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MI-Sen: Jennifer Granholm (D) Endorses Gary Peters (D) For U.S. Senate
Congressman Gary Peters (D. MI-14) scored a big endorsement today in his bid for Senator Carl Levin's (D. MI) seat next year: http://thehill.com/... Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) is...
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Syria: Diplomatic solutions explored, military threat remains
A group of senators is reportedly working on a proposal to authorize military force against Syria only if the removal of the country's chemical weapons by the United Nations failed; meanwhile, White...
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MI-Sen: Carl Levin (D) Fundraises For Gary Peters (D)
Received this fundraising e-mail from Senator Carl Levin (D. MI) today in support of Congressman Gary Peters (D. MI-14) bid to succeed him in the U.S. Senate: A few months ago, I decided that I would...
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MI-Sen: Gary Peters (D) Asks President Obama To Create Detroit Task Force To...
Glad to see someone looking out for Detroit's future: http://www.hometownlife.com/... U.S. Rep. Gary Peters sent President Barack Obama a letter Friday urging him to create a Detroit task force to...
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MI-Sen: GOP Consultant On Super PAC's Anti-Gary Peters (D) Ad, "It reminds me...
If there's one state where Republicans and right wing Super PACs have royally screwed up in terms of negative ads against Democrats. We all remember this ad from the 2012 Election season:Well the...
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MI-Sen: Gary Peters (D) Vows To Donate Salary To Charity If Government Shuts...
I like this: http://www.freep.com/... U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, said today that if government shuts down he will not take his pay for the duration and instead donate it to local...
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MI-Sen: VoteVets Helps Gary Peters (D) Fight Back Against Tea Party Attacks
VoteVets is helping fellow veteran Rep. Gary Peters (D. MI-14), who is running for Senator Carl Levin's (D. MI) seat, fight back against the Tea Party's attacks: Throughout his career in Congress,...
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Levin plans 60-vote hurdle for military sexual assault bill he already tried...
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) faces a panel of top military leaders during a Senate hearing on military sexual assault.Oh, hey, what do you know. Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin, a key...
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Gillibrand: 'We will have the votes' on military sexual assault bill
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's bill to put military sexual assault prosecutions in the hands of prosecutors, not military commanders with incentives against prosecution, will...
View ArticleSenate Votes Down Two Gitmo-Related Amendments. What Would They Have Done?
Yesterday, the Senate voted on two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) regarding the closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility.The current text removes some of the...
View ArticleWhy Hasn't Sen. Elizabeth Warren Backed the Iran Deal?
There's a belief among both supporters and critics of diplomacy with Iran that Senate Democrats are afraid to speak up in support of the Administration's successful multilateral diplomacy with Iran...
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MI-Sen: Sen. Jon Tester (D. MT) Fundraises For Gary Peters (D)
U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D. MT) has been on a roll lately, helping fundraise for Democratic incumbents and candidates running in some tough races. Tester is now turning his attention on the Michigan...
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MI-Sen: Gary Peters (D) Introduces Bill To Fund Customs Plaza For New...
I haven't written about Congressman Gary Peters (D. MI-14), who is running for Senator Carl Levin's (D. MI) seat, in a while so I figured I'd check in and see what he's up to. Lately, he's been...
View Article22 Sen Democrats Sent a Letter to Obama to Tell Him That They're Okay with...
Yesterday, a group of 23 senators (22D, 1I) today sent a letter to President Obama regarding the negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran. The letter calls for Obama to include Congress more in the...
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MI-Gov: Sen. Carl Levin (D) Helps Mark Schauer (D) Get Ready To Take On Rick...
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D. MI) in support of Mark Schauer's (D. MI) gubernatorial bid against Tea Party Governor Rick Snyder (R. MI): I'm confident that Mark Schauer has...
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Caterpillar Avoided $2.4 Billion in US Taxes
Caterpillar, the “world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment,” avoided $2.4 billion in US corporate taxes by diverting $8 billion in profit through a Swiss affiliate. (The Guardian)...
View ArticleLevin Wants To Shut Off The Corporate Offshore Thievery
The corporate thieves running U.S.-based corporations are just counting the days until Carl Levin heads off to retirement at the end of this term. It was Levin, you may recall, who looked at Goldman...
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Senate Democrats pushing Holder to prosecute big banks
Sen. Carl Levin Seems like the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Senate might just be growing, and starting to really sink its teeth into "too big to fail or jail" banks.Congressional Democrats say Attorney...
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How Credit Suisse "got off easy avoiding criminal indictments and naming...
Lynnley Browning of Newsweek reveals a potential blockbuster of a story in How Credit Suisse Got Off Easy. Browning presents evidence that not only did Credit Suisse avoid any criminal charges for its...
View ArticleObama: Companies "cherry-picking the rules, and it damages the country’s...
I detect a president who thinks he's found a very potent political argument. Having gone soft on the bankers, letting all the big fish skate after wrecking the economy, the president has figured out...
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