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Dem Candidate Touts Independence

2012-07-20T01:00:00Z

Rick Berg (R) for the seat of retiring Sen. Kent Conrad (D) and partisanship has become one of the top accusations in the competitive race. Heitkamp and national Democrats have accused Berg of not being independent from ...

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In 'Black Liquor,' a Cautionary Tale for Deficit Reduction ...

2012-07-20T01:00:00Z

Offshore tax havens and other tax shelters cost the government about $ 150 billion a year, said Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. For tax aides in both parties, black liquor falls into the category ...

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Meet the 112th | Senate Dems growing cool to extending payroll tax ...

2012-07-20T01:00:00Z

“I think the consensus has been that the payroll tax cut should not be extended but I would leave one escape hatch: what's happening with the economy,” said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.).

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Short Line Railroad Tax Credit Legislation Gains Majority Support in ...

2012-07-20T01:00:00Z

... 20 announced that legislation to extend the short line rehabilitation tax credit (45G) has now received bipartisan support from a majority of the Senate. Three senators — Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.) ...

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S.3369 | Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending ...

2012-07-19T01:00:00Z

Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Roll Call Vote No. 179) entered in Senate. Jul 12 2012. Motion to proceed to consideration of measure ...

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JACKASS JOE STRIKES AGAIN - hopelessly partisan

2012-07-18T01:00:00Z

34.2 percent; Sen. Ben Cardin (D., Md.)—31.5 percent; Sen. Tom Carper (D., Del.)—30.4 percent; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.)–29.7 percent; Sen. Kent Conrad (D., N.D.)–29.2 percent; Sen. Bill Nelson (D., Fla.)—26.5 ...

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Fiscal Cliff: The Sky Is Falling! | Crooks and Liars

2012-07-18T01:00:00Z

Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota, chairman of the Budget Committee, said the offer to allow let all the tax cuts lapse, then reinstate most of them days later, was a legitimate way to free Republicans from their no-new-taxes ...

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The sky is falling | Suburban Guerrilla

2012-07-18T01:00:00Z

HUFFPOST HILL - Kent Conrad: The Next J. Lo?

2012-07-18T01:00:00Z

KENT CONRAD KNOWS A LOT ABOUT AMERICAN IDOL - The Hill's Judy Kurtz asked the Senate Budget Committee chairman who ought to be the next judge on American Idol. "I'm surprised that you knew to talk to me, ...

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JACKASS JOE STRIKES AGAIN - hopelessly partisan

2012-07-18T01:00:00Z

Ascension with Mother Earth and Current State of Affairs: Senators ...

2012-07-18T01:00:00Z

Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD] Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE] Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA] Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA] Sen. Daniel Coats [R, IN] Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS] Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME] Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND] ...

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S.3369 | Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending ...

2012-07-18T01:00:00Z

Sen. Hoeven Wants Hearing on American Indian Reservation Child ...

2012-07-15T01:00:00Z

Both Hoeven and Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota are members of the panel. A Bureau of Indian Affairs review earlier this year detailed problems in tribal social services programs on the state's Spirit Lake Indian ...

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Rick Berg for Senate » Rick Berg reports campaign fundraising

2012-07-14T01:00:00Z

It's the third consecutive quarter in which Berg has out-raised Heitkamp. The two candidates are locked in a tight race to replace Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad, who is retiring. Read the story at: www.bismarcktribune.com ...

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Lobbying firm Three Bridges Advisors expands with Tallahassee ...

2012-06-18T01:00:00Z

Mr. Godes provided political, legislative and strategic counsel and led the Senator's top policy initiatives. He previously served as Director of Economic Development for Sen. Kent Conrad, the current chair of the Senate ...

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Berg supports bill that would violate ban on earmarks | Great Plains ...

2012-06-18T01:00:00Z

Sand accused Berg of supporting “all kinds of earmark spending” but not publicizing it, pointing to Sen. Kent Conrad's website and press releases announcing federal money coming into North Dakota with the names of all ...

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Senator Hoeven works with Senator Chambliss on farm bill ...

2012-06-18T01:00:00Z

Along with Senators Kent Conrad and Max Baucus of Montana, Hoeven is also working with Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss and southern growers to add a counter-cyclical safety net to the bill to secure broad support for ...

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U.S. Senate candidate says Obama failed to unite country

2012-06-18T01:00:00Z

Heidi Heitkamp, 56, the Democrat hoping to replace longtime incumbent U.S. Senator Kent Conrad, North Dakota, says President Obama has failed to unite the country and he is wrong for opposing the Keystone XL pipeline ...

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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad's Fiscal Folly

2012-06-16T01:00:00Z

On June 5, 2012 Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) released a statement titled, 'Chairman Conrad's Statement on CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook'. He spews nonsense to overlook the fact the United ...

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Senate Democrats Don't Recall Obama's "To-Do" List

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) “can't recall the last time he talked to the president” and Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) lamented, “…the president is not as engaged ...

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