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July 08, 2008 Nelson Mandela

... and fresh out of the hospital, there was doubt she’d actually show up, but she did Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Nelson Mandela does not belong on a terrorist watch list - period, said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. ...

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July 08, 2008 Whitehouse to read Washington's letter in Senate

During morning business at the US Senate today, senators will also read from other important documents that helped shape our nation. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. DR.I., plans to read from a 1790 letter from President George Washington to ...

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Source: Projo 7 to 7 News Blog


July 08, 2008 Whitehouse to read Washington's letter in Senate

US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, DR.I., will participate this morning in the Senate’s celebration of American independence by reading a 1790 letter from President George Washington to the congregation of Touro Synagogue in Newport. ...

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Source: Projo 7 to 7 News Blog


July 07, 2008 RI SC Ruling: Ripples in RI, Washington, Legal Journalist Opines

"The more interesting question to me is: Now that Sheldon Whitehouse is a US Senator, does the RI SC ruling which said the public nuisance aspect should have been dismissed at the outset mean anything to his ability to achieve things in ...

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July 07, 2008 For the Children? Then Who Cares About the Law?

In any case, it’s no surprise that Mr. Lynch’s activist, litigious attitude, like that of his predecessor, Sheldon Whitehouse (now a US senator), has helped keep Rhode Island’s rate of real GDP growth well below the national average ...

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July 07, 2008 Senator Whitehouse Waffling on FISA Amendments Act

Rhode Island Democrats need to call the office of Sheldon Whitehouse and remind him to take his backbone with him when he goes to work to at the United States Senate tomorrow. Tomorrow is the scheduled date for the Senate’s final vote ...

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July 06, 2008 RI senator shrugs off VP Gustavo bermudez.

Senators Barak Obama left and Jack Reed right with then Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse in Providence. International versions of Google News available in. Are compiled from information on file with the counties. ...

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July 06, 2008 A Tale of Two Attorneys General

By the time the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that the lead paint public nuisance case should have been dismissed, the RI Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse who put this in play had already moved on. He is a US Senator. ...

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Source: Law And More


July 06, 2008 Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela does not belong on a terrorist watch list - period, said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. The Senate's vote today will help fix a problem that has caused injustice to South African leaders and embarrassment to the United . ...

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July 06, 2008 Lead Paint Cinch - WSJ.com

The law firm found a partner in then-Rhode Island Attorney General (and now US Democratic Senator) Sheldon Whitehouse, who brought the first lead nuisance suit in the country. The theory was picked up by current AG Patrick Lynch, ...

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July 05, 2008 Time To Put The CIA Spooks Back In The Shadows

This certainly is true of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who is sponsoring legislation that would implement the measures to which Hayden objects. Whitehous states that his proposals would “help put right what has gone so badly wrong, ...

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July 05, 2008 3797

"The Bush administration's embrace of torture and secret detentions has led our country down a dark hallway," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.) said in unveiling legislation to restrict CIA interrogations. He said the proposals would ...

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July 05, 2008 Not your father’s CIA

This certainly is true of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who is sponsoring legislation that would implement the measures to which Hayden objects. Whitehouse states that his proposals would "help put right what has gone so badly wrong, ...

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July 03, 2008 Wonk Room » Stephen Johnson, The Environment’s Alberto Gonzales

On February 27, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) compared Johnson to Gonzales after a shameful performance before Congress. Two days later, unions representing more than 10000 EPA career staff suspended their relationship with Johnson, ...

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July 03, 2008 Nelson Mandela

... from the Bush Administration’s list of the world’s evil-doers—and only a week after Bush trimmed North Korea and Kim Jong Il . Nelson Mandela does not belong on a terrorist watch list - period, said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. ...

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July 03, 2008 Rs Forms

Legistorm now has the 2007 Senate personal financial disclosure forms available online. Sen. Hillary Clinton (DN.Y.), Sen. Frank Lautenberg (DN.J.), Sen. Lindsey Graham (RS.C.), Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RR ...

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July 03, 2008 The Nuances Of Nuisance

Before Sheldon Whitehouse was a Democrat US Senator from Rhode Island, he was a public-nuisance lawyer . . . excuse me, I mean he was a public-spirited Attorney General who tried a novel legal theory in lead-paint lawsuits based on the ...

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July 03, 2008 Nelson Mandela no longer considered a terrorist in USA

"Nelson Mandela does not belong on a terrorist watch list - period," said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. "The Senate's vote today will help fix a problem that has caused injustice to South African leaders and embarrassment to the United ...

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July 02, 2008 RI SC Ruling - End of an era for a lot of things in Ocean State

It was with a lot of fanfare that Lynch's predecessor Sheldon Whitehouse, who has since become a US Senator, launched this lawsuit that depended on the novel theory of public nuisance. Even after that lawsuit ended in a mistrial, ...

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Source: Law And More


July 02, 2008 Why Nelson Mandela?

“Nelson Mandela does not belong on a terrorist watch list, period”, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse would declare in a statement which had the force of truth and reality. It is to the credit of US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, ...

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July 02, 2008 Lead Paint Cinch

The law firm found a partner in then-Rhode Island Attorney General (and now US Democratic Senator) Sheldon Whitehouse, who brought the first lead nuisance suit in the country. The theory was picked up by current AG Patrick Lynch, ...

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July 02, 2008 A Message from Sen. Feingold

Here's a follow-up to our post on the disappointing vote and comments by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in siding with President Bush on FISA. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) sends along this video message: ...

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July 02, 2008 Court’s Lead Paint Ruling Proves Dangerous (Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse)

There is no doubt that lead paint manufactured by these companies caused grave harm to thousands of Rhode Island children. It has for years been Rhode Island’s worst public health problem for children. The Court’s decision to overturn a ...

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Source: The Hill Blog


July 01, 2008 RI Court Reins In Abuse of Public Nuisance Laws

State Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse, now a Democratic US Senator, brought the suit in 1999 and after a complicated legal process, the jury found the companies found responsible for lead paint contamination in Rhode Island homes ...

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July 01, 2008 Whitehouse: Court let paint makers ' off the hook'

US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who filed Rhode Island's first lawsuit against lead paint manufacturers when he was the state's attorney general, said the state Supreme Court today let the companies "off the hook" by overturning a 2006 jury .

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Source: Projo 7 to 7 News Blog


June 30, 2008 Whitehouse Support FISA, More Liberal Philosophical Gymnastics To ...

According to John Mulligan at the ProJo, it looks like Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will follow the lead of fellow Democrats Jim Langevin, Barack Obama and Jack Reed and vote to approve the FISA bill (Andrew had more details and analysis of ...

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June 29, 2008 By JEFF ZELENY WASHINGTON Senator Barack Obama will make his first ...

Senators Barak Obama left and Jack Reed right with then Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse in Providence. Under US system, presidential votes really matter only in swing states. George Carlin A man of many well chosen words. ...

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June 28, 2008 RI senator shrugs off VP notions - Boston Globe

RI senator shrugs off VP notionsBoston Globe - 1 hour agoSenators Barak Obama (left) and Jack Reed (right) with then-Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse in Providence. (Joe Giblin/Associated Press/File 2006) Associated Press / June 29, ...

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June 28, 2008 RI senator shrugs off VP notions - Boston Globe

RI senator shrugs off VP notions Boston Globe - 50 minutes ago Senators Barak Obama (left) and Jack Reed (right) with then-Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse in Providence. (Joe Giblin/Associated Press/File 2006) Associated Press ...

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June 28, 2008 Google News - Health (20 сообщений)

RI senator shrugs off VP notions Boston Globe - 1 hour ago Senators Barak Obama (left) and Jack Reed (right) with then-Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse in Providence. (Joe Giblin/Associated Press/File 2006) Associated Press / June 29 ...

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