Senator Kent Conrad

Democrat  •  North Dakota  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 1987
Current Term 2007 - 2012 View All
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  • Abstains: 5%

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11/19/09
Senate announces $849 billion heal...

...bill that we've been fighting for," said Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), a liberal who pressed Reid to revive the public option. Sen. Kent ...

11/19/09
Senate Health Bill Price Tag, Rosy...

..."critical milestone" and cited one estimate showing the second 10 years would yield up to $650 billion in deficit reduction.  Sen. Ken...

Source: FOX News
11/19/09
The Dirty Job That Congress Won’t ...

...and bicameral support have coalesced around the idea. At a recent Senate Budget Committee hearing, the chairman, Sen. Kent Conrad (D, ...

11/19/09
Senate unveils its health reform plan

...tested in several ways. Some senators are likely to seek a vote on a public option similar to the one approved by the House. Sen. Kent...

11/19/09
Reid announces a Saturday vote on ...

...bill that we've been fighting for," said Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), a liberal who pressed Reid to revive the public option. Sen. Kent ...

11/18/09
House leaders vow push on jobs pac...

...term," said Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the majority leader in the House of Representatives. In the Senate, Budget Committee Chairman Kent Con...

11/18/09
Senate health bottom line: $849 bi...

...to drop out of the system. Senators emerging from their closed-door meeting with Reid provided further details of the bill. Sen. Kent ...

11/17/09
Congressional leaders seeking a ne...

...term," said Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the majority leader in the House of Representatives. In the Senate, Budget Committee Chairman Kent Con...

Source: Miami Herald
11/16/09
Abortion Showdown Looming in Senate

...is clear is that for this bill to be successful, there can be no taxpayer funding for abortion,” Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D...

11/16/09
Harkin, 13 other Dems request more...

...Russ Feingold (Wis.), Herb Kohl (Wis.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Al Franken (Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad...

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11/19/09
Betsy's Page

With this proposal, Senator Reid is leading Democrats across a major philosophical threshold. Since Social Security was created in the 30...

11/19/09
Matthew Yglesias » Kent Conrad Has...

Also, too bad the people with the research skills don't want to burn their bridges with the senator and his office by pointing out that h...

11/19/09
Conrad: 'Open Question' if Final H...

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) “said on Thursday that he wasn't yet sure whether Harry Reid's Senate bill prevents t...

Source: SENATUS
11/19/09
The American Spectator : AmSpecBlo...

... while the National Right to Life Committee has called it “completely unacceptable.” Earlier today, Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad acknow...

Source: AmSpecBlog
11/19/09
Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Bl...

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, cited the same estimate, telling Fox News that Reid's bill is “going i...

11/19/09
House Democrats Approve 'Doc Fix' ...

Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota and chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has urged the creation of a commission to addr...

11/19/09
The American Spectator : AmSpecBlo...

Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad said on Thursday that he wasn't yet sure whether Harry Reid's Senate bill prevents taxpayer dollars from cove...

11/19/09
Why Pfizer Wants You to Take Your ...

President Obama has said he is open to the idea of the health-care cooperative option proposed by Sen. Kent Conrad. .. How Do You Know If...

Source: Orshe
11/19/09
Thoughts of a Regular Guy: A Spoon...

"Senator Reid did an excellent job of crafting language that maintains the decades long compromise of no federal funds for abortion," gus...

11/19/09
Joe Lieberman slams public option;...

For senators who have not run for the presidency, which requires raising exhorbitant amounts of money, Sen. Baucus is ahead of other comm...

Official website: http://conrad.senate.gov
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Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2043
Fax: 202-224-7776

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