Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Kay Hagan [D, NC]

Will vote out any candidate who votes for Obama's agenda

2010-03-20T00:00:00Z

Last October, Thomas L. Friedman, columnist for The New York Times, wrote: I don't think that President Obama has a communications problem, per se. He ... has not tied all his programs into a single narrative that shows the links between his health

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Sen. Mikulski Says She's Not Retiring

2010-03-16T00:00:00Z

...73, is gearing up to run for her fifth term as a Maryland senator. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., attended the fundraiser in Baltimore, along with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. They praised the Mar

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Ladies’ Night: Dem. female senators head to Baltimore

2010-03-15T00:00:00Z

...them.” Scheduled to hop a ride on the Super Senator Shuttle with Mikulski at press time were Sens. Maria Cantwell (Wash.), Kay Hagan (N.C.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Patty Murray (Wash.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Debbie Stabenow

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The public option: Very alive or totally dead?

2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

...if relentless obstruction imposed policy costs on Republicans. This is good information. I'll be asking one of my Senators, Kay Hagan the wishy-washy non-committal Dem, to vote for the amendment. My concern is that any headway Pelosi makes with Blue Do

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Pelosi Blames Senate for Absence of Public Option

2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

...41 yes votes on the record — and it’s ridiculous to think Tom Harkin, Jay Rockefeller, Herb Kohl, Claire McCaskill, Kay Hagan, Robert Byrd, and other undeclared senators are going to vote against the president’s top domestic priority on the final

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Tuition aid will return for spouses of soldiers

2010-03-11T00:00:00Z

... Mr. Owens is among lawmakers who have written to the Defense Department in support of the program. At Wednesday's hearing, Sen. Kay Hagan, R-N.C., said the uncertainty about the program has hurt morale and "has certainly had a negative impact on family

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N. Carolina state school board member dies after beating

2010-03-10T00:00:00Z

...condolences from prominent friends. "I am deeply saddened to hear that my dear friend Kathy Taft has passed away," said U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan. "As her neighbors, friends and family will tell you, she was a dedicated member of the North Carolina community

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RNC Chairman Steele visits NC to unveil new ad

2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

...focused on North Carolina after the Democrats won the state's electoral votes in 2008 for the first time since 1976. Democrat Kay Hagan upset Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole the same year, and now six Democrats are seeking to unseat GOP incumbent Richard

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WRAL in Haiti: Hagan welcomes Bragg soldiers home

2010-03-07T00:00:00Z

...earthquake and medical relief efforts. WRAL will continue to tell the story of the relief and recovery in this blog. Sen. Kay Hagan was on hand to welcome home Fort Bragg soldiers as they arrived home from a relief mission in quake-devastated Haiti Sat

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North Carolina is a finalist for federal education money

2010-03-04T00:00:00Z

...awards will be announced in April. Another round of funding will come later for states who didnt make the final cut. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who wrote a letter in support of the states application, praised its selection as finalist. "Our teachers and admin

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State jockeys for Race to the Top money

2010-03-03T00:00:00Z

...Arne Duncan, saying the state deserves a share of the billions his department will hand out in competitive grants. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and nine U.S. House members summarized the state's application for nearly $470 million in Race to the Top funds, sayin

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Report: Burr 9th most conservative U.S. senator

2010-03-02T00:00:00Z

...Republican, was the 90th most liberal senator on the magazine's annual conservative-liberal rating feature. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a Greensboro Democrat, was the 42nd most liberal member of the Senate and the 55th most conservative. The ratings are ba

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Navy assures Hagan on Lejeune water studies

2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

...tool goes here U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus assured U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan on Thursday that the Navy is moving ahead with six studies on water contamination at the Marine base at Camp Lejeune. His statement, during a Senate Armed Services Commit

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Poll: Negative Opinions About Sen. Richard Burr Increase

2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

...and was conducted Monday through Thursday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan's numbers were similar to the ones she had five months ago, with an equal number of people -- 40 percent on each side

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March hooks lawmakers' attention

2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

...Senate version of the Flexibility in American Fisheries Act virtually doubled right there and then. Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan of North Carolina voiced support of the bill as a result of the rally, joining Senators Shumer and Gillibrand of New

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Patrol promotes longtime spokesman

2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

...Clendenin, who for 10 years has been the spokesman for the agency. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus assured U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan on Thursday that the Navy is moving ahead with six studies on water contamination at the Marine base at Camp Lejeune

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Elon Poll finds support for Obama

2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

...approved of the way he is handling his job, but 51 percent think its time to give a new person a chance. Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan had 40 percent approval in the poll, and Gov. Beverly Perdue, also a Democrat, and 41 percent approval. The survey al

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Democratic centrists warming to Obama’s healthcare proposal

2010-02-25T00:00:00Z

...vote. “I think it’s too early to tell what support there is,” McCaskill said. Like other Democrats in both chambers, Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) was coy about whether she could support healthcare reform based on the Senate-passed bill and a reconcilia

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NC Gets $9M Federal Grant For Child Health Care

2010-02-23T00:00:00Z

...to ensure doctors are doing a good job treating children from low-income families who rely on public health insurance. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan announced Tuesday the five-year grant funded by Congress last year when it reauthorized the federal-state Childre

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Navy nominations held up by Lejeune studies

2010-02-22T00:00:00Z

...counsel and Jackalyne Pfannenstiel to be an assistant Navy secretary for installations and the environment. Burr and Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.Y., have pushed the Navy to pay for health studies in order to resolve claims filed by former residents seeking heal

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