V000127 1961-05-03 10807 516 Hart Senate Office Building http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-5061 David 'r':4 'la':5 'sen':1 'david':2,6,8 'vitter':3,7,9 M 400418 Vitter David_Vitter Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] 4247 N00009659 11647 Republican 202-224-4623 Catholic LA David Vitter 4.17460317460317 http://vitter.senate.gov/public/ 400418 Person senate Tue Feb 09 11:27:05 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...— U.S. Sen. David Vitter has gained strength in his bid for re-election in November, according to campaign fund-raising figures, a new poll and analysis from two Washington political reports that track Senate races. “This is not about who wins today 're':9,26 'bid':23 'new':38 'say':13 'sen':15 'two':43 'u.s':14 'win':56 'fund':34 'gain':5,19 'poll':39 'race':11,50 'rais':35 'weak':3 'david':16 'elect':10,27 'figur':36 'polit':45 'senat':49 'today':57 'track':48 'accord':30 'ground':6 'novemb':29 'report':46 'vitter':4,17 'analysi':41 'analyst':12 'campaign':32 're-elect':8,25 'strength':20 'fund-rais':33 'once-weak':1 'washington':44 '2theadvocate.com':58 7537690 true true daylife 2TheAdvocate.com http://www.2theadvocate.com/ OK http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/83857157.html 400418 Person democrat Tue Feb 09 11:27:05 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...of popularity as a weapon in campaigns against Democrats. That's certainly not news to U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon. In Sen. David Vitter's re-election campaign, it would seem that it's Obama, not Melancon, who's challenging him in this fall's election. P 'p':59 'la':10 're':38 'gop':4 'rep':29 'sen':33 'u.s':28 'beat':3 'fall':56 'hope':6 'news':26 'roug':2 'seem':43 'talk':63 'town':62 'baton':1 'david':34 'elect':39,58 'obama':7,47 'would':42 'charli':30 'offici':5 'vitter':35 'weapon':17 'certain':24 'popular':14 'campaign':8,19,40 'challeng':52 'democrat':12,21 'melancon':31,49 're-elect':37 'alexandria':61 7537689 true true daylife The Alexandria Town Talk http://www.thetowntalk.com/ OK http://thetowntalk.com/article/20100209/NEWS01/302090012/-1/rss 400418 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 11:13:33 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...Democrat Jackie Speier,D-Calif. “It’s great for us, and we’re going to shop it around to our colleagues,” Cassidy said. U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., was one of nine senators who have agreed to introduce a bill that would require a referendum v '8':5 'd':11 'r':36 'v':55 'go':21 'la':37 're':20 'us':17 'feb':4 'one':39 'sen':32 'u.s':31 '2010':6 'agre':45 'bill':49 'nine':41 'r-la':35 'said':30 'shop':23 'calif':12 'david':33 'great':15 'jacki':8 'senat':42 'watch':2 'would':51 'around':25 'requir':52 'speier':9 'vitter':34 'cassidi':29 'd-calif':10 'colleagu':28 'democrat':7 'introduc':47 'referendum':54 'washington':1 '2theadvocate.com':56 7529623 true true daylife 2TheAdvocate.com http://www.2theadvocate.com/ OK http://www.2theadvocate.com/columnists/washingtonwatch/83772127.html 400418 Person sen\. Mon Feb 08 11:13:33 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...a year to continue providing health care to the indigent and uninsured. She criticized Gov. Bobby Jindal and fellow Sen. David Vitter for not defending her when critics called her a prostitute for her effort to get $300 million for the state by putting '300':48 'get':47 'gop':1 'gov':25 'put':54 'sen':30 'use':3 'call':39 'care':17 'lack':5 'year':12 'bobbi':26 'daili':56 'david':31 'earli':8 'indig':20 'obama':4 'often':10 'state':52 'critic':24,38 'defend':35 'effort':45 'fellow':29 'health':16 'jindal':27 'provid':15 'vitter':32 'continu':14 'million':49 'popular':7 'uninsur':22 'advertis':57 'prostitut':42 7529622 true true daylife The Daily Advertiser http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://theadvertiser.com/article/20100208/NEWS01/2080305/1002/rss 400418 Person sen\. Sat Feb 06 11:25:31 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...say we'll win by one? We think not. And we are relieved, sir, to learn that you may be seeing the lights of Bourbon Street. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., a loyal member of Who Dat nation, told us Monday that your office is backing off. He says your minions 'r':36 'la':37 'll':8 'us':46 'dat':5,43 'may':24 'one':11 'say':6,55 'see':26 'sen':32 'sir':19 'win':9 'back':52 'hand':1 'r-la':35 'told':45 'david':33 'learn':21 'light':28 'loyal':39 'miami':58 'offic':50 'think':13 'herald':59 'member':40 'minion':57 'monday':47 'nation':44 'reliev':18 'street':31 'vitter':34 'bourbon':30 7512051 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1465828.html 400418 Person sen\. Fri Feb 05 22:34:43 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...D-La. She wrote a letter of support to FEMA for the grant request. Mayor Jamie Mayo thanked Landrieu along with Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander for helping secure the grant. A healthy and safe community starts with providing our 'd':13 'r':38 'la':14,39 'rep':42 'sen':34 'u.s':41 'use':5 'd-la':12 'fema':22 'fire':2 'fume':9 'help':46 'jami':28 'mayo':29 'news':61 'r-la':37 'safe':53 'star':62 'along':32 'david':35 'grant':6,25,49 'mayor':27 'monro':1,60 'remov':10 'secur':47 'start':55 'thank':30 'wrote':16 'depart':3 'diesel':8 'letter':18 'provid':57 'rodney':43 'system':11 'vitter':36 'alexand':44 'healthi':51 'request':26 'support':20 'landrieu':31 'communiti':54 7508798 true true daylife The Monroe News Star http://www.thenewsstar.com/ OK http://thenewsstar.com/article/20100205/UPDATES01/100205022/-1/rss 400418 Person republican Sun Feb 07 22:29:36 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 to move ahead on a bill to rework financial rules without the support of Sen. Richard Shelby (R., Ala.), the panel's top Republican. Sen. David Vitter (R. ... 'r':18,28 'ala':19 'sen':15,25 'top':23 'bill':6 'blog':32 'move':2 'rule':10 'wall':29 'ahead':3 'david':26 'panel':21 'rework':8 'shelbi':17 'street':30 'vitter':27 'financi':9 'journal':31 'richard':16 'support':13 'without':11 'republican':24 7526441 true true google news Wall Street Journal (blog) OK javascript:void(0); 400418 Person senate Fri Feb 05 11:34:03 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...said she planned to stay on the Senate floor until the session closed Thursday to respond to any senators -- she mentioned Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) -- who have suggested the fix was a secret backroom deal" (Budoff Brown, 'r':39,46 'la':40 'fix':52 'sen':35,42 'ariz':47 'call':11 'deal':57 'john':43 'plan':16 'r-la':38 'said':14 'stay':18 'brown':59 'close':26 'david':36 'floor':6,22 'senat':5,21,32 'speak':2 'budoff':58 'defend':8 'mccain':44 'r-ariz':45 'secret':55 'so-cal':9 'vitter':37 'mention':34 'purchas':13 'respond':29 'session':25 'suggest':50 'backroom':56 'landrieu':1 'thursday':27 'louisiana':12 'news-medical.net':60 7500876 true true daylife News-Medical.net http://www.news-medical.net/ OK http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100205/Landrieu-speaks-on-the-Senate-floor-to-defend-so-called-Louisiana-purchase.aspx 400418 Person congress Fri Feb 05 11:34:03 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...about.” Landrieu’s comments came one week after two members of the Louisiana congressional delegation, Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter and Republican U.S. Rep. John Fleming, of Minden, criticized her. The controversy surrounding the funding could '300':3 'one':13 'rep':31 'sen':25 'two':16 'u.s':24,30 'came':12 'deal':5 'fund':42 'john':32 'week':14 'could':43 'david':26 'deleg':22 'fleme':33 'critic':36 'defend':2 'member':17 'minden':35 'vitter':27 'comment':11 'million':4 'landrieu':1,9 'medicaid':7 'surround':40 'louisiana':20 'republican':23,29 'congression':21 'controversi':39 '2theadvocate.com':44 7500877 true true daylife 2TheAdvocate.com http://www.2theadvocate.com/ OK http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/83613512.html 400418 Person sen\. Sun Feb 07 22:29:36 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Sen. David Vitter, R-La., a loyal member of Who Dat nation, told us Monday that your office is backing off. He says your minions are down to nattering that ... 'r':5 'la':6 'us':15 'dat':12 'say':24 'sen':1 'back':21 'r-la':4 'told':14 'david':2 'loyal':8 'offic':19 'member':9 'minion':26 'monday':16 'nation':13 'natter':30 'vitter':3 'miamiherald.com':32 7526446 true true google news MiamiHerald.com OK http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/05/nfl-new-orleans-saints 400418 Person sen\. Tue Feb 09 11:26:59 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Another $750 million would be exclusively reserved for nonprofits such as ACORN – meaning cities and states are barred from receiving that money. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., charges the money could appear to be a “payoff” for the partisan ... 'r':37 'la':38 '750':12 'bar':28 'sen':33 'blog':3 'citi':24 'mean':23 'r-la':36 'acorn':22 'anoth':11 'botan':1,51 'charg':39 'could':42 'david':34 'money':32,41 'state':26 'think':9 'would':14 'appear':43 'archiv':4 'exclus':16 'garden':2,52 'payoff':47 'receiv':30 'reserv':17 'vitter':35 'million':13 'partisan':50 'nonprofit':19 7537688 false true google blog Botanical Gardens http://mugou.net/ OK http://mugou.net/?p=15565 400418 Person republican Tue Feb 09 11:26:59 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 This race could become more competitive depending on how bloddy the primary becomes. #7: Louisiana - David Vitter. Republican Secretary of State Jay Dardenne announced that he would not be challenging Senator Vitter in the primary. ... '7':24 'jay':32 '2010':2 'blog':9 'race':12 'becom':14,23 'could':13 'david':26 'earli':5 'senat':1,41 'state':31 'would':37 'bloddi':20 'depend':17 'vitter':27,42 'analysi':3 'announc':34 'dardenn':33 'gandalf':7 'primari':22,45 'redstat':10,46 'challeng':40 'competit':16 'februari':6 'louisiana':25 'secretari':29 'republican':28 'early-februari':4 7537687 false true google blog RedState http://www.redstate.com/tags/ OK http://www.redstate.com/gandalf/2010/02/09/senate-2010-analysis-early-february/ 400418 Person senate Tue Feb 09 11:26:58 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate killed an amendment Thursday offered by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., that would have prohibited federal volunteer funds from going to the community group ACORN and its affiliates. ... 'r':28 'go':38 'la':29 'sen':24 'u.s':16 'fund':36 'kill':9,18 'muse':1,47 'r-la':27 'vast':4,50 'acorn':12,43 'amend':13,20 'david':25 'feder':34 'group':42 'offer':22 'right':6,52 'senat':8,17 'would':31 'affili':46 'vitter':10,26 'volunt':35 'winger':7,53 'prohibit':33 'thursday':21 'communiti':41 'right-wing':5,51 'washington':14 7537684 false true google blog Musings of a Vast Right-Winger http://musingsofavastright-winger.blogspot.com/ OK http://musingsofavastright-winger.blogspot.com/2010/02/senate-kills-vitters-acorn-amendment.html 400418 Person congress Mon Feb 08 22:21:18 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 By Senator David Vitter February 8, 2010. “…Last year I introduced a bill that will achieve what the president has called for — job creation, less burden on the family budget and a real jolt to start the engines of our economy. ... '8':16 'act':9 'job':33 '2010':17 'bill':23 'call':31 'cost':7 'jolt':44 'last':18 'less':35 'pass':4 'real':43 'year':19 'david':13 'engin':48 'lagop':10,52 'senat':12 'start':46 'achiev':26 'budget':40 'burden':36 'famili':39 'presid':29 'vitter':1,14 'economi':51 'congress':2 'creation':34 'februari':15 'introduc':21 'stimulus':8 7532453 false true google blog LAGOP http://www.lagop.com/ OK http://lagop.com/2010/02/vitter-congress-should-pass-the-no-cost-stimulus-act/ 400418 Person senator Tue Feb 09 11:26:58 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 “Conservative US Senator David Vitter fought for the Federal Defense of Marriage Act. He was vocal in critcizing those who objected to the Conservative-led impeachment of Bill Clinton .Vitter also replaced Bob Livinston who was exposed ... 'us':6 'act':17 'bob':38 'led':30 'also':36 'bill':33 'ever':3 'chris':44 'david':8 'expos':42 'feder':13 'senat':7 'smith':45 'vocal':20 'worst':1 'defens':14 'fought':10 'object':25 'replac':37 'vitter':9,35 'clinton':34 'conserv':5,29 'critciz':22 'impeach':31 'marriag':16 'livinston':39 'politician':2 'wnymedia.net':4,43 'conservative-l':28 7537685 false true google blog WNYMedia.net » Chris Smith http://wnymedia.net/ OK http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/smith/2010/02/worst-politician-ever/ 400418 Person senator Mon Feb 08 22:21:19 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Senator Al Franken introduced an amendment to the FY2010 Defense Appropriations Bill. Put simply, the amendment would prevent federal money from going to any company that had such a clause in their employee contracts. ... David Vitter (R-LA ) Roger Wicker 'r':44 'al':8 'go':28 'la':45 'put':19 'bill':18 'cute':48 'r-la':43 'visp':1 'amend':12,22 'claus':36 'david':41 'feder':25 'money':26 'roger':46 'senat':7 'usual':5 'would':23 'defens':16 'fy2010':15 'preach':6 'simpli':20 'vitter':42 'wicker':47 'compani':31 'employe':39 'franken':9 'prevent':24 'appropri':17 'carnivor':50 'contract':40 'introduc':10 7532458 false true google blog Cute but Carnivorous http://visp.livejournal.com/ OK http://visp.livejournal.com/151398.html 400418 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 22:21:19 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Louisiana - *(R) David Vitter vs. Undetermined. Poll. Republican. Democrat. Margin. Projection. GOP Hold. Maryland - *(D) Barbara Mikulski vs. Undetermined. Poll. Republican. Democrat. Margin. Projection. Dem Hold ... 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'il':9 'air':2,52 'get':21 'guy':16 'hot':1,51 'top':53 'blog':3 'drop':6 'like':33 'pass':23 'pick':54 'race':10 'alleg':41 'bring':39 'cohen':5 'everi':43 'media':26,38 'right':50 'updat':11 'video':12 'agenda':48 'archiv':4 'articl':44 'candid':19 'vitter':36 'conserv':31 'sen.david':35 'republican':32 7532456 false true google blog Hot Air » Top Picks http://www.hotair.com/ OK http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/08/cohen-drops-out-of-il-race/ 400418 Person congress Mon Feb 08 22:21:19 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) in October accused Democrats of wanting to count illegal immigrants in the Census in order to boost their congressional majorities. Democrats have maintained they do not plan to count illegals. ... 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