Stories tagged with U.S. Senate
Wives succeeding husbands in the Senate is a long tradition
By Laurie Bennett | September 1, 2009 at 7:33am | 0
“Til death do us part” is not an oath that applies to congressional seats.
Sen. Ted Kennedy dies at age 77
By Laurie Bennett | August 26, 2009 at 7:20am | 0
After a long battle with brain cancer, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died Tuesday at age 77.
Burris proclaims himself a lame duck
By Ric Bohy | July 12, 2009 at 11:47am | 0
Roland Burris announced last week that he won’t campaign to retain the Senate seat that went vacant with the election of President Barack Obama.
Al Franken leaps from one fire to another
By Ric Bohy | July 1, 2009 at 10:03am | 0
Democrat Al Franken has finally been declared the new senator from Minnesota.
Football-star-turned-justice oversees MN Senate battle
By A. James Memmott | June 3, 2009 at 10:23am | 0
A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame could have a hand in deciding the outcome of the contested U.S. Senate race in Minnesota.
Michael Bennet has two years to prove himself to CO voters
By A. James Memmott | January 7, 2009 at 10:15am | 0
Michael Bennet may be rich and well connected, but he’s a political unknown in Colorado.
Bayhs build a fortune with separate, but overlapping careers
By Laurie Bennett | May 27, 2008 at 7:39am | 1
Susan Bayh isn’t the only congressional spouse to sit on a corporate board.
Mukasey hearings double as Yale reunion
By A. James Memmott | October 22, 2007 at 8:24am | 0
The recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Michael Mukasey to be U.S. attorney general might have passed for a meeting of the Yale Law School alumni association.
Mukasey, class of 1967, was introduced to the committee by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., also Yale Law class of ‘67.
The Rockefeller dynasty
By Laurie Bennett | May 9, 2007 at 8:56pm | 1
The family name has stood money and power since John D. Rockefeller built one of America’s great fortunes with Standard Oil Co. Subsequent generations have continued to hold sway in politics, finance and philanthropy.
