Open Congress : Blog Articles for Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]

Your Vote Could Be Worth A Million Dollars!

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) estimated the cost of the Bush presidency at $7.7 trillion. Letâ€™s compromise and call it $6 trillion, and assume that the other candidate would have been revenue neutral, so the net difference of the ...

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Report implicates White House

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.) wrote Mukasey a letter asking whether Dannehy would have the authority to compel documents from the White House and testimony from former presidential aide Karl Rove and former White House ...

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Roundtable with Senator Whitehouse on Healthcare

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

Please join Senator Sheldon Whitehouse at Dartmouth College for a round table on Senator Obama's health care policy.

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Emails Implicate White House in Prosecutor Purge

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (who I'm really beginning to like, by the way) is staying on top of this investigation, penning a letter to Mukasey yesterday "asking whether Dannehy would have the authority to compel documents ...

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Report Implicates White House

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Act Two of the US Attorneys Firings: Smoke and Mirror, No Justice

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

'It is not clear that she will be authorized to subpoena White House officials,' Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, (DR.I.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said at a news conference. 'The appointment raises a whole new set of ...

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Drive for Change: Leah from Barrington

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

In 2006 Barack came to Roger Williams Park to campaign for Sheldon Whitehouse. My friend and I went down to see him. I came home and told my husband that I had just seen the next President of the United States. ...

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Bush Changes the Rules when he wants!

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

... of Justice has been issuing classified legal opinions about surveillance for several years. As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.) had access to DOJ opinions regarding presidential power.

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Senate Votes Tonight on Bailout Bill

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse released the following statement in advance of the Senate vote :. â€œI expect to vote for the financial market recovery plan. I hope the Senate will pass this measure tonight and that the House will swiftly ...

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Whitehouse criticizes Mukasey actions in Justice probe

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has joined colleagues in praising the Justice Department for a report that found political motives in the Bush administration's firing of nine federal prosecutors in 2006, but he sharply criticized ...

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US Senator to Speak on Nationâ€™s Environmental Priorities in the ...

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

Portland, ME - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island will speak at 3:30 pm, Friday, October 17, in USMâ€™s Abromson Community Education Center, Portland about US environmental policy in the 21st century and acknowledge Senator Edmund ...

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The Nine Fired US Attorneys--Newest Report

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) blamed Mukasey for tolerating Bush administration stonewalling. "Why did the attorney general not direct the Office of Legal Counsel to provide the reports?" Whitehouse asked. ...

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Project Censored Releases Top Censored Stories for 2007-08

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

On December 7, 2007, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, disclosed on the floor of the US Senate that he had declassified documents that state, â€œAn executive order cannot limit a president. ...

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Bushâ€™s Concerns Over Voter Fraud Led to Iglesiasâ€™s Firing

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

In July 2007, in a letter to then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, and Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, said, "caging is a reprehensible voter suppression tactic, and it may also violate ...

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Sen. Whitehouse: Bush administration coverup in attorney firing ...

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.) says that the White House has continued to refuse to cooperate with investigations into the attorney firing scandal. There is a coverup, he says. (0:26). Share This.

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Commercials John McCain should make

2008-09-28T00:00:00Z

Put shadow silhouettes of Barack Obama in the upper left, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in the upper right, and Joe Biden in the lower left.} Voiceover: Finishing just ahead of Bernie is the Democratâ€™s vice presidential candidate, ...

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Rhode Islanders Gather for Launch of a Green Jobs Campaign

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

Keynote Speech - The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senator (9:45 AM) Whitehouse is unable to attend because the Senate is still working hard on the Bailout issue. (Edit: This just in, the Senator will be available by ...

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Cicilline to talk in Washington about poverty

2008-09-25T14:11:40Z

Congress may be preoccupied with an epic financial crisis while it fights to close up shop for the remainder of the election year, ... is helping poor families to improve their lot. Sen. Sheldon
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Even Conservatives Are Starting to Get It

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z
Click here to email our Congressional delegation to oppose a bailout without SERIOUS strings attached. Then CALL them! Sen. Jack Reed (D- RI) 202-224-4642; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D- RI) 202-224-2921; Rep. James R. ...

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Senator Whitehouse: The EPA Reaches A Historical Low Point

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z
From Senator Sheldon Whitehouse:. The Bush administration has disgraced the Environmental Protection Agency and dishonored its responsibilities. It was a bleak afternoon in that a recapitulation of that litany is a sad thing to hear and ...

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