Senator Byron Dorgan

Democrat  •  North Dakota  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1981
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
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11/30/05
Reason Magazine : Like Starting Over

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) called for a windfall profits tax on oil companies; the Department of Energy placed a Gas Price Hotline link prominently on its homepage; and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) proposed building a bridge to the ...

01/05/06
CNN's Henry falsely claimed Sen. Dorgan took money from Mr. and ...

SUMMARY: Ed Henry falsely claimed that Sen. Byron Dorgan accepted and "had to give back" campaign contributions from Jack Abramoff and his wife; in fact, there is no record Dorgan ever received contributions from either of them. ...

01/05/06
Free Democracy: CNN's Henry falsely claimed Sen. Dorgan took money ...

CNN congressional correspondent Ed Henry claimed that Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) accepted and "had to give back" campaign contributions from former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his wife, Pam. In fact, there is no record Dorgan ...

08/12/06
Cascadia Report: Fixing globalization will take more than this

Unfortunately Senator Byron Dorgan didn't give answers. In Seattle to promote his new book Take This Job and Ship It, he told a few dozen people sad tales of workers who had lost their jobs when companies shifted production abroad. ...

09/13/06
The Prairie Populist: Byron Dorgan

Byron Dorgan is a popular Democrat from a very "red" rural state. He's remained a voter favorite not because he's tried to split the difference with Republicans or suck up to the Washington power structure, but because of the populist ...

09/18/06
Senate Dems Probe Iraq Profiteering Per Robert Greenwald's New ...

The Brave New Films DVD will be released on September 26th. The Senate Democratic Policy Committee, led by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), will conduct oversight hearings to seek accountability for contracting abuses in Iraq. ...

09/19/06
Tester The Hypocrite

"Tester, Who Is Challenging Republican Sen. Conrad Burns Of Montana, Will Join North Dakota Sens. Kent Conrad And Byron Dorgan, Both Democrats, For A Lunch Sept. 20 At The City Club Of Washington. The Invitation Says $1000 Donors Will ...

09/26/06
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Democratic Policy Cmte. Chairman

Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Democratic Policy Cmte. Chairman continues the discussion on congressional oversight of pre-war intelligence in Iraq and terrorist threats against US On Monday, September 25, the Senator?s committee held its first ...

09/28/06
New Study Reveals Fatal Flaw in Byron Dorgan’s Book

North Dakota’s Senator Byron Dorgan released a book this year concerning the problem of outsourcing. The title of the book is “Take This Job And Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America.” ...

10/04/06
[Colbert Report] Byron Dorgan and “Take This Job and Ship It”

In this comprehensive look at the real, human toll of America’s unsound trade policy, Senator Byron Dorgan exposes the myth of “free trade.” Indeed, free trade is not free; it is something that is slowly but surely draining away ...

Source: Guest Goods
10/24/06
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10/27/06
Byron Dorgan: Democratic Senate will “aggressively” investigate ...

While releasing a report on US contracting problems with the Iraq war -- which he called "the most significant waste, fraud and abuse in the history of the country," Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan said ...

10/27/06
Byron Dorgan: Democratic Senate will “aggressively” investigate ...

Our side wants to take the fight to the enemy. So does theirs. The GOP’s given up on DeWine in Ohio, but there is good news. Talent’s up by two in Missouri and Kean’s dead even with Menendez in NJ, with the full backlash from the ...

Source: Hot Air
11/06/06
110606_05_ Sen. Byron Dorgan gives Ed Schultz the reasons for ...

Byron Dorgan tells Ed Schultz Americans are voting for change in the election. Dorgan says undecided voters need to look at the 2 parties and they will see a difference. Sen. Dorgan says Democrats have policies that lift Americans up. ...

11/22/06
Maddeningly Misinformed

This space constraint is really painful in replying to this letter in today's Wall Street Journal by Senator Byron Dorgan. So much misunderstanding is packed into Sen. Dorgan's missive that at least a dozen letters in response are ...

Source: Cafe Hayek
11/22/06
Maddeningly Misinformed

This space constraint is really painful in replying to this letter in today's Wall Street Journal by Senator Byron Dorgan. So much misunderstanding is packed into Sen. Dorgan's missive that at least a dozen letters in response are ...

Source: Cafe Hayek
12/07/06
S.4113 - Held at the desk. (2006-12-08)

Co-Sponsor of S.4113: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine.

12/07/06
S.4122 - Referred to Senate committee. (2006-12-08)

Co-Sponsor of S.4122: A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act.

12/13/06
Deficit Numbers Should Alarm Nation

The Commerce Department announced that the US trade deficit fell sharply in October. I normally would welcome this as good news – but a closer look reveals a different story. The main reason for the apparent drop in the US trade deficit ...

12/19/06
Ethanol use must increase according to Sen. Byron Dorgan of North ...

Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota says that we could soon be producing too much ethanol for our own use. The US is currently using 140 billion gallons of gasoline a year. According to North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, ...

12/19/06
Ethanol use must increase according to Sen. Byron Dorgan of North ...

Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota says that we could soon be producing too much ethanol for our own use. The U.S. is currently using 140 billion gallons of gasoline a year. According to North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, ...

12/20/06
US Comptroller General David Walker, Sen. Byron Dorgan (DN.D.) to ...

US Comptroller General David Walker and Sen. Byron Dorgan (DN.D.) will appear on the American Federation of Government Employees' (AFGE) radio program "Inside Government" this week.

12/21/06
From those wonderful folks who brought you drug importation ...

The Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act will be cosponsored in the House of Representatives by US Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and in the United States Senate by Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) ...

Source: drugwonks
12/23/06
Behold The Poster-Senators For The New Democratic Majority

Senators Byron Dorgan and Sherrod Brown have a nauseating op-ed in which they parade the typical number of shibboleths, half-truths, outright falsehoods and pointless rhetorical jabs trying to take down the cause of free trade. ...

12/23/06
Byron Dorgan and Sherrod Brown - How Free Trade Hurts

Byron Dorgan and Rep. Sherrod Brown write about How Free Trade Hurts . Here is a telling passage: At the turn of the 20th century, child labor was common; working conditions were often abysmal; there were no enforced workplace health, ...

01/03/07
Turning Back The Clock On Trade

Over the holidays, Senators Byron Dorgan and Sherrod Brown demonstrated just how bad the level of economic illiteracy is among the Democratic Party these days. Abandoning the truly progressive approach of the Clinton Administration, ...

01/04/07
Date: 1/ 4/07, Guest: Sen. Byron Dorgan

Jim has a short chat with North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan about Iraq War profiteering.

01/04/07
Liberal Media Triumph of 2006

DEAN: Senator Byron Dorgan and some others took money from Indian tribes. They’re not agents of Jack Abramoff. There’s no evidence that I’ve seen that Jack Abramoff directed any contributions to Democrats. I know the Republican National ...

01/09/07
Dem. and Rep. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Neutrality Bill

The fight for Net Neutrality has resumed in the opening days of the 110th Congress as Sens. Byron Dorgan (DN.D.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) today introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007. ...

01/09/07
Dorgan Puts Net Neutrality Back on Map

Some good news for bloggers today: Now that Democrats have taken control of Congress, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan has taken the lead on putting net neutrality back on the map. Senators Byron Dorgan and Olympia Snowe introduced ...

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