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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat • Rhode Island • 1st Term • Sworn In 2007
- 39 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 23 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 15 of 100)
- 282 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 3 of 100) 2 Made Into Law (Ranks 15 of 100)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. John Reed
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Sen. Mike Lee
- Votes with party 96%
- Abstains: 0%
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Let’s All Say “Cards on the Table,” Again!
According to a May 20th, 2012 New York Times house editorial, McCain has shown interest in Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D, RI) new DISCLOSE bill, which requires “timely public disclosure of donors writing checks of $10,000 and more.”
No Disclosure, Please, We're Contractors
Jon Tester (D-Mont.), the only of nine members of the Homeland Security Committee to vote against it, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a campaign reform advocate who recently filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reconsider ...
Field briefing held in RI on asthma prevention
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has held a field briefing in Rhode Island with state and federal officials on asthma prevention. The Democrat says asthma is the top chronic childhood disease and more than 1 in 10 Rhode ...
Field briefing held in RI on asthma prevention
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has held a field briefing in Rhode Island with state and federal officials on asthma prevention. The Democrat says asthma is the top chronic childhood disease and more than 1 in 10 Rhode ...
Sen. Whitehouse to chair field briefing in Providence on asthma prevention
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has scheduled a field briefing in Rhode Island with state and federal officials on asthma prevention. The Democrat says asthma is the top chronic childhood disease and that more than 1 in 10 ...
Field briefing set in RI on asthma prevention
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has scheduled a field briefing in Rhode Island with state and federal officials on asthma prevention. The Democrat says asthma is the top chronic childhood disease and that more than 1 in 10 ...
Field briefing set in RI on asthma prevention
...R.I. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has scheduled a field briefing in Rhode Island with state and federal officials on asthma prevention. The Democrat says asthma is the top chronic childhood disease and that more than 1 in 10 Rhode Islanders suf
Changing How Health Care Is Paid for and Delivered
...Tanden’s remarks. Moderated by Topher Spiro, CAP Managing Director for Health Policy, the panel also included Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Richard J. Gilfillan, director of the Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Mo
The Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act (S.362) Reaches 50 Senate Co-Sponsors and Majority of Senate Help Committee
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA79914LOGO) The bill, introduced in the House by Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and in the Senate by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), will ensure that the National ...
The Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act Reaches 50 Senate Co-Sponsors and Majority of Senate Help Committee
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA79914LOGO) The bill, introduced in the House by Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and in the Senate by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), will ensure that the National Cancer ...
Reed: Federal money available to buy some Cranston houses innundated during 2010 floods
...of the houses on Perkins Avenue, a flood-prone neighborhood next to the Pawtuxet River, the senator said. Reed, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Mayor Allan Fung will talk about the plan at a noon press conference Tuesday at 120 Perkins Ave., he said. T
Open Thread: Democrats Struggle to Decide Whose Money to Take
...and Jack Reed (R.I.) told The Hill Thursday that Democrats should continue to follow the president's lead at $250,000. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) noted that, as a member of the Budget Committee, he'd backed a 2011 plan to adopt a $500,000 cut-off fo
Power plant pollution ranks high in Utah, the West
...from plants in New Hampshire and Ohio at the top of the nationwide list. The GAO did its inventory at the request of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and chairman of a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee. In a letter describing its findings
Support Urged for Campaign Finance Disclosure Bill
...just short in the Senate, where not a single Republican backed the bill. This year’s version, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), is more narrowly tailored. Last week, the newspaper the Hill quoted erstwhile reform champion Se
Editorial: Super PAC donors need disclosing
...and companies supporting them.”The Arizona Republican reportedly is considering backing legislation by Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island to require such PACs to promptly disclose donors of $10,000 or more. In their ads, they also woul
Whitehouse: Justices' Lack of Political Experience Helps Explain Citizens United
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in an interview with lefty advocacy group ThinkProgress: Unfortunately you had the five right-wing judges, none of whom have ever run for any office ever and have zero political experience between the five of them ...
Sen. Whitehouse: ‘Yep, I Do’ Think Filibuster Reform Is Going To Happen
In an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress yesterday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) predicted that rules reform will happen in the wake of Reid’s admission: QUESTION: Majority Leader Reid just came out in favor of filibuster reform after he ...
Capitol Lens: Students and Teacher
...Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse addresses a group of Close Up program students from the Ocean State on Wednesday in the Hart Senate Office Building Atrium. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of State Hillary R
Dear SCOTUS: We ❤ Citizens United!
...reverse, or review the decision. The majority of the briefs, like the one submitted by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), come from petitioners upset by the unlimited outside spending triggered by Citizens United. Why mess with
Sen. Whitehouse Blames ‘Preposterous’ Citizens United Decision On Lack Of Justices Who Ever Ran For Election
...the last former elected official to serve on the Supreme Court In an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress yesterday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) argued that the five conservatives responsible for Citizens United would never have made such an error
Gains in Health System Seen as Lasting by Some
The comments by the senator, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, and the official, Dr. Richard J. Gilfillan, director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, indicated how Democrats were preparing for a Supreme Court ruling ...
McCain set to launch institute at ASU
Actor Ben Affleck. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker, now the McCain Institute's executive director. ASU President Michael Crow.
McCain set to launch institute at ASU
Actor Ben Affleck. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker, now the McCain Institute's executive director. ASU President Michael Crow.
Health care law’s innovations taking hold, panelists say
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., whose state has pioneered health care reforms, said, “You either see health care as a problem of benefits or as a system problem. If you see it as a benefits problem and are wrong, you’ve made a terrific mistake and ...
DEM Hosts Ribbon-Cutting for New Energy-Efficient Pavilion at East Matunuck State Beach
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, RI State Police Colonel Steven O'Donnell, and others at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new $4.5 million energy-efficient pavilion at East Matunuck State Beach in South Kingstown.
Panelists: Health Care Law’s Innovations Taking Hold Despite Supreme Court Case
...shifting, and the marketplace brimming with new ideas and opportunities under the Affordable Care Act,” Gilfillan said. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., whose state has pioneered health care reforms, said, “You either see health care as a problem of
New Bill to Renew Tiger Stamp for Four More Years
...of the stamp by four years. The Senate bill is also supported by fellow International Conservation Caucus co-chairs Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME). A House version of the bill is sponsored by Reps. Michael Grimm (R-NY) and
R.I. officials to honor fallen Friday at State House
...Chafee, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts, Major General Kevin McBride of the Rhode Island National Guard, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative David N. Cicilline are among those expected to attend. Guidelines: We welcome your thoughts, b
FEMA helps R.I. fire departments trying to win federal grants
...the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, Sen. Jack Reed said Monday. Reed and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse introduced a workshop conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the Providence Public Safety Complex.
Judges refuse to block disclosure ruling
...part of a concerted effort to end secrecy in the campaign finance arena. Other efforts include legislation sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Van Hollen to require more detailed disclosure requirements for campaign finance. In addition, D
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