V000127 1961-05-03 9732 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] 3833 N00009659 9981 Republican 202-224-4623 Catholic LA David Vitter 3.94736842105263 http://vitter.senate.gov/ 400418 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 22:27:33 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...said. Shelby said the Democratic bill "requires a complete rewrite" and said he intended to offer a substitute proposal. Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, said the bill makes permanent the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program and institut 'ca':47 '700':38 'sen':26 'bill':12,34 'make':35 'rule':6 'said':7,9,18,32 'asset':41 'battl':2 'begin':3 'david':27 'offer':22 'press':49 'senat':1 'intend':20 'perman':36 'propos':25 'relief':42 'requir':13 'rewrit':16 'shelbi':8 'troubl':40 'vitter':28 'billion':39 'complet':15 'financi':5 'program':43 'democrat':11 'institut':45 'southern':46 'enterpris':50 'louisiana':30 'substitut':24 'republican':31 'press-enterpris':48 6740392 true true daylife Southern CA Press-Enterprise http://www.pe.com/ OK http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_S_overhaul20.37373bc.html 400418 Person congress Thu Nov 19 11:23:11 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 I was absolutely mortified reading Congressman Charlie Melancon's Nov. 6 op ed in the Shreveport Times, in which Melancon exploited a young woman's personal tragedy as a rape victim for what appears to be Melancon's own political gain. The premise of '6':19 'ed':21 'op':20 'nov':18 'case':8 'gain':49 'rape':5,38 'read':13 'time':25,55 'polit':48 'woman':32 'young':31 'appear':42 'charli':15 'evodna':1 'person':34 'premis':51 'victim':6,39 'absolut':11 'exploit':4,29 'mortifi':12 'tragedi':35 'melancon':3,16,28,45 'springer':2 'shreveport':24,54 'congressman':14 6737418 true true daylife The Shreveport Times http://www.shreveporttimes.com/ OK http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20091119/OPINION0106/911190310/1007/OPINION 400418 Person republican Wed Nov 18 11:22:07 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to join Republicans on the issue if the “public option” is contained in the final bill. No doubt exists over where U.S. Sen. David Vitter stands. The Louisiana Republican will join the rest of his party members in the Senate — with the possible ex 'ex':49 'sen':28 'u.s':27 'bill':21 'care':5 'issu':11 'join':7,36 'rest':38 'take':2 'david':29 'doubt':23 'exist':24 'final':20 'parti':41 'senat':1,45 'stand':31 'health':4 'member':42 'option':15 'public':14 'vitter':30 'contain':17 'possibl':48 'louisiana':33 'republican':8,34 '2theadvocate.com':50 6727630 true true daylife 2TheAdvocate.com http://www.2theadvocate.com/ OK http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/70345047.html 400418 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 11:22:07 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...on Bodcau Dam. That would allow water to be released at a rate that swollen streams and bayous could handle. U.S. Sen. David Vitter was on the phone with Army Engineers and Bossier officials last week trying to get a study expedited regarding the potent 'dam':13 'get':49 'may':3 'sen':32 'tri':47 'u.s':31 'armi':40 'last':45 'need':7 'rate':23 'time':58 'week':46 'allow':16 'along':10 'could':29 'david':33 'engin':41 'flood':1 'handl':30 'hurri':9 'phone':38 'studi':6,51 'water':17 'would':15 'bayous':28 'bodcau':12 'linger':4 'offici':44 'potent':55 'regard':53 'releas':20 'stream':26 'threat':2 'vitter':34 'bossier':43 'expedit':52 'swollen':25 'shreveport':57 6727632 true true daylife The Shreveport Times http://www.shreveporttimes.com/ OK http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20091118/OPINION03/911180301/1007/OPINION 400418 Person congress Wed Nov 18 11:22:07 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 WASHINGTON (Medill News Service) -- Unsatisfied with last week's move by the Federal Reserve to curb high overdraft fees on consumers, members of Congress stepped in Tuesday to tout legislation they think will provide further financial 'fee':6,25 'curb':22 'high':23 'last':13 'move':16 'news':9 'step':31 'tout':35 'week':14 'debat':2 'feder':19 'medil':8 'senat':1 'think':38 'consum':27 'legisl':36 'member':28 'provid':40 'reserv':20 'servic':10 'financi':42 'tuesday':33 'congress':30 'restrict':3 'overdraft':5,24 'unsatisfi':11 'washington':7 'marketwatch':43 6727633 true true daylife MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteID=mktw OK http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~3/aj3qqhso4dU/rss.asp 400418 Person congress Sun Nov 15 11:15:25 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens. The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding non-citizens from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional r 'r':52 'aim':33 'ask':17 'bee':54 'get':6 'new':7 'non':37 'sen':29 'u.s':22 'use':45 'bill':4 'form':15 'mass':1 'next':11 'push':8 'year':12 'david':30 'figur':47 'peopl':18 'popul':41 'total':42 'census':14 'exclud':35 'fresno':53 'immigr':2 'number':49 'propos':25 'requir':10 'vitter':31 'citizen':23,38 'tuition':3 'whether':19 'louisiana':27 'republican':28 'congression':51 'non-citizen':36 6699927 true true daylife Fresno Bee http://www.fresnobee.com/ OK http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/1711739.html 400418 Person republican Sun Nov 15 22:26:55 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter wants only legal citizens included in the official count. The Rev. Miguel Rivera, who heads the National Coalition of ... 'bee':31 'rev':21 'sen':8 '2010':2 'head':25 'want':11 'count':4,19 'david':9 'legal':13 'census':3 'coalit':28 'fresno':30 'includ':15 'miguel':22 'nation':27 'offici':18 'rivera':23 'vitter':10 'citizen':14 'louisiana':6 'republican':7 6707254 true true google news Fresno Bee OK http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1711506.html 400418 Person sen\. Sun Nov 15 22:26:55 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009 US Sen. David Vitter said, “These new regulations by the FDA are another massive government overreach that will cause great harm to the oyster industry and ... 'us':6 'fda':16 'new':12 'sen':7 'win':3 'caus':24 'harm':26 'said':10 'sens':2 'anoth':18 'david':8 'debat':5 'great':25 'houma':32 'regul':13 'common':1 'govern':20 'massiv':19 'oyster':4,29 'vitter':9 'courier':33 'industri':30 'overreach':21 6707255 true true google news Houma Courier OK http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20091115/OPINION/911149971/1030?Title=Common-sense-wins-oyster-debate 400418 Person sen\. Sun Nov 15 22:26:55 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 John Ensign (adultery), Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (prostitutes) or former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig (playing footsie with airport security). ... 'sen':17,24 'john':13 'play':27 'west':9 'craig':26 'david':18 'idaho':6,23 'larri':25 'secur':31 'ensign':14 'footsi':28 'former':22 'vitter':19 'airport':30 'comment':10 'newspap':4 'opinion':2 'western':12 'adulteri':15 'westview':1 'louisiana':16 'prostitut':20 'idahostatesman.com':32 6707259 true true google news IdahoStatesman.com OK http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/972759.html 400418 Person sen\. Sat Nov 14 11:18:33 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...affair (or what we call just another election in Louisiana). During last week's historic health care debate, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., made a series of Twitter posts saying his opponent, U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., supported Nancy Pelosi's health 'd':45 'r':29 '10':6 'la':30,46 'rep':41 'say':37 'sen':25 'u.s':40 'call':11 'care':23 'd-la':44 'last':18 'made':31 'news':54 'post':36 'r-la':28 'seri':33 'star':55 'week':19 'anoth':13 'david':26 'debat':24 'elect':14 'monro':53 'nanci':48 'oppon':39 'affair':7 'charli':42 'health':22,51 'histor':21 'offens':4 'pelosi':49 'vitter':1,27 'support':47 'twitter':35 'melancon':43 'louisiana':16 6691563 true true daylife The Monroe News Star http://www.thenewsstar.com/ OK http://thenewsstar.com/article/20091114/OPINION02/911140316/-1/rss 400418 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:27:27 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 What we're getting here is more likely an indrect but still unlovely glimpse of Senator David Vitter's voting base. He'd rather come across as an idiot than risk alienating the racists among his supporters by coming out, even obliquely, ... 'd':27 're':7 'get':8 'base':25 'come':29,43 'even':45 'like':12 'risk':35 'vote':24 'alien':36 'among':39 'cynic':3 'david':21 'idiot':33 'senat':20 'still':16 'unlov':17 'across':30 'glimps':18 'obliqu':46 'racist':38 'rather':28 'stupid':1 'vitter':22 'indrect':14 'support':41 'thoughtcrimes.org':4,47 6740387 false true google blog ThoughtCrimes.org http://www.thoughtcrimes.org/s9/ OK http://www.thoughtcrimes.org/s9/index.php?/archives/3280-Stupidity-or-Cynicism.html 400418 Person senator Thu Nov 19 11:23:04 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Santelli now wants nothing to do with it, but diaper-wearing senator David Vitter does! As do Fox News anchors Neil Cavuto and Sean Hannity who have signed on with tea parties in Sacramento and Atlanta, respectively. ... 'fox':30 'tea':43 'bill':11 'care':5,10 'long':3 'neil':33 'news':31 'noth':15 'sean':36 'sign':40 'term':4 'want':14 'wear':23 'david':25 'parti':44 'senat':24 'anchor':32 'cavuto':34 'diaper':22 'health':9 'vitter':26 'atlanta':48 'benefit':6 'hanniti':37 'respect':49 'santelli':12 'talkleft':50 'sacramento':46 'diaper-wear':21 6737416 false true google blog TalkLeft http://www.talkleft.com/ OK http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/11/19/3923/5013 400418 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:27:28 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, said the ruling could "serve as a warning for the future and as a means to help bring some form of relief to the victims of this storm." In a joint statement, Sens. Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin ... 'khq':9,55 'new':5 'sen':12,50 'form':37 'help':34 'mean':32 'news':56 'rule':2,20 'russ':51 'said':18 'serv':22 'warn':25 'bring':4,35 'could':3,21 'david':13 'delug':6 'futur':28 'joint':48 'right':10 'storm':45 'relief':39 'victim':42 'vitter':14 'katrina':1 'lawsuit':8 'feingold':52 'louisiana':16 'statement':49 'wisconsin':54 'republican':17 6740390 false true google blog KHQ - News http://www.khq.com/global/category.asp?c=73326 OK http://www.khq.com/global/story.asp?s=11533680 400418 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 11:23:04 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 At one extreme is Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana. Just five months before the 10-question census is to be sent to every residence in the country, he proposed to cut off all funding unless a question on citizenship is added. ... 'r':18 '10':25 'ad':51 'cut':41 'one':11 'sen':14 'five':21 'fund':44 'hing':4 'sens':7 'sent':31 'view':2 'david':15 'everi':33 'front':53 'month':22 'resid':34 'census':3,27 'common':6 'extrem':12 'propos':39 'unless':45 'vitter':16 'countri':37 'opinion':8 'question':26,47 'louisiana':19 'citizenship':49 'r-louisiana':17 'mercedsun-star.com':9,52 6737413 false true google blog MercedSun-Star.com: front http://http/www.mercedsunstar.com/100/index.rss OK http://www.mercedsunstar.com/177/story/1180993.html 400418 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:27:27 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 U.S. Sen. David Vitter has filed a bill that would prevent Guantanamo Bay detainees from being tried in U.S. criminal courts instead of military tribunals. Vitter said the detainees, most of whom the government suspects to be terrorists ... 'bay':18 'sen':7 'tri':22 'u.s':6,24 'bill':13 'file':11 'said':32 'court':26 'david':8 'would':15 'booman':1,44 'crimin':25 'govern':39 'tribun':2,30,45 'vitter':9,31 'detaine':19,34 'instead':27 'prevent':16 'suspect':40 'militari':29 'progress':4 'communiti':5 'terrorist':43 'guantanamo':17 6740386 false true google blog Booman Tribune http://www.boomantribune.com/ OK http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/11/19/123749/31 400418 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:27:27 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 This is just another in the series of Fox "mistakes": "Sen. David Vitter, D-LA involved in D.C. madam case"? Oops, sorry, honest mistake, we meant Republican. "Rep. Mark Foley, D-FL involved in page scandal"? Hey, yeah, sorry 'd':25,43 'fl':44 'la':26 'd.c':29 'fox':1,19 'hey':49 'oop':32 'rep':39 'sen':21 'case':31 'copi':4 'd-fl':42 'd-la':24 'exec':2 'item':57 'mark':40 'page':47 'seri':17 'yeah':50 'anoth':14 'david':22 'error':10 'fault':3 'foley':41 'madam':30 'meant':37 'media':52 'palin':7 'sorri':33,51 'video':8 'editor':5 'honest':34 'involv':27,45 'latest':56 'matter':53 'mistak':20,35 'vitter':23 'america':55 'product':9 'scandal':48 'republican':38 6740389 false true google blog Media Matters for America - Latest Items http://mediamatters.org/ OK http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911190002 400418 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:27:27 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Hey, Senator Buttholes, er um, Buttars... we'll stop stuffing it down your throat when gay citizens have all of their civil rights in the land of the free. Until then, I'd keep gargling with salt water if I were you. ..... David Hyde Pierce (5), D '5':56 'd':43,57 'er':14 'll':18 'um':15 'gay':9,26,60 'hey':11 'free':39 'hyde':54 'keep':44 'land':36 'news':59 'salt':47 'stop':19 'stuf':20 'utah':1 'want':8 'chris':4 'civil':32 'david':53 'doesn':6 'gargl':45 'pierc':55 'right':33 'senat':3,12 'water':48 'buttar':5,16 'throat':24 'butthol':13 'citizen':27 'stuffin':10 'homophob':2 'towleroad':58 6740388 false true google blog Towleroad News #gay http://www.towleroad.com/ OK http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/utah-homophobe-chris-buttars-worried-about-creep-of-gay-rights.html 400418 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:27:27 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Yesterday, Mike Stark of The Stark Report ran into Senator David Vitter of Louisiana and asked him a very simple question — a question he'd been trying to get an answer to ever since the senator refused to condemn the racist Lousiana ... 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'r':50 'go':29 'la':51 'ask':45 'non':9 'run':39 'sen':46 'top':33 'ever':28 'find':3 'fund':5 'home':55 'keep':19 'much':17 'page':54 'push':44 'r-la':49 'stay':31 'alloc':6 'david':47 'exist':10 'media':2 'money':24 'share':52 'track':20 'govern':38 'health':40 'massiv':36 'troubl':18 'vitter':48 'program':41 'nrsc.org':1 'stimulus':4,23 'non-exist':8 'government-run':37 6737415 false true google blog Home http://www.nrsc.org/blog/ OK http://www.nrsc.org/200911183417/blog/blog/media-finds-stimulus-funds-allocated-to-non-existent-congressional-districts.html 400418 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 11:23:10 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...28 days ago — Despite political setbacks and a determined Democratic opposition, a new poll shows Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) leads his rival ahead of his 2010 reelection. The Times-Picayune has the details , and shows Vitter enjoys a 48-36 percent lead 'r':30 '28':11 '48':52 'la':31 '-36':53 'ago':13 'day':12 'new':23 'sen':26 '2010':38 'blip':57 'know':5 'lead':32,55 'love':7 'poll':24 'r-la':29 'show':25,48 'time':42 'ahead':35 'david':27 'decid':10 'doesn':3 'enjoy':50 'polit':15 'rival':34 'senat':1 'despit':14 'detail':46 'vitter':2,28,49 'beltway':56 'correct':9 'opposit':21 'percent':54 'picayun':43 'reelect':39 'setback':16 'democrat':20 'determin':19 'times-picayun':41 6737417 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/senator-vitter-doesn-t-know-if-loving-was-correctly/