C000705 1948-03-12 8049 530 Hart Senate Office Building http://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm 202-224-7776 Kent 'd':4 'nd':5 'sen':1 'kent':2,6,8 'conrad':3,7,9 M 300026 Conrad Kent_Conrad Kent Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND] 4516 N00004613 8537 Democrat 202-224-2043 Unitarian ND Kent Conrad 5.27777777777778 http://conrad.senate.gov 300026 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 11:13:40 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...bill that we've been fighting for," said Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), a liberal who pressed Reid to revive the public option. Sen. Kent Conrad (N.D.), the budget chairman and a leading Democratic fiscal hawk, said after a briefing on the bill, "I was very 've':12 '849':3 'n.d':34 'sen':17,31 'bill':8,9,50 'care':7 'hawk':43 'kent':32 'lead':40 'ohio':20 'post':56 'reid':25 'said':16,44 'brief':47 'brown':19 'fight':14 'liber':22 'press':24 'reviv':27 'senat':1 'budget':36 'conrad':33 'fiscal':42 'health':6 'option':30 'public':29 'announc':2 'billion':4 'sherrod':18 'chairman':37 'democrat':41 'health-car':5 'washington':55 6736839 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=36766b72ecd1409ee33d56674004a9e0 300026 Person senate Thu Nov 19 22:19:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ..."critical milestone" and cited one estimate showing the second 10 years would yield up to $650 billion in deficit reduction.  Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, cited the same estimate, telling Fox News that Reid's bill 'd':36,38 'n':37 '10':21 '650':27 'd-n':35 'fox':50,56 'one':16 'sen':32 'tag':5 'bill':3,55 'cite':15,45 'kent':33 'news':51,57 'reid':53 'rosi':6 'show':18 'tell':49 'year':22 'estim':8,17,48 'price':4 'senat':1,42 'would':23 'yield':24 'assail':9 'budget':43 'conrad':34 'critic':12 'health':2 'reduct':31 'second':20 'billion':28 'deficit':7,30 'fantasi':11 'chairman':39 'committe':44 'mileston':13 6739651 true true daylife FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/ OK http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/T0Quf0Pf7bA/senate-health-price-tag-rosy-deficit-estimate-assailed-fantasy 300026 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:19:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and bicameral support have coalesced around the idea. At a recent Senate Budget Committee hearing, the chairman, Sen. Kent Conrad (D, ND) spoke favorably of it. He and Sen. Judd Gregg (R, NH) are sponsors of a Senate version. Unlike constitutional propo 'd':32 'r':43 'nd':33 'nh':44 'job':3 'sen':29,40 'won':6 'hear':26 'idea':19 'judd':41 'kent':30 'dirti':2 'favor':35 'gregg':42 'propo':53 'senat':23,49 'spoke':34 'unlik':51 'around':17 'budget':24 'conrad':31 'recent':22 'bicamer':13 'coalesc':16 'foundat':56 'heritag':55 'sponsor':46 'support':14 'version':50 'chairman':28 'committe':25 'congress':5 'constitut':52 6739650 true true daylife The Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/ OK http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-dirty-job-that-congress-won%e2%80%99t-do-on-its-own/ 300026 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 11:13:40 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat, has pushed “co-ops,” or nonprofit, member-run insurance groups that would provide 'co':41 'op':42 'one':26 'run':47 'sen':31 'way':10 'hous':30 'kent':32 'like':14 'plan':6 'push':39 'seek':16 'test':7 'vote':18 'co-op':40 'group':49 'insur':48 'north':35 'senat':1,12 'sever':9 'would':51 'approv':27 'conrad':33 'dakota':36 'health':4 'member':46 'option':22 'provid':52 'public':21 'reform':5 'unveil':2 'similar':23 'democrat':37 'nonprofit':44 'member-run':45 'kansascity.com':53 6736838 true true daylife KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/ OK http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1579489.html 300026 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 22:19:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...bill that we've been fighting for," said Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), a liberal who pressed Reid to revive the public option. Sen. Kent Conrad (N.D.), the budget chairman and a leading Democratic fiscal hawk, said after a briefing on the bill, "I was very 've':15 'n.d':37 'sen':20,34 'bill':11,12,53 'hawk':46 'kent':35 'lead':43 'ohio':23 'post':59 'reid':1,28 'said':19,47 'vote':5 'begin':7 'brief':50 'brown':22 'debat':8 'fight':17 'liber':25 'press':27 'reviv':30 'budget':39 'conrad':36 'fiscal':45 'health':10 'option':33 'public':32 'announc':2 'sherrod':21 'chairman':40 'democrat':44 'saturday':4 'washington':58 6739649 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=eebc8410f1abf4a7506dad78f2af023d 300026 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 11:13:12 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...term," said Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the majority leader in the House of Representatives. In the Senate, Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., called the effort "an important priority." The Democratic push comes as lawmakers returned to Washington 'd':13,32,34 'n':33 'az':50 'md':14 'd-n':31 'job':6 'vow':3 'call':35 'come':44 'd-md':12 'hous':1,20 'kent':29 'push':4,43 'said':9 'term':8 'hoyer':11 'major':16 'senat':25 'steni':10 'budget':26 'conrad':30 'effort':37 'import':39 'lawmak':46 'leader':2,17 'packag':7 'repres':22 'return':47 'chairman':28 'committe':27 'democrat':42 'prioriti':40 'washington':49 'starnet.com':51 6727018 true true daylife AZ starnet.com http://www.azstarnet.com/ OK http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/politics/318035.php 300026 Person senate Wed Nov 18 22:20:29 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to drop out of the system. Senators emerging from their closed-door meeting with Reid provided further details of the bill. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said the legislation would impose a higher payroll tax on families earning more than $250,000 a year. S 'd':34,36 'n':35 '000':52 '250':51 '849':5 'd-n':33 'sen':30 'tax':45 'bill':29 'door':20 'drop':9 'earn':48 'fort':56 'kent':31 'line':4 'meet':21 'reid':23 'said':37 'star':59 'year':54 'close':19 'emerg':15 'impos':41 'senat':1,14 'worth':57 'would':40 'bottom':3 'conrad':32 'detail':26 'famili':47 'health':2 'higher':43 'legisl':39 'payrol':44 'provid':24 'system':13 'billion':6 'overhaul':7 'telegram':60 'closed-door':18 'star-telegram':58 6734213 true true daylife Fort Worth Star-Telegram http://www.star-telegram.com/ OK http://www.star-telegram.com/238/story/1772704.html 300026 Person congress Tue Nov 17 22:25:13 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...term," said Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the majority leader in the House of Representatives. In the Senate, Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., called the effort "an important priority." The Democratic push comes as lawmakers returned to Washington t 'd':13,32,34 'n':33 'md':14 'd-n':31 'job':6 'new':5 'bill':7 'call':35 'come':44 'd-md':12 'hous':20 'kent':29 'push':43 'said':9 'seek':3 'term':8 'hoyer':11 'major':16 'miami':51 'senat':25 'steni':10 'budget':26 'conrad':30 'effort':37 'herald':52 'import':39 'lawmak':46 'leader':2,17 'repres':22 'return':47 'chairman':28 'committe':27 'democrat':42 'prioriti':40 'washington':49 'congression':1 6722603 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1338426.html 300026 Person senate Mon Nov 16 22:08:04 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...is clear is that for this bill to be successful, there can be no taxpayer funding for abortion,” Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said, appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Conrad said he did not know whether the Senate would ulti 'd':30,32 'n':31 'cnn':36 'd-n':29 'bill':12 'fund':21 'kent':27 'know':47 'loom':3 'said':33,43 'ulti':52 'abort':1,23 'clear':7 'senat':5,24,50 'state':38 'union':41 'would':51 'appear':34 'budget':25 'conrad':28,42 'taxpay':20 'success':15 'whether':48 'chairman':26 'independ':55 'showdown':2 'washington':54 6717056 true true daylife The Washington Independent http://washingtonindependent.com/ OK http://washingtonindependent.com/67929/abortion-showdown-looming-in-senate 300026 Person congress Mon Nov 16 22:08:06 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Russ Feingold (Wis.), Herb Kohl (Wis.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Al Franken (Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Roland Burris (Ill.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Mark Udall (Colo.) and Robert Byrd (W.Va.) 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If Democr '30':24 'tax':31 '1965':29 'lead':10 'page':3,44 'reid':8 'sinc':17 'betsi':1,42 'creat':21 'dedic':35 'major':14 'secur':19 'senat':7 'across':12 'democr':41 'financ':37 'payrol':30 'propos':6 'revenu':32 'social':18 'medicar':27 'program':39 'democrat':11 'philosoph':15 'threshold':16 6739648 false true google blog Betsy's Page http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/ OK http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2009/11/taxes-in-reids-bill.html 300026 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:19:18 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 he's not simply full of shit on this, but also imputing those full-of-shit claims to someone (TR ... 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Late Wedneds 'd':36 'ca':37 '100':42 'guy':5,55 'job':15 'pro':44 'd-ca':35 'fund':28 'gush':31 'late':49 'long':23 'rate':46 'reid':11 'wedn':50 'abort':30,45 'boxer':34,38 'craft':17 'decad':22 'excel':14 'feder':27 'illog':9 'naral':48 'senat':10,32 'spoon':7 'barbara':33 'consist':41 'languag':18 'regular':4,54 'thought':1,51 'maintain':20 'compromis':24 'pro-abort':43 6736836 false true google blog Thoughts of a Regular Guy http://regularthoughts.blogspot.com/ OK http://regularthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/spoonful-of-illogic.html 300026 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 11:13:35 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 For senators who have not run for the presidency, which requires raising exhorbitant amounts of money, Sen. Baucus is ahead of other committee Democrats with Sens. Schumer and Kent Conrad following close behind. See the table below: ... 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