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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. ...
July 04, 2008 Director Tries To Repair CIA As Scrutiny By Congress Grows
"The Bush administration's embrace of torture and secret detentions has led our country down a dark hallway," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse(D-Rhode Island) said ...
July 02, 2008 Rhode Island Court Gives Lead Paint Jury Verdict the Brush-Off
US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, filed the state's first lawsuit against lead paint manufacturers during his tenure as Rhode Island ...
July 01, 2008 Jul 01, 2008 ALEXANDRIA, VA and ST. PAUL, MN MARKET WIRE
During that same week in December, US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse chaired a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Drug Enforcement Administration's policy ...
July 01, 2008 For the Moment by Rita Lussier: Leaders should stop pointing ...
In a recent column discussing our pain at the pump, I encouraged you to contact Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. Because he serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee ...
July 01, 2008 Mandela on US terror list?
John Kerry and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Republican Sen. Bob Corker. The senators say Mandela and ANC members remained on the list "for activities they ...
June 29, 2008 Madiba bids farewell to public life
... Prize winner's 90th birthday on July 18. "Nelson Mandela does not belong on a terrorist watch list - period," said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. - Sapa-AFP.
June 29, 2008 Raptakis gives Sen. Paiva Weed failing grades
He was the chief operative behind the state Democratic partyâs 2006 voter turnout effort that led to Sheldon Whitehouseâs victory over incumbent Lincoln D. ...
June 29, 2008 RI senator shrugs off VP notions
Senators Barak Obama (left) and Jack Reed (right) with then-Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse in Providence. (Joe Giblin/Associated Press/File 2006) ...
June 27, 2008 Senators speak up for Hmong refugees
Lee praised Sen. Feingold and Sen. Kohl for "pushing" the US government to act. In his opinion, Lee said, the Thai government should hold the refugees until ...
June 27, 2008 DEA proposes rules to allow e-prescribing of controlled substances
... thoroughly with this in mind: We need to lift barriers to widespread adoption of e-prescribing, not create new ones,â said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (DR. ...
June 25, 2008 10 Concerns About Barack Obama
Sheldon Whitehouse (D., RI), with a composite liberal score of 94.3; Joseph Biden (D., Del.), with a 94.2; Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), with a 93.7; ...
June 25, 2008 Justice Dept. accused of political hiring bias
... politics into the administration of justice," said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. ...
June 25, 2008 Probe finds illegal hiring at Justice Department
... administration was engaged in a deliberate effort to inject partisan politics into the administration of justice," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (DR. ...
June 24, 2008 After 50 year fight, heâs ready to build
US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, then the state attorney general, argued on behalf of the state. Officials from dozens of other states and dozens of scientists ...
June 24, 2008 Justice guilty of political hiring
... administration was engaged in a deliberate effort to inject partisan politics into the administration of justice," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, DR. ...
June 17, 2008 Changes at the voting booth?
There were 61357 straight-party votes for the Democratic ticket mingled among winner Sheldon Whitehouseâs final 206110 votes, and 18424 straight-party GOP ...
June 17, 2008 GOP wonât consider an extension of jobless benefits
... looking for work to support themselves and their families,â Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said in a speech on the Senate floor as Republicans declined to take ...
June 15, 2008 Assembly adopts budget this week
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse won laurels from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society last week for his efforts to legislate and lobby for ...
June 14, 2008 Mother fears her daughter died in vain
US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who was the stateâs attorney general when Rivera was killed, issued a statement, noting that Pona remains behind bars for ...
June 14, 2008 RI Sen. Whitehouse sees silver lining in demise of global-warming bill
Sheldon Whitehouse said in an interview Wednesday. Democrat Whitehouse is a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which drafted the ...
June 13, 2008 RI Supreme Court overturns murder conviction in Jennifer Rivera case
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, then the attorney general, calls Rivera's killing the worst day of his career. He released a committee study showing that methods ...
June 12, 2008 One stabbed in Laconia brawl
Mindy Myers will take a leave of absence as chief of staff for Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. SALEM (AP) â Police are investigating a motorcycle ...
June 12, 2008 News Minute: Here is the latest New Hampshire news from The ...
Mindy Myers will take a leave of absence as chief of staff for Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. PORTSMOUTH, NH (AP) - A woman has been charged with ...
June 09, 2008 Questions for two senators and a mayor
I had questions for Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Providence Mayor David Cicilline. At Sunday nightâs Democratic state convention, ...
June 08, 2008 Labor able to wield political influence far beyond its membership
Much the same scenario played out in Rhode Islandâs 2006 US Senate race between Lincoln D. Chafee and Sheldon Whitehouse. Nee says that labor coordinated ...
June 07, 2008 Putting Whitehouse into Hard Reality
The May 21 CNBC appearance of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse provided a jaw-dropping revelation of the Rhode Island Democrat's grasp of the energy crisis facing us ...
June 05, 2008 Intel report to be used against McCain
Rockefeller joined fellow Senate Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island in saying the reports show President Bush and others ...
June 04, 2008 Reclaiming the River
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, also in attendance yesterday, recalled times when he had canoed on the polluted Woonasquatucket and envisioned a not-so-far-away ...
June 03, 2008 Where the RI congressional delegation stands on Clinton
But Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. James R. Langevin both indicated that they might reassess their endorsements if Clinton stays in the race much beyond ...
