Senator Joseph Lieberman

Independent  •  Connecticut  •  4th Term  •  Sworn In 1989
Current Term 2007 - 2012 View All
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03/11/10
A Challenge to Corporate Feudalism? « Chrisy58's Weblog

John McCain and Joseph Lieberman this month, sets out a comprehensive policy for the detention, interrogation and trial of “suspected enemy belligerents who are believed to have engaged in hostilities against the United States requiring these ... Jane H

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03/11/10
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order: U.S. 'Cap and Trade ...

Republicans called the plan nothing more than "cap and tax" and one influential senator took great pains last week to declare cap and trade "dead." Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent trying to draft a bipartisan bill, said, ...

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03/11/10
NewEnergyNews: QUICK NEWS, 3-11: CLOSING IN ON ENERGY/CLIMATE BILL ...

"Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, [Independent Connecticutt Senator Joseph] Lieberman and Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, are working on compromise legislation after proposals for a broad emissions- trading program ...

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03/10/10
Sens. McCain & Lieberman Getting Ready For A Revolution ...

John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday as a standard proposal, as a simple response to the administration's choices in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt? A close reading of the bill suggests it would allow the ...

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03/10/10
U.S. “cap and trade” rebranded “pollution reduction” : Deadline ...

Republicans called the plan nothing more than “cap and tax” and one influential senator took great pains last week to declare cap and trade “dead.” Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent trying to draft a bipartisan bill, said, ...

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03/10/10
The Brothers of Judea: My Letter to the HP: MJ Rosenberg

Add that to the fact that the Huffington Post also published a blog post by Michael Carmichael which straight-forwardly stated that Senator Joseph Lieberman killed the health care bill because he was told to by Israeli Prime Minister ...

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03/10/10
President Obama Announces New Effort to Crack Down on Waste and ...

President Obama, in a March 2 letter to Congressional leaders, also expressed interest in a proposal suggested by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) at the bipartisan health care meeting on February 25 to use undercover investigations to further combat fraud. A

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03/10/10
End of Civil Rights: McCain & Lieberman's “Enemy Belligerents ...

The “Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010,” introduced by Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday with little fanfare, “sets out a comprehensive policy for the detention, ...

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03/10/10
Minnesota Catholic Conference : USCCB Action Alert: D.C. ...

Senators Joseph Lieberman (CT), Susan Collins (ME), Dianne Feinstein (CA), Robert Byrd (WV), George Voinovich (OH), and John Ensign (NV) are working hard to get the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program reauthorized. The USCCB is very grateful for their ef

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03/10/10
U.S. cap and trade rebranded pollution reduction | Reuters ...

Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent trying to draft a bipartisan bill, said, "We don't use that term anymore." Instead Lieberman said, laughing: "We will have pollution reduction targets." But Lieberman did say it was still ...

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03/10/10
thisisAR15.com >> Activism and Rap 1 focus 5 elements » Sen ...

Just last week, two of Sen. Graham's closest friends and collaborators in the Senate, John McCain of Arizona and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, introduced legislation that would hand the government the power to indefinitely detain ...

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03/10/10
CARE: Comments About Responsible Energy: The Cusp of Climate ...

It's taken awhile, but after a long audition, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has won the job. Increasing, as well as increasingly favorable, mainstream media attention culminated on Sunday when Thomas L. Friedman anointed Graham in his ... I

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03/10/10
A New World Order Out of Chaos (News Page)

Republicans called the plan nothing more than "cap and tax" and one influential senator took great pains last week to declare cap and trade "dead." Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent trying to draft a bipartisan bill, said: ...

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03/10/10
McCain and Lieberman have introduced this bill

The “Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010,” introduced by Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday with little fanfare, “sets out a comprehensive policy for the detention, interrogation and .... Join

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03/10/10
FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » FAPRI Baseline; Biofuels ...

Bloomberg writer Catherine Dodge reported yesterday that, “Senator Joseph Lieberman said lawmakers plan to complete a draft of climate-change legislation this month before taking an Easter break, as Republicans insisted the measure ...

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03/10/10
Obama-Graham partnership emerges in climate debate » President ...

Clean Air Watch President Frank O'Donnell, referring to industry lobbyists' meetings with Kerry, Graham and independent Senator Joseph Lieberman, said: “The appearance is the senators have kissed so many polluter rings that a residue of ...

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03/10/10
Full Push For A Senate Climate Change Bill «

Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are pushing ahead to get their bi-partisan climate change and energy bill on the Senate floor for a full vote. Yesterday, the three Senators and 11 of their colleagues — many ...

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03/10/10
S.3081 - SECTalk Forums

Joseph Lieberman [I, CT] o Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL] o Sen. John Thune [R, SD] o Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] o Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] CALL YOUR SENATORS AND DEMAND THEY TAKE A POSITION ON THIS BILL S.3081: Enemy Belligerent, ...

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03/10/10
FarmPolicy.Com | Keith Good

Bloomberg writer Catherine Dodge reported yesterday that, “Senator Joseph Lieberman said lawmakers plan to complete a draft of climate-change legislation this month before taking an Easter break, as Republicans insisted the measure ...

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03/09/10
White House summit focuses on energy and climate change ...

The group of seven Democrats, six Republicans and Connecticut independent Joseph Lieberman represents a broad spectrum of opinion on the issue, though all have indicated they could support some limits on carbon dioxide and other gases ... The meeting dove

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03/09/10
Luxor: Putin and the Jewish War on Iran

and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, signed a letter to Obama demanding “crippling sanctions” against Tehran “as early as this month.” Former NY Senator and current US State Department head, Hillary Clinton, (she's owned by the Jews), ...

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03/09/10
Work Together To Address Environmental Issues, Says Kurup … | the ...

The options will be presented to three senators — Democrat John Kerry, independent Joseph Lieberman and Republican Lindsey Graham — who are leading the fight for a bill to battle global warming domestically. ...

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03/09/10
Iraq War Could Expand Into Iran by Election Day | Inaugural President

Also consider General Petraeus response to Senator Joseph Lieberman's question about the threat of Iran to American fighting men and women in Iraq. “Is it fair to say that the Iranian-backed special groups in Iraq are responsible for ...

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03/09/10
Attacks on federal employees, facilities a hot-button issue at ...

The House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee that handles workforce issues has scheduled a hearing next week on federal office security. On the Senate side, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., chairman of the Homeland Security and ...

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03/09/10
Dissenters To Be Detained As "Enemy Belligerents"? , page 1

The Republican Senator is John McCain (who should be ashamed of himself), and the Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman(who should also be ashamed of himself). The problem with this bill is that, and I quote: ..... The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention

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03/09/10
Liz Cheney: Worse than McCarthy

Founded in 1995 by Lynne Cheney and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, ACTA's report — criticized by many as one of the first examples of a new twenty-first century McCarthyism — reflected both the organization's mission which includes opposition ...

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03/09/10
Watermelons | Electric City Weblog

“Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. History-making because Lieberman is of Jewish heritage and faith. ...

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03/09/10
Greencastle Banner-Graphic: Local News: Coats to speak at Lincoln ...

He was a strong advocate of a bi-partisan approach to national security issues, joining Sen. Joseph Lieberman on a number of defense reform initiatives. He is a former member of the West Point Board of Visitors, the Defense Panel on ...

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03/09/10
The (Mis)education Of Sen. Lieberman: Why The Senate Must Reject ...

Last week, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduced an amendment to the jobs bill that would reauthorize the voucher plan. For a while it looked like Lieberman's amendment might get a floor vote, but for various reasons that fell ...

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03/09/10
How do you convince people of global warming in a snowstorm ...

At the environment web site Grist, Amanda Little writes, “Sen. James Inhofe (R) of Oklahoma, one of the world's most vociferous climate skeptics, is practically giddy these days.” In the wake of recent scandals and heightened criticism ... Senator

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