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Senator Byron Dorgan
Democrat • North Dakota • 10th Term • Sworn In 1981
- 21 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 41 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 16 of 100)
- 82 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 67 of 100) 3 Made Into Law (Ranks 17 of 100)
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- Sen. Mark Pryor
- Sen. Olympia Snowe
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- Sen. Evan Bayh
- Sen. Thomas Coburn
- Votes with party 89%
- Abstains: 1%
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The Washington Monthly
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (N.D.) have been quietly trying to write a jobs bill that the Senate can act on early next year, underscoring the renewed emphasis ...
Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA | San Francisco ...
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate's aviation panel, said he plans to grill FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt about the issue at a Dec. 10 hearing. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., chairman of the House aviation panel, ...
Mike Signer: Drive Like a Jetson
At a lavish launch in D.C. featuring New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) were some old -- and new -- captains of industry: Carlos Ghosn, the president & CEO of Nissan Motor ...
Cash for Volts: What it is and who's behind it | Revenge of the ...
“We can set the stage for it, with a wide range of tax credits,” said Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) who took part in the event. But, Dorgan said whether electric vehicles take off or flop will depend on consumers. ...
Illinois Unemployment Rate Climbs To 11 Percent | Progress Illinois
Roll Call (subscription required) notes that Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) have been "quietly trying to write a jobs bill that the Senate can act on early next year." Durbin was a staunch advocate in the ...
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Dems Lucky There Aren't More ...
Of the 13, only two -- Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota -- are up for re-election in 2010. Dorgan remains quite popular and does not yet have a credible Republican opponent. Governor John Hoeven has ... I posted them in a previ
Group urges government to invest in electric cars
"Ultimately the consumer will make the judgment about where this country goes, but from the standpoint of public policy we can set the stage for it," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, a Democrat who joined the group for its announcement. ...
Byron Dorgan's Brilliant Plan For Creating More Jobs: More ...
Senate Democratic Policy Chairman Byron Dorgan echoes that sentiment. “With 10% unemployment, the first priority for our government is to focus on helping the private sector create new jobs,” Dorgan announced. Leaders in both houses are ...
Browner: U.S. in 'good standing' heading into Copenhagen talks ...
Some lawmakers, such as Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), have called for the Senate to act separately on an energy package approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in June, which includes a national renewable electricity ...
WY couldn't get any more square here. | MetaFilter
Senator Enzi (WY R)'s view of the Devil's Tower is so beautifully not-to-scale... reminds me of the View from 9th Avenue. posted by Cold Lurkey at 7:12 PM on November 18. Byron Dorgan's rendering of North Dakota made me want to visit ...
Obama on terror trials: KSM will die - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com
On the floor of the Senate 3/30/09, Senator Byron Dorgan called for a select committee in the Senate to investigate the current financial crisis in which individuals made billions while the taxpayer was left funding a bailout in the ...
Take The Red Pill
Ed Schultz interviews Byron Dorgan ten years after the repeal of The Glass-Steagall Act and the need to bring it back. Dorgan talked about splitting up these big investment banks and said too big to fail is too big to exist…and Dorgan ...
The Weekly Standard
How much stronger must opposition to public funding of abortion be in states like Byron Dorgan's North Dakota and Blanche Lincoln's Arkansas? What's really remarkable is that a majority of Americans oppose private insurance coverage of ...
National Geographic maps | Can your US Senator draw your state?
See the drawings and the senators comments at Senator' Statements. The senators that contributed were: Mark Begich (D) of Alaska; Sherrod Brown (D) of Ohio; Saxby Chambliss (R) of Georgia; Susan Collins (R) of Maine; Byron Dorgan (D) of ...
FDIC, Reluctant Landlord, Owns $1.8 Billion In Real Estate
Byron Dorgan's Financial Plan: Common Sense From The Senator Who Saw This Coming. He got it right last time. Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, was one of eight senators who stood up to oppose the repeal. ...
AOPA Online: Lawmakers target airline laptop distractions
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee's aviation subcommittee, introduced a bill this month to prohibit the use of personal wireless communications devices and laptop computers by the flight crew—except ...
Environmental Economics: Good politics, bad economics
The 14 lawmakers who signed the letter mostly hail from heavy coal using states, including Senators Tom Harkin, of Iowa, Byron Dorgan, of North Dakota, and Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Senate Democrats are trying to craft a bill that ...
Drug-price outcry threatens to derail reform
...Hill. Contributions to lawmakers and spending on lobbying has run to the tens of millions. ""The pharmaceutical industry has a lot of clout and a lot of friends," Sen. Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat told McClatchy. "They fight back pretty hard.".
National Geographic maps | Can your US Senator draw your state?
See the drawings and the senators comments at Senator' Statements. The senators that contributed were: Mark Begich (D) of Alaska; Sherrod Brown (D) of Ohio; Saxby Chambliss (R) of Georgia; Susan Collins (R) of Maine; Byron Dorgan (D) of ...
Ferguson-Bohnee testifies before committee on Indian Affairs | ASU ...
U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, asked Ferguson-Bohnee and the students to provide more information on their suggestions. Also testifying were George Skibine, Acting Principal Deputy ...
National Geographic maps | Can your US Senator draw your state?
See the drawings and the senators comments at Senator' Statements. The senators that contributed were: Mark Begich (D) of Alaska; Sherrod Brown (D) of Ohio; Saxby Chambliss (R) of Georgia; Susan Collins (R) of Maine; Byron Dorgan (D) of ...
National Geographic maps | Can your US Senator draw your state?
See the drawings and the senators comments at Senator' Statements. The senators that contributed were: Mark Begich (D) of Alaska; Sherrod Brown (D) of Ohio; Saxby Chambliss (R) of Georgia; Susan Collins (R) of Maine; Byron Dorgan (D) of ...
Weekly ENDA Update: Could A House Vote Be Next Week? | The ...
Now, Senator Reid is on record as saying that he is fully committed to passing ENDA out of the Senate. I believe him. But even though we have 56 likely yes votes now, getting those last 4 votes and keeping the other 56 in line is a labor worthy of Hercule
Byron Dorgan: Let's Revisit Glass-Steagall | Video Cafe
From The Ed Schultz Show Nov. 16, 2009. Byron Dorgan ten years after the repeal of The Glass-Steagall Act--let's revisit it. Dorgan talked about splitting up these big investment banks and said too big to fail is too big to exist.
Sens Udall and Bennet seek to have it both ways on Cap and Trade ...
Bennet, however, accepted a whopping $28600 from electric utilities this year, one of the top 20 lawmaker recipients, along with fellow letter-signers Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota. ...
Benefactors or Piranha ? Our Foreign Friends | The Agonist
These include Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Pat Buchanan, Paul Craig Roberts, and former Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SD) are the headliners. There also Democrats listed including Danny Schechter, Dan Mercia, and independent commentator Thom ...
Nissan, FedEx, others form group to develop course for $124B ...
"Ultimately the consumer will make the judgment about where this country goes, but from the standpoint of public policy we can set the stage for it," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., who joined the group for its announcement. ...
Hill Heat : Senate Watch: Cardin, Conrad, Dorgan, Graham, Grassley ...
Senator Kerry has certainly been good at reaching out. He's been very serious about reaching out. We've been sharing things with him. We have more to share. He's very good at listening, which is the best way of succeeding around here. Byron Do
Bernanke: Job Market Worst Since WWII, 'Moderate Growth' Expected ...
Byron Dorgan's Financial Plan: Common Sense From The Senator Who Saw This Coming. He got it right last time. Senator Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, was one of eight senators who stood up to oppose the repeal. ...
Harkin, 13 other Dems request more protection for coal power in ...
Mother Jones' Kate Sheppard reports today that 14 Senate Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, are urging their leadership to amend the proposal to grant more free polluting permits to the coal-burning utilities that emit the most greenhouse ...
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