Senator Mary Landrieu

Democrat  •  Louisiana  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 1997
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
  • Votes with party 89%
  • Abstains: 7%

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11/05/09
Media stunner: Newsweek partners with oil lobby to raise ad cash ...

API President and Chief Executive Jack Gerard was the sole industry speaker joining Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Reps. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) at an “executive forum” the magazine and API held at the U.S. ...

11/05/09
Louisiana Justice Who Refused to Marry Interracial Couples Steps ...

Bardwell estimates he has refused to sign the marriage licenses of approximately four couples in the past five years, notes the Huffington Post. Some politicians—including U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu–and civil rights groups have been ...

11/05/09
The Coming GOP Civil War | Mother Jones

That's plenty to launch a serious primary challenge." MoveOn is already planning radio ads targeting Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln over the health care issue. recommend this ...

11/05/09
11-05-09 NAFB's National Ag News as heard inside the BARN's ...

Other complaints include: Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana wants to do more to protect small businesses. Indiana's Evan Bayh has sought to shield the medical-device manufacturers in his state from hefty fees. And Senator Ben Nelson of ...

11/05/09
Sen. Michael Bennet's not so secret adviser on the environment

...Michael Bennett (D-Colo.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), David Vitter (R-La.), Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska). in that diary I criticize both Mar

11/05/09
From The Pols Are Pols File - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was orginally scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Palm Beach County Democratic Party's annual fundraiser. (The fundraiser had previously been known as the Jefferson-Jackson dinner, but this year was ...

Source: TalkLeft
11/05/09
Palm Beach rises up

...Mary Landrieu (D-La.) loses a speaking gig at the Palm Beach County Democratic Party's annual dinner because of her uncommitted position on health care reform. Ben Smith posts the details from the : Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is out as keyn

Source: The Politico
11/05/09
YID With LID: Red State Dems Finally Pay Attention to Jobs--THEIR ...

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said the gubernatorial results said more about Virginia and New Jersey than they did about Congress. But still, she said she is well aware that voters are feeling anxious about what the Democrats are doing on ...

11/05/09
SquareState.net:: Sen. Michael Bennet's not so secret adviser on ...

M.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), David Vitter (R-La.), Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska). Aligning yourself with Brownback and Murkowski only strengthens one's conservadem resume. It is not clean energy and it has been doing ...

11/05/09
Cracker Squire: This kind of stuff just breaks my heart: Next ...

Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu says she generally backs President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul efforts. But she'd like to see a few items in the bill before voting for it, including bigger federal Medicaid payments for her home ...

11/05/09
The Latin Americanist: Senate rejects anti-immigrant Census proposal

Vitter's Louisiana colleague (Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu) argued against his proposal and claimed that his idea would require changing the constitution. Image- WKTV Online Sources- Washington Independent, The Latin Americanist, ...

11/05/09
Blue Virginia: FDL Action Health Care Update: Thursday (11/5/09)

Last but not least, Jon Walker reports that Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has been disinvited as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County, Florida Democratic Party's annual fundraiser "because she has not yet decide to support cloture on ...

11/05/09
Health care bill's supporters, opponents flock to Capitol | McClatchy

While she listens to as many views as she can, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said "ultimately, I was elected to provide my best judgment. I feel I've studied this thoroughly now, and know it pretty well." The lobbyists and the grassroots ...

11/05/09
Hypocrisy Alert: Florida Democrats Uninvited Sen Landrieu Because ...

... said that they are trying to inclusive even if all other evidence has said otherwise. Now, the Democratic Party of Palm Beach County, Florida is showing their inclusive spirit:Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is out as keynote.

11/05/09
Arizona Capitol Times » Blog Archive » La. judge done after flap ...

Bardwell didn't return repeated calls to comment about his resignation. Civil rights leaders and officials, including Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, wanted him out. Jindal said Bardwell made the right decision. ...

11/05/09
Senators Make Health Reform Positions Known - Kaiser Health News

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that a "health care overhaul faces a tough sell among the Louisiana delegation:" "Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said the bill pending ... isn't aggressive enough in trying to curb rising health care ..

11/04/09
Blue Virginia: FDL Action Health Care Update: Wednesday (11/4/09)

Jon Walker writes that Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) "is actively working to kill the public option with help of Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and, of course, the trigger." As any good Democrat would, of course. (snark) ...

11/04/09
Louisiana Justice Refusing to Marry Interracial Couple Resigns ...

Bobby Jindal and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA). Last month Beth Humphrey, 30, and her boyfriend Terence McKay, 32, both of Hammond, Louisiana, phoned Bardell's office to arrange for a marriage ceremony. Bardwell's wife asked Beth Humphrey ...

11/04/09
Justice Who Refused To Marry Interracial Couple Resigns | News One

RELATED: GOP Sen.'s Office Makes Statement About Interracial Marriage. Bardwell didn't return repeated calls to comment about his resignation. Civil rights leaders and officials, including Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu ...

Source: News One
11/04/09
Small business owners appeal to Capitol Hill, White House on ...

Earlier in the day, the business owners attended a news conference with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) Small business owners and those who are self-employed will be the biggest winners under the reform bills ...

11/04/09
Will GOP Wins in VA & NJ Scare Blue Dog Dems Away from Health ...

Will Blue Dog Democrats like Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln and Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu be intimidated? Repubs are already cooing about ushering in sweeping changes in 2010 akin to those in 1994, when 6 out of 10 voters citing ...

11/04/09
Keith Bardwell Resigns, Faces Lawsuit « SHADMIA'S WORLD

Sen Mary Landrieu Keith Bardwell. In the face unanimous and universal condemnation from politicians to civil rights organizations, Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell did what everyone was telling him to do – he resigned. ...

11/04/09
So Long, Guy Who Refused to Marry Interracial Couple - Lowering ...

Senator Mary Landrieu and Governor Bobby Jindal both expressed extreme gladness that Bardwell had decided to resign and end his "embarrassing tenure in office." Link: msnbc.com. Link: Wikipedia (all about Pocahontas) ...

11/04/09
Morning Must Reads -- Mid-Atlantic meltdown | Washington Examiner

The list of complaints stretches on: Some senators, including Mary Landrieu (D-La.), want to do more to protect small businesses. Sen Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) has sought to shield the medical-device manufacturers in his state from hefty fees. ...

11/04/09
Sen. Landrieu to Join Call for Moratorium on Wild Horse Gathers

4, 2009: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), long a supporter of the horses, will join the call for BLM to stop the gathers, the roundups and removals, of wild horses and burros! Please write or call your US representative and senators and urge ...

11/04/09
Trigger’s Back

...plan for a public option “trigger” — preferably before any floor debate on health care reform begins. On Tuesday, moderate Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) made clear she supports Snowe’s proposal for a public insurance option that would only be trigg

11/04/09
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Liberal groups intensify pressure on moderate ...

The group said Tuesday it was launching radio ads aimed at moderates Lincoln and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., accusing each of “siding with insurance companies.” It was also mailing sharply worded brochures to tens of thousands of ...

11/04/09
Landrieu Still Needs Some Help with the Public Option

In an otherwise good news article about how yesterday's election doesn't change anything in ConservaDems' Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu's attitude toward the need to enact healthcare reform, there's this: Though she's not ready to su

Source: malarkynews
11/04/09
Small Business Goes to Washington, Part II - You're the Boss Blog ...

Mr. Harkin, along with two other Democrats — Representative Debbie Halvorson of Illinois and Senator Mary Landrieu, the chairwoman of the Small Business Committee — shared the stage with three small-business owners, with the other 131 ...

11/04/09
Election results chill moderate Democrats in Congress | McClatchy

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., criticized "the clumsy political way this (health care) has been handled," while Nelson warned that "people are saying,' Go slow and make sure this doesn't add to the deficit.' " ...

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