Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]

Unhealthy America

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...lists for months, so why should we squander billions of dollars to mess with a system that is the envy of the world? As Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama puts it, President Obama's plans amount to the first step in destroying the best health care system th

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NOAA Commissions New Fisheries Survey Ship and Dedicates New Fisheries Service Building in Pascagoula, Miss.

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...Southaven, Miss., and christened by Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, professor emerita at Georgetown University and wife of U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby. The new Southeast Fisheries Science Center’s Pascagoula laboratory replaces the laboratory that was destroye

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The House & Senate are Divided Over Financial Reform

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...Shelby says it's critical to keep consumer protection with the regulator who oversees safety and soundness of banks. SEN. RICHARD SHELBY (R), ALABAMA: I believe that any consumer protection should be in the same office under the same roof with a regula

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Dodd to unveil financial overhaul legislation

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has spent months trying to craft a bipartisan bill behind the scenes with Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.), the senior Republican on the panel. But Democrats and Republicans have clashed on numerous parts of the fina

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Dodd's financial reform bill at odds with Obama administration

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...plans to move forward without bipartisan support, sources familiar with the matter said. Dodd has said that he and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the committee's ranking Republican, have been holding regular meetings to talk about the pending legislation

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Boeing, Northrop Still Battling Over Air Force Tanker

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...battle. Much of the production for a Northrop tanker would happen in Alabama. Here is Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers, Sen. Richard Shelby, Rep. Jo Bonner, and Rep. Spencer Bachus expressing their concerns that the deck may be stacked in favor of Boeing. For

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Boeing backers press Obama on tanker contract

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...rushing to a ‘half-judgment,’“ Northrop spokesman Randy Belote said in a statement. Northrop supporters, including Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., have said the latest competition favors Boeing because of the Air Force’s decision to omit risk when

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Obama gets pro-Boeing message

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...rushing to a half-judgment, Northrop spokesman Randy Belote said in a statement. Northrop supporters, including Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., have said the latest competition favors Boeing because of the Air Forces decision to omit risk when evaluating c

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Boeing backers press Obama on $35B tanker contract

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...than rushing to a 'half-judgment,'" Northrop spokesman Randy Belote said in a statement. Northrop supporters, including Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., have said the latest competition favors Boeing because of the Air Force's decision to omit risk when eva

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Pentagon: WTO dispute not relevant to Air Force tanker contest

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...a preliminary report and does not constitute the final findings of the panel," Carter wrote in an Oct. 5 letter to U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa. Airbus, a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., is part of a team led by N

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Senate Talks on Financial Overhaul Stall

2009-10-31T00:00:00Z

...agency, raising another hurdle in the White House's effort to revamp banking regulation.Republicans led by Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby have intensified their opposition to the administration's consumer measure."I don't see any resolution to the consumer

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Lawmakers cry foul over Defense procurement debacle

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...of the other guys. "I believe it's a sham. And this is not the way to procure anything out of the Pentagon," Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, ringleader of the Alabama delegation, declared at a news conference on Tuesday. To underscore his point, Shelby,

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Geithner Leads a Fresh Charge on Financial Reform

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...the fall, Geithner's staff went through their proposals line by line with the Senate Banking committee's top Republican, Richard Shelby. Geithner has been working Wall Street too. In the middle of last week he met with a group of top bankers, including

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Northrop: Plan for Air Force tanker favors Boeing

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...in their districts, is already under way as both sides fight for a contract to build 179 aerial refueling tankers. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a Northrop supporter, and Rep. Norman Dicks, D-Wash., a Boeing supporter, have sent separate letters this wee

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Boeing rival cries foul over tanker bidding

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...of jobs in their districts, is already under way as both sides fight for a contract to build 179 aerial refueling tankers. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a Northrop supporter, and Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., a Boeing supporter, have sent separate letters th

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Senate Panel Votes To Expand Sanctions Against Iran

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...finally come clean on its program and re-join the community of responsible nations," he said. Ranking Committee member Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, was even clearer in his remarks that U.S. patience with Tehran is not unlimited. "This legi

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SECAF: USAF Open To Changing RFP, But Cool It!

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...RFP. Already, Boeing's guy on the Hill -- Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington -- and Northrop/EADS's guy on the Hill -- Sen. Richard Shelby -- are crying foul. And Northrop all but accused the Pentagon of breaking the law yesterday when it released proposed

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Pentagon favors Boeing in air tanker competition, say Alabama lawmakers

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...said at a U.S. Capitol news conference attended by five other members of the state's congressional delegation. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, labeled the competition "a sham," while Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, said the playing field "is tilted heavi

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New concerns in tanker contest

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...troubled $35 billion tanker competition between rivals Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. In separate letters, both Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., representing competing interests and thousands of jobs in their districts,

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Northrop: plan for $35B tanker deal favors Boeing

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...jobs in their districts, is already under way as both sides fight for a contract to build 179 aerial refueling tankers. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a Northrop supporter, and Rep. Norman Dicks, D-Wash., a Boeing supporter, have sent separate letters thi

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