Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Evan Bayh [D, IN]

Smoking ban's expiration date sparks new dispute

2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

...he said. President Barack Obama didn't tip Bell, but he did comment on the 41-year-old's boyish looks, according to Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., who was among the concert guests. Bayh told his wife, Susan: "He makes me look awfully old." Bell, who lectures a

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Democrats worth hearing

2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

...undercuts insurance companies, which have fast become Democrats' Halloween ogres. Don't take it from me. Consider Sen. Evan Bayh, Indiana Democrat: "If it was a public option that was just kind of a stalking horse for a government-run health care system

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Local business owner visits Washington

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd District. He was not in his office, so they left a packet of information and business cards. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., was also absent, so the group spent some time talking with his office staff. At the office of Rep. Joe Donnelly,

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Viewpoint: Pay attention and protect Ind. jobs

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...of the Senate’s vote. I urge our Madison County communities’ elected officials, leaders and citizens to communicate to Sen. Evan Bayh and Sen. Richard Lugar that they must protect Indiana jobs and stop the government from taking over an industry tha

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NAACP director urges push for health care bill

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...said. “But I think he needs help on how he votes.” Shelton jokingly suggested Lugar might want to peek over the should of Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., when it’s time for voting. Lugar was given a “D” on the NAACP’s report card of the nation’s c

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NAACP director urges push for health care bill

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

Catch South Bend's history on display

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...is the best medicine, then Erickson's letter probably cured us all. Bayh boards For those of you who wonder why Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., is not doing all he can for health reform to help the working class and the poor, just call or write to him and ask h

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Book: Obama seriously considered Hillary for VP

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...Plouffe said that by early August, Obama had narrowed his list down to Sen. Joe Biden – now vice president – along with Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana and Tim Kaine of Virginia. Plouffe also wrote that "we had initially received a lot of advice from man

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Activists celebrate where they were this time last year

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...just begun. Wright said it’s imperative that supporters maintain pressure on U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Evansville), U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and their colleagues to drive home the legislative promises which took Obama to the presidency. “We ne

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Faultless takes up fight to retain Sallie Mae jobs

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...their ability to take care of their family," Faultless said. Faultless will travel to Washington on Nov. 19 to meet with Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., to try to persuade him to vote against the measure. Democrats control the Senate and could pass reform easil

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Obama's First Judicial Nomination Re-Ignites Controversy Ahead of Vote

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Senate Majority Harry Reid stands ready to restart a partisan feud over the judicial nomination of David Hamilton -- President Obama's pick to sit on the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. Reid, D-Nev., has said he hopes for a vote on

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Group hits streets for health care: 'Working America' urges votes to contact Sen. Bayh

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...America, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, were in Terre Haute on Thursday attempting to put grassroots pressure on Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh to support an overhaul of the U.S. health care system. Nine canvassers with the organization arrived from Indianapolis

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1993 redux confronts Dems

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...like Sens. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Kay Hagan (N.C.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.) will have to rethink their support for a bill that is dragging their party down.

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What will energy legislation mean for Hoosier state?

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...government agencies estimate that the House bill would cost U.S. households less than the price of a postage stamp per day. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., is one of 10 senators who recently sent President Obama a letter stating that they are worried that the p

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Altairnano Batteries Make Proterra A Magic Bus

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...electric bus that may be coming soon to a city near you. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) and John Ensign (R-Nevada, shown yakking into the mic above) mugged for the cameras last week and took tur

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Senate moderates wield influence to seek changes to health-care reform

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...complaints stretches on: Some senators, including Mary Landrieu (D-La.), want to do more to protect small businesses. Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) has sought to shield the medical-device manufacturers in his state from hefty fees. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) di

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Senate moderates wield influence to seek changes to health-care reform

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

Book: Obama seriously considered Hillary for VP

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

Reform proponents call for public health option

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...About a dozen protesters from Moveon.org, a liberal political action committee, demonstrated in front of Sen. Evan Bayh’s Jeffersonville office Wednesday. The group voiced support for a public option and single payer government-run health insurance an

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Senate moderates wield influence to seek changes to health-care reform

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z