartisan margin, it might not be signed into law. H 'h':56 'day':9 'law':55 'rep':2 'sen':21,32 'u.s':1 'even':39 'know':31 'mari':22 'pass':43 'sign':53 'time':59 'vote':14,37 'wide':46 'amend':42 'chose':35 'court':11 'david':33 'manag':12 'might':50 'charli':3 'deserv':7 'margin':48 'propos':17 'reason':28 'though':40 'victim':6 'vitter':34 'support':24 'landrieu':23 'melancon':4 'louisiana':20 'bipartisan':47 'shreveport':58 6604551 true true daylife The Shreveport Times http://www.shreveporttimes.com/ OK http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20091106/OPINION0106/911060307/1007/OPINION 400418 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:29:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Senate has blocked an attempt to skew the next census in favor of states that do not have large immigrant populations. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., proposed requiring census forms to ask whether people were U.S. citizens when counted next April 1. The expe '1':45 'r':28 'la':29 'ask':35 'exp':47 'sen':24 'u.s':39 'form':33 'larg':21 'next':11,43 'r-la':27 'skew':9 'time':50 'april':44 'block':5 'count':1,42 'daili':49 'david':25 'favor':14 'peopl':37 'popul':23 'senat':3 'state':16 'census':12,32 'immigr':22 'propos':30 'requir':31 'vitter':26 'attempt':7 'citizen':40 'everyon':2 'whether':36 'watertown':48 6604552 true true daylife Watertown Daily Times http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/ OK http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091106/OPINION01/311069961/ 400418 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:24:27 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to determine how congressional representatives are allocated to states. The proposal was co-sponsored by Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Robert Bennett of Utah. They sought to have non-citizens excluded from the population numbers used to 'ad':6 'az':51 'co':23 'non':42 'sen':27 'use':49 '2010':8 'utah':36 'alloc':16 'david':28 'popul':47 'state':18 'census':9 'exclud':44 'number':48 'propos':20 'repres':14 'robert':33 'sought':38 'vitter':29 'bennett':34 'citizen':43 'sponsor':24 'determin':11 'question':2 'louisiana':31 'co-sponsor':22 'republican':26 'central.com':52 'citizenship':1 'congression':13 'non-citizen':41 6598298 true true daylife AZ Central.com http://www.azcentral.com/ OK http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1258701 400418 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 11:20:03 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a bid to become his state's first black governor. Democrats talked Rep. Charlie Melancon into trying to unseat Republican Sen. David Vitter in Louisiana, and Georgia Democrats convinced former Gov. Roy Barnes to take another shot at the office, giving t 'bid':9 'eye':4 'gov':38 'rep':20 'roy':39 'sen':28 'tri':24 'barn':40 'cast':2 'give':48 'shot':44 'take':42 'talk':19 'wari':3 'anoth':43 'becom':11 'black':16 'daili':51 'david':29 'elect':6 'first':15 'offic':47 'state':13 'charli':21 'former':37 'result':7 'unseat':26 'vitter':30 'convinc':36 'georgia':34 'advertis':52 'democrat':1,18,35 'governor':17 'melancon':22 'louisiana':32 'republican':27 6619128 true true daylife The Daily Advertiser http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://theadvertiser.com/article/20091106/NEWS01/911060318/1002/rss 400418 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:29:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...in a bid to become his state's first black governor. Democrats talked Rep. Charlie Melancon into trying to unseat Republican Sen. David Vitter in Louisiana, and Georgia Democrats convinced former Gov. Roy Barnes to take another shot at the office, givin 'bid':11 'dem':2 'eye':5 'gov':40 'rep':22 'roy':41 'san':51 'sen':30 'tri':26 'barn':42 'cast':3 'shot':46 'take':44 'talk':21 'wari':4 'anoth':45 'becom':13 'black':18 'david':31 'diego':52 'elect':7 'first':17 'givin':50 'offic':49 'state':15 'union':54 'charli':23 'former':39 'result':8 'tribun':55 'unseat':28 'vitter':32 'convinc':38 'georgia':36 'democrat':20,37 'governor':19 'melancon':24 'southern':1 'louisiana':34 'republican':29 'union-tribun':53 6604553 true true daylife San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.signonsandiego.com/ OK http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/06/southern-dems-cast-wary-eye-at-election-results/ 400418 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:29:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...the Nov. 19 fundraiser for Baker along with Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, and David Vitter, of Louisiana. Baker, a state senator from Conway, is among seven Republicans seeking the nomination to challenge Democr '19':12 'd.c':9 'gop':6 'nov':11 'sen':19 'set':3 'iowa':23 'seek':43 'along':16 'among':40 'baker':1,15,33 'chuck':20 'david':29 'group':7 'mitch':24 'nomin':45 'senat':36 'seven':41 'state':35 'conway':38 'democr':48 'nation':5 'vitter':30 'challeng':47 'fundrais':2,13 'grassley':21 'kentucki':27 'mcconnel':25 'louisiana':32 '4029tv.com':49 'republican':18,42 6604554 true true daylife 4029tv.com http://www.4029tv.com/ OK http://www.4029tv.com/politics/21541411/detail.html 400418 Person senate Fri Nov 06 11:24:27 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and citizenship status. The Senate voted 60-39 Thursday to move forward a budget bill without an amendment by U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., that would have required Census surveys to ask about legal and immigration status in the U.S. U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, 'r':34 '60':16 'la':35 '-39':17 'ask':43 'jon':54 'kyl':55 'say':2 'sen':30,53 'u.s':29,51,52 'bill':24 'busi':56 'move':20 'r-la':33 'vote':15 'amend':27 'david':31 'legal':45 'senat':1,14 'would':37 'budget':23 'census':8,40 'immigr':47 'requir':39 'status':12,48 'survey':9,41 'vitter':32 'forward':21 'journal':57 'phoenix':59 'without':25 'question':6 'thursday':18 'citizenship':5,11 6598296 true true daylife Business Journal of Phoenix http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/ OK http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~3/ZVEMveiuGVk/daily60.html 400418 Person senate Fri Nov 06 11:24:27 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...R-Utah, to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and co-sponsored by Bennett, to a bill that funds the census was aimed at excluding noncitizens from the popu 'r':9,34 'co':38 'la':35 'aim':50 'ask':19 'sen':30 'u.s':24 'bill':44 'form':17 'fund':46 'move':4 'news':58 'next':13 'popu':56 'r-la':33 'utah':10 'year':14 'amend':27 'count':6 'david':31 'illeg':7 'peopl':20 'senat':1 'census':16,48 'exclud':52 'r-utah':8 'reject':2 'requir':12 'vitter':32 'bennett':3,41 'citizen':25 'deseret':57 'sponsor':28,39 'whether':21 'co-sponsor':37 'noncitizen':53 6598297 true true daylife Deseret News http://deseretnews.com/ OK http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705342431/Senate-rejects-Bennett-move-to-count-illegals.html?linkTrack=rss-5 400418 Person senator Sun Nov 08 11:19:56 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 On the other hand, Charlie Melancon (D, LA-03) voted no on the bill, and Melancon is the likely Dem challenger to LA's other senator David Vitter. Imagine those debates: "I voted against health care for everybody!" "So did I!" ... 'd':10 'la':11,26 '-03':12 'dem':23 'anim':46 'bill':17 'care':39 'hand':7 'like':22 'vote':13,36 'david':30 'debat':34 'month':3 'polit':45 'senat':29 'charli':8 'health':38 'imagin':32 'vitter':31 'challeng':24 'melancon':9,19 'everybodi':41 'washington':2 6619125 false true google blog Political Animal http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ OK http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/020866.php 400418 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 11:19:56 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Democrats want to pick up seats left open by retiring GOP senators in Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio. They also are seeking to overtake scandal-scarred Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana and are eyeing GOP ... 'eye':47 'gop':20,48 'new':26 'sen':40 '2010':1 'also':31 'blue':9,51 'hill':8,50 'left':16 'ohio':29 'open':17 'pick':13 'scar':38 'seat':15 'seek':33 'want':11 'david':41 'elect':2 'polit':54 'retir':19 'senat':21 'oldest':53 'vitter':42 'capitol':7,49 'florida':23 'overtak':35 'scandal':37 'democrat':6,10 'hampshir':27 'kentucki':24 'missouri':25 'waterloo':3 'louisiana':44 'republican':39 'scandal-scar':36 6619124 false true google blog Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political... http://capitolhillblue.com/ OK http://capitolhillblue.com/node/20168 400418 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 22:26:06 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Democrats want to pick up seats left open by retiring GOP senators in Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio. They also are seeking to overtake scandal-scarred Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana and are eyeing GOP ... 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'r':14 'hq':4 'la':15 'us':33 'big':16 'doc':8 'new':46 'sen':10 'back':29 'bank':27 'beat':44 'blog':51 'fema':18 'news':34 'pull':28 'r-la':13 'raid':1 'show':39 'time':48 'wall':24 'work':32 'york':47 'zone':52 'acorn':3,21,31,37 'café':50 'david':11 'grant':19 'stori':38 'world':35 'frugal':49 'govern':17 'offens':23 'report':36,42 'search':5 'street':25 'vitter':12 'financi':7 'journal':26 'rebrand':9 'internet':41 'louisiana':2 6613625 false true google blog Frugal Café Blog Zone http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/ OK http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2009/11/07/raid-louisiana-acorn-hq-searched-for-financial-docs-rebranding-acorn-like-putting-lipstick-on-chitterlings/ 400418 Person senator Sun Nov 08 11:19:56 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts on this important issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about other issues important to you. Sincerely, Senator David Vitter United States Senator. 'sen':1,5 'issu':19,32 'live':44 'unit':40 'david':38 'futur':29 'hesit':23 'pleas':20 'senat':37,42 'share':13 'state':41 'thank':10 'import':18,33 'sincer':36 'vitter':2,39 'contact':25 'hondura':4,43 'support':3 'thought':15 'landrieu':6 6619126 false true google blog Honduras Living http://hondurasliving.blogspot.com/ OK http://hondurasliving.blogspot.com/2009/11/sen-vitter-supports-honduras-sen.html 400418 Person republican Sun Nov 08 11:19:56 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Then Republican Senator David Vitter stands before the nation condemning Acorn! That takes cohones, giving his own CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR that has thus far gone unpunished, even by the bar association that forbids his CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, ... 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