V000127 1961-05-03 516 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] N00009659 9718 Republican 202-224-4623 Catholic LA David Vitter 3.92156862745098 http://vitter.senate.gov/ 400418 Person senate Fri Nov 06 11:24:27 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...R-Utah, to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and co-sponsored by Bennett, to a bill that funds the census was aimed at excluding noncitizens from the popu 'r':9,34 'co':38 'la':35 'aim':50 'ask':19 'sen':30 'u.s':24 'bill':44 'form':17 'fund':46 'move':4 'news':58 'next':13 'popu':56 'r-la':33 'utah':10 'year':14 'amend':27 'count':6 'david':31 'illeg':7 'peopl':20 'senat':1 'census':16,48 'exclud':52 'r-utah':8 'reject':2 'requir':12 'vitter':32 'bennett':3,41 'citizen':25 'deseret':57 'sponsor':28,39 'whether':21 'co-sponsor':37 'noncitizen':53 6598297 true true daylife Deseret News http://deseretnews.com/ OK http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705342431/Senate-rejects-Bennett-move-to-count-illegals.html?linkTrack=rss-5 400418 Person senate Fri Nov 06 11:24:27 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and citizenship status. The Senate voted 60-39 Thursday to move forward a budget bill without an amendment by U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., that would have required Census surveys to ask about legal and immigration status in the U.S. U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, 'r':34 '60':16 'la':35 '-39':17 'ask':43 'jon':54 'kyl':55 'say':2 'sen':30,53 'u.s':29,51,52 'bill':24 'busi':56 'move':20 'r-la':33 'vote':15 'amend':27 'david':31 'legal':45 'senat':1,14 'would':37 'budget':23 'census':8,40 'immigr':47 'requir':39 'status':12,48 'survey':9,41 'vitter':32 'forward':21 'journal':57 'phoenix':59 'without':25 'question':6 'thursday':18 'citizenship':5,11 6598296 true true daylife Business Journal of Phoenix http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/ OK http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~3/ZVEMveiuGVk/daily60.html 400418 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:29:11 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...work. In other action, the Senate blocked an effort to have the Census Bureau tally citizenship in next year's count. Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, had sought the information, saying illegal immigrants and other noncitizens who can't vote a 'd':4 'ok':3 'say':38 'sen':29 'u.s':1 '9/11':6 'next':25 'vote':47 'work':8 'year':26 'block':14 'count':28 'david':30 'illeg':39 'senat':13 'talli':22 'trial':2 'action':11 'bureau':21 'census':20 'effort':16 'immigr':40 'inform':37 'sought':35 'vitter':31 'newsmax':49 'suspect':7 'louisiana':32 'noncitizen':43 'republican':33 'citizenship':23 6604550 true true daylife NewsMax http://www.newsmax.com/ OK http://www.Newsmax.com/newsfront/terror_trials_us/2009/11/06/282686.html 400418 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:24:27 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to determine how congressional representatives are allocated to states. The proposal was co-sponsored by Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Robert Bennett of Utah. They sought to have non-citizens excluded from the population numbers used to 'ad':6 'az':51 'co':23 'non':42 'sen':27 'use':49 '2010':8 'utah':36 'alloc':16 'david':28 'popul':47 'state':18 'census':9 'exclud':44 'number':48 'propos':20 'repres':14 'robert':33 'sought':38 'vitter':29 'bennett':34 'citizen':43 'sponsor':24 'determin':11 'question':2 'louisiana':31 'co-sponsor':22 'republican':26 'central.com':52 'citizenship':1 'congression':13 'non-citizen':41 6598298 true true daylife AZ Central.com http://www.azcentral.com/ OK http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1258701 400418 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:29:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Senate has blocked an attempt to skew the next census in favor of states that do not have large immigrant populations. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., proposed requiring census forms to ask whether people were U.S. citizens when counted next April 1. The expe '1':45 'r':28 'la':29 'ask':35 'exp':47 'sen':24 'u.s':39 'form':33 'larg':21 'next':11,43 'r-la':27 'skew':9 'time':50 'april':44 'block':5 'count':1,42 'daili':49 'david':25 'favor':14 'peopl':37 'popul':23 'senat':3 'state':16 'census':12,32 'immigr':22 'propos':30 'requir':31 'vitter':26 'attempt':7 'citizen':40 'everyon':2 'whether':36 'watertown':48 6604552 true true daylife Watertown Daily Times http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/ OK http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091106/OPINION01/311069961/ 400418 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:29:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...in a bid to become his state's first black governor. Democrats talked Rep. Charlie Melancon into trying to unseat Republican Sen. David Vitter in Louisiana, and Georgia Democrats convinced former Gov. Roy Barnes to take another shot at the office, givin 'bid':11 'dem':2 'eye':5 'gov':40 'rep':22 'roy':41 'san':51 'sen':30 'tri':26 'barn':42 'cast':3 'shot':46 'take':44 'talk':21 'wari':4 'anoth':45 'becom':13 'black':18 'david':31 'diego':52 'elect':7 'first':17 'givin':50 'offic':49 'state':15 'union':54 'charli':23 'former':39 'result':8 'tribun':55 'unseat':28 'vitter':32 'convinc':38 'georgia':36 'democrat':20,37 'governor':19 'melancon':24 'southern':1 'louisiana':34 'republican':29 'union-tribun':53 6604553 true true daylife San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.signonsandiego.com/ OK http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/06/southern-dems-cast-wary-eye-at-election-results/ 400418 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:29:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...the Nov. 19 fundraiser for Baker along with Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, and David Vitter, of Louisiana. Baker, a state senator from Conway, is among seven Republicans seeking the nomination to challenge Democr '19':12 'd.c':9 'gop':6 'nov':11 'sen':19 'set':3 'iowa':23 'seek':43 'along':16 'among':40 'baker':1,15,33 'chuck':20 'david':29 'group':7 'mitch':24 'nomin':45 'senat':36 'seven':41 'state':35 'conway':38 'democr':48 'nation':5 'vitter':30 'challeng':47 'fundrais':2,13 'grassley':21 'kentucki':27 'mcconnel':25 'louisiana':32 '4029tv.com':49 'republican':18,42 6604554 true true daylife 4029tv.com http://www.4029tv.com/ OK http://www.4029tv.com/politics/21541411/detail.html 400418 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:29:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...managed to vote against the proposal. Here in Louisiana, Sen. Mary Landrieu supported it, but for reasons only he knows, Sen. David Vitter chose to vote no. Even though the amendment passed by a wide bipartisan margin, it might not be signed into law. H 'h':56 'day':9 'law':55 'rep':2 'sen':21,32 'u.s':1 'even':39 'know':31 'mari':22 'pass':43 'sign':53 'time':59 'vote':14,37 'wide':46 'amend':42 'chose':35 'court':11 'david':33 'manag':12 'might':50 'charli':3 'deserv':7 'margin':48 'propos':17 'reason':28 'though':40 'victim':6 'vitter':34 'support':24 'landrieu':23 'melancon':4 'louisiana':20 'bipartisan':47 'shreveport':58 6604551 true true daylife The Shreveport Times http://www.shreveporttimes.com/ OK http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20091106/OPINION0106/911060307/1007/OPINION 400418 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:33:26 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...bid to become his state's first black governor. Democrats talked Rep. Charlie Melancon into trying to unseat Republican Sen. David Vitter in Louisiana, and Georgia Democrats convinced former Gov. Roy Barnes to take another shot at the office, giving the 'bid':14 'gov':43 'rep':25 'roy':44 'sen':33 'tri':29 '2010':9 'barn':45 'give':53 'shot':49 'star':56 'take':47 'talk':24 'anoth':48 'antsi':10 'becom':16 'black':21 'could':4 'david':34 'first':20 'offic':52 'state':18 'charli':26 'former':42 'tribun':57 'unseat':31 'vitter':35 'vulner':7 'convinc':41 'georgia':39 'democrat':2,23,40 'governor':22 'landslid':13 'melancon':27 'southern':1 'virginia':12 'louisiana':37 'minneapoli':55 'particular':6 'republican':32 6594047 true true daylife Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/ OK http://www.startribune.com/politics/69318637.html 400418 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:33:26 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...The 2010 Census will count the undocumented. Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, advanced a plan to prevent the Census Bureau from counting non-citizens in its conduct of the 2010 Census. The Senate's Democrats blocked that in a 60-39 vote toda '60':48 '-39':49 'non':31 'sen':14 'sun':53 '2010':8,38 'blog':54 'plan':22 'toda':51 'vote':50 'block':44 'count':2,11,29 'david':15 'senat':41 'advanc':20 'bureau':27 'census':1,9,26,39 'undocu':13 'vitter':16 'citizen':4,32 'conduct':35 'prevent':24 'baltimor':52 'democrat':43 'louisiana':18 'republican':19 'non-citizen':30 6594052 true true daylife Baltimore Sun Blogs http://www.baltimoresun.com/about/bal-blogs,0,4031717.htmlstory OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theswamp_blog/~3/q4bDhqX3nC0/census_counting_all_citizens_o.html 400418 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:24:22 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] The economy has a long long way to go. The media/reporting is irresponsible saying otherwise. smithee. I agree that high unemployment is terrible, and I'd love to see businesses hiring ... 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'us':8,24 'dem':2 'non':29 '2010':33 'bill':18 'block':3 'count':34 'david':13 'senat':1,12,35 'would':20 'census':9,25 'requir':22 'vitter':14 'citizen':30 'robalut':37 'identifi':27 'introduc':16 'question':5 'louisiana':11 'citizenship':4 'non-citizen':28 6598288 false true google blog The Robalution http://therobalution.com/ OK http://therobalution.com/?p=1424 400418 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:29:06 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Charlie Melancon into trying to unseat Republican Sen. David Vitter in Louisiana, and Georgia Democrats convinced former Gov. Roy Barnes to take another shot at the office, giving them a proven commodity in a heavily conservative state. ... 'dem':3 'gov':26 'roy':27 'sen':16 'tri':12 'wsb':5,46 'barn':28 'give':36 'news':6,47 'shot':32 'take':30 'anoth':31 'david':17 'offic':35 'state':45 'worri':4 'charli':9 'commod':40 'former':25 'proven':39 'unseat':14 'vitter':18 'conserv':44 'convinc':24 'fallout':2 'georgia':22 'heavili':43 'campaign':1 'democrat':23 'melancon':10 'louisiana':20 'republican':15 'wsbradio.com':8 6604545 false true google blog WSB News http://wsbradio.com/localnews/ OK http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2009/11/campaign-fallout-dems-worried.html 400418 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:29:06 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Civil rights organizations had called for Bardwell to resign while Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) had called for him to be dismissed. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), on the other hand, would only go so far as to say that Bardwell “should follow ... 'd':24 'r':37 'go':45 'la':25,38 'far':47 'jon':3 'say':50 'sen':20,33 'beck':7 'call':14,27 'd-la':23 'hand':42 'mari':21 'r-la':36 'civil':10 'david':34 'erupt':2,56 'glenn':6 'organ':12 'right':11 'would':43 'better':8 'follow':54 'resign':18 'vitter':35 'bardwel':16,52 'dismiss':32 'stewart':4 'landrieu':22 'progress':1,55 6604543 false true google blog Progressive Eruptions http://progressiveerupts.blogspot.com/ OK http://progressiveerupts.blogspot.com/2009/11/jon-stewart-does-glenn-beck-better-than.html 400418 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:29:06 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding illegal aliens from the crucial population totals that are used to calculate the number of congressional representatives for each state. ... 'az':42 'aim':17 'dem':1 'red':41 'see':40 'sen':13 'use':29 'alien':21 'block':2 'david':14 'illeg':20 'popul':25 'state':39 'total':26 'calcul':31 'census':4 'exclud':19 'impact':6 'number':33 'propos':9 'repres':36 'vitter':15 'crucial':24 'question':5 'fundament':3 'louisiana':11 'republican':12 'congression':7,35 6604544 false true google blog Seeing Red AZ http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/ OK http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/dems-block-fundamental-census-question-impacting-congressional-representation/ 400418 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:24:22 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was intended at excluding immigrants from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each state. This is important because the ... 'us':8 'sen':16 'use':30 'block':5 'david':17 'figur':32 'plain':2,47 'popul':26 'senat':4 'state':40 'total':27 'truth':3,48 'census':6 'exclud':22 'immigr':23 'import':43 'intend':20 'number':34 'propos':12 'repres':37 'vitter':18 'question':10 'louisiana':14 'republican':15 'citizenship':9 'congression':36 'us-citizenship':7 6598289 false true google blog The Plain Truth http://www.plaintruth.com/the_plain_truth/ OK http://www.plaintruth.com/the_plain_truth/2009/11/senate-blocks-census-uscitizenship-question.html 400418 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:15:13 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) exposed language in the bill that would allow “appropriate entities” to assist with outreach efforts to “inform and educate individuals and employers about the Health Insurance Exchange and ... 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'r':19 'la':20 'ask':29 'lsc':7 '2010':38 'bill':4 'blog':43 'fine':41 'pass':2 'post':44 'r-la':18 'amend':12 'david':16 'print':42 'remov':6 'senat':1,15 'upcom':37 'would':22 'bureau':27 'census':26,39 'immigr':33 'includ':5,9 'requir':24 'status':34 'vitter':17 'sponsor':13 'appropri':3 'ombwatch':46 'citizenship':31 'controversi':11 6608702 false true google blog The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch http://www.ombwatch.org/the_fine_print OK http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10546 400418 Person congress Thu Nov 05 22:33:26 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...David Vitter (R-La.) told POLITICO that he didn't think his recent flap with a rape victim in Baton Rouge amounted to a confrontation. "I didn't consider it a confrontation on my part," Vitter said when asked if he regretted the confrontation. But he ad 'r':12 'ad':56 'la':13 'ask':48 'didn':18,36 'flap':23 'part':44 'r-la':11 'rape':4,26 'roug':30 'said':46 'talk':2 'told':14 'baton':29 'david':9 'think':20 'amount':31 'consid':38 'recent':22 'regret':51 'victim':5,27 'vitter':1,10,45 'confront':8,34,41,53 'politico':15,58 6594050 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1109/Vitter_talk_with_rape_victim_not_a_confrontation.html 400418 Person republican Fri Nov 06 11:24:22 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana has been caught on tape being confronted at a town hall meeting by a woman who identified herself as a rape victim. The woman questioned Vitter about why he voted against an amendment that ... 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