Open Congress : News Articles for Paul Kirk

Brown set to take over Mass. Senate seat, ending Dems' supermajority

2010-02-03T19:00:00Z

...that he needed time before taking office to hire a staff and prepare for his new job. Former Democratic Party Chairman Paul Kirk has been holding the seat temporarily on an appointment from Patrick. Kennedy died in August from brain cancer. Brown's vote

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Mr. Brown heads to Washington today

2010-02-03T19:00:00Z

...to do the honors. Brown will fill the remainder of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's term, which lasts through 2012. Sen. Paul Kirk, a former national Democratic Party chairman and close Kennedy friend who served as an interim appointee, is planning to de

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Finally, Mr. Brown goes to Washington

2010-02-03T19:00:00Z

...worry, Paul Kirk, for the rest of your life, everyone will still be calling you “Senator.” Don’t ask me why - it’s tradition or something. But now the rest of us can start our celebration - Sen. Scott Brown, (R-Mass). About damn time. I don’t

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Brown taking over the Sen. Kennedy's seat

2010-02-03T19:00:00Z

Brown Will Be Sworn In At 5 P.M., But Won't Get Ted's Desk

2010-02-03T19:00:00Z

...today, one reader, Gus Sperrazza of Washington, D.C., is still looking back: Here's another question that has no answer. Paul Kirk, the longtime Kennedy friend and ex-DNC chair who was appointed to fill the seat until the special election winner was swo

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Sen.-elect Brown to be sworn in today

2010-02-03T19:00:00Z

...today, so the certification could be forwarded to Senate officials in time for Brown to be sworn in this afternoon. Interim Sen. Paul Kirk, appointed by Patrick to temporarily fill the seat, plans a final speech on the Senate floor at about 3:45 p.m. to

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Editorial: Worse than gridlock

2010-02-02T19:00:00Z

Dysfunction in Washington has a price tag, and you can read it in the latest projections of the federal deficit. The current budget deficit has on it the fingerprints of both parties. An analysis of its component parts by The New York Times, using

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Senator-elect Scott Brown Demands To Be Sworn In Immediately, Ahead of ‘Important Votes’

2010-02-02T19:00:00Z

...tomorrow afternoon,” the letter states. Until Brown is seated as the senator from Massachusetts, acting Democrat Sen. Paul Kirk could help push through legislation or nominations that Brown possibly would vote against, such as President Barack Obam

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Gregg calls for re-vote on fiscal commission

2010-02-02T19:00:00Z

...Cantwell (Wash.), Ben Cardin (Md.), Bob Casey Jr (Pa.), Chris Dodd (Conn.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii), Paul Kirk (Mass.), Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Barbara Mikulski (Md.), Patty Murray (Wash.), Jack Reed (R.I.), Jay R

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No squatters, Paul Kirk!

2010-02-02T19:00:00Z

...stay here, here being the U.S. Senate. It’s been 15 days now since a Republican won the special election in Massachusetts, and Kirk is still squatting in Ted Kennedy’s office. Hey Paul Kirk - how can we miss you if you won’t go away? What’s it g

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2010-01-30T19:00:00Z

Senator Paul Kirk (D – MA), who will be replaced by Mr. Brown, voted for the bill, which led some to question why Mr. Kirk is still voting on legislation. ...

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2010-01-30T19:00:00Z

Senator Paul Kirk (D – MA), who will be replaced by Mr. Brown, voted for the bill, which led some to question why Mr. Kirk is still voting on legislation. ...

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2010-01-29T19:00:00Z

“It's important to have a place to tell his story, and beyond him, to look to the future,'' said Senator Paul Kirk, Kennedy's close friend, ...

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2010-01-29T19:00:00Z

Senator Paul Kirk (D – MA), who will be replaced by Mr. Brown, voted for the bill, which led some to question why Mr. Kirk is still voting on legislation. ...

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Jam session, with poll

2010-01-29T19:00:00Z

Mr. Brown didn't fill Senator Kennedy's seat. He filled the seat of Senator Paul Kirk, a political hack appointed by the governor who could be trusted not ...

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Kirk's dream sustained

2010-01-28T19:00:00Z

...about a week, as Paul Kirk departs from the interim Senate seat he has filled since the death of his dear friend and former boss Ted Kennedy, his farewell speech will focus on keeping dreams alive and ending the bitter obstructionism that would cloud hi

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Obama warns GOP: 'You've given yourself very little room to negotiate'

2010-01-28T19:00:00Z

... a lameduck Senator voting after Brown's victory. There should be outrage over the raising of the debt ceiling with Paul Kirk putting it over the top. ...

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Town Counsel for several Cape Cod towns makes "power" list of MA attorneys

2010-01-28T19:00:00Z

Mr. Kopelman was listed with others including Martha Coakley, US Representatives William Delahunt and Barney Frank, Senator John Kerry, Senator Paul Kirk, ...

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Dems may rue Senate appointees

2010-01-28T19:00:00Z

Paul Kirk (D-Mass.) and Ted Kaufman (D-Del.). “Is it not the model anymore, or did they do the right thing?” Rosenthal asked. Former Nebraska Gov. and Sen. ...

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2010-01-28T19:00:00Z

That change allowed Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA) to cast the 60th vote for health care to get it through the Senate the first time. But it set the stage for the ...

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