S000320 1934-05-06 8676 304 Russell Senate Office Building http://shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorShelby.EmailSenatorShelby 202-224-3416 Richard 'r':4 'al':5 'sen':1 'shelbi':3,7,9 'richard':2,6,8 M 300089 Shelby Richard_Shelby C. Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL] 3932 N00009920 12212 Republican 202-224-5744 Presbyterian AL Richard Shelby 3.96551724137931 http://shelby.senate.gov/public/ 300089 Person sen\. Sun Feb 07 22:28:50 -0600 2010 Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., has placed holds against several of President Obama's nominees in an effort to force presidential action on the Air Force ... 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Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican, says the plan would be the "death" of US human space flight. ... 'us':21 'say':13 'sen':7 'nasa':5 'plan':15 'carri':3 'death':19 'facil':6 'human':22 'space':23 'state':2 'would':16 'flight':24 'shelbi':9 'alabama':11 'newsoxi':25 'richard':8 'republican':12 7526334 true true google news NewsOXY OK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7181107/Endeavour-space-shuttle-launch-delayed-due-to-bad-weather.html 300089 Person democrat Sun Feb 07 22:28:50 -0600 2010 Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Meanwhile, Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, advised Democratic Leader Harry Reid that he was ... 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Sun Feb 07 22:28:50 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Just to make sure everyone notices the white flag fluttering in the breeze, Dodd on Friday planted a wet one on Sen. Richard Shelby, R.-Ala., ... 'r':25 'ala':26 'one':20 'sen':22 'wet':19 'bnet':27 'dodd':14 'flag':9 'make':3 'sure':4 'breez':13 'notic':6 'plant':17 'white':8 'friday':16 'shelbi':24 'everyon':5 'flutter':10 'richard':23 7526322 true true google news BNET OK http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10006660/rip-consumer-financial-protection-agency/ 300089 Person republican Sat Feb 06 22:23:14 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...legislation. Fair enough. But the revived possibility of a filibuster may turn out to be the least of their worries. Sen. Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican, has placed a hold on more than 70 of President Obama’s nominees. Basically, Sen. 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Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) has released his controversial "holds" on more than 70 pending presidential nominations, his office said Monda '5':24 'r':31 '70':41 '000':10 '100':9 'ago':26 'ala':32 'sen':27 'blip':50 'hold':3,37 'hour':25 'pend':42 'post':21 'said':47 'wash':20 'cours':17 'monda':48 'nomin':44 'obama':5 'offic':46 'r-ala':30 'nomine':6 'releas':2,34 'shelbi':1,29 'alabama':13 'beltway':49 'richard':28 'congress':23 'presidenti':43 'republican':14 'controversi':36 7537638 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/shelby-releases-holds-on-obama-nominees-1/ 300089 Person senate Tue Feb 09 11:25:51 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 And now Senator Richard Shelby has placed a hold on -- are you seated -- all, all, Obama administration nominees, until he gets some pork for Alabama. What's going on? The Senate has rules based on the idea that it was a chamber of ... 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The year was 2005. The nominees were President Bush`s. The opposition senators choosing to block the process for political gain were Democrats. But now another senator is holding up ... '2005':19 'bush':24 'cafe':7,47 'feed':49 'gain':36 'hold':44 'year':17 'anoth':41 'block':31 'choos':29 'polit':35 'senat':4,10,28,42 'shame':2 'video':6,46 'nomine':21 'presid':23 'shelbi':5,13 'alabama':15 'opposit':27 'process':33 'richard':12 'complain':9 'democrat':38 'countdown':1 7537627 false true google blog Video Cafe's feed http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/ OK http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/countdown-shame-senator-shelby