Senate will remain an exclusive club

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 16, 2004 ;   EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON;   734 words ...Senate will remain an exclusive club, even if Obama wins By EARL...election of black Illinois legislator Barack Obama to the Senate in November has ignited almost as much excitement as his...would be only the fifth black person ever to sit in the Senate. If Georgia Rep. Denise L. Majette wins the Aug. 10 ...

Defeat of Tower Reflects Dramatic Changes in Senate

The Washington Post;  March 13, 1989 ;   Helen Dewar;   787 words ...The Senate that rejected John G. Tower for secretary of defense last Thursday was not the Senate where he served for most of the last three decades: Tower's Senate probably would have understood and looked the other way. Tower's fate may have been...

Senate

The Oxford Guide to the United States Government;    John J. Patrick, Richard M. Pious, and Donald A. Ritchie;   787 words ...Senate All states are represented equally in the U.S. Senate by two senators (in contrast to the House of Representatives...classes,” so that only one class, or one-third of the Senate, is up for election every two years. With two-thirds of...

Senate rejects live Lewinsky testimony; backs away from 'finding of fact'.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 5, 1999 ;   Mishra, Steven Thomma And Raja;   787 words ...WASHINGTON _ The Senate on Thursday soundly rejected a plea to...development, Thursday's actions mean the Senate will finish the trial next week with...certain to be acquitted. But first the Senate had to decide how much more it wanted...

The Senate as body of respected elders.(Opinion & Editorial)

Manila Bulletin;  August 12, 2004 ;     437 words ...THE Senate has been invariably described as the council...assembly of senior leaders, etc. Maybe the Senate is all that and together with the House...That is not a theoretical view of the Senate as, in fact, in our particular case we...

Senate to probe Lozada's security expenses

The Manila Times;  May 21, 2008 ;   Danao, Efren L;   438 words ...The Senate has decided to look inward and investigate the funding and the persons...Lozada Jr. and Dante Madriaga, who have been under the custody of the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan said the Committee on Accounts, which...

11th Congress ends; 2 chambers' records cited; Valedictory speeches mark...

Manila Bulletin;  June 8, 2001 ;   Casayuran, Mario B.;   787 words ...The Senate and the House adjourned sine die yesterday...close the 11th Congress which saw four Senate presidents in three years and the chamber...output and in its oversight functions. Senate President Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. closed...

Drilon scores attack on the Senate as an institution.(Main News)

Manila Bulletin;  October 28, 2005 ;     492 words ...Senate President Franklin M. Drilon said yesterday that an attack on the 23-member Senate as an institution is an attack on each and every senator...organized their group as Public Relations Organization of the Senate. I could see that in the next several weeks or months...

SENATE AVOIDS BUDGET ANTICS CONTRAST MADE WITH SESSION IN HOUSE

The Boston Globe;  May 26, 2000 ;   Michael Crowley, GLOBE STAFF;   761 words ...The Senate wrapped up an orderly, G-rated budget debate...that embarrassed the House last month. The Senate is by nature more staid than the larger...the budget passed yesterday afternoon, Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham noted that...

Senate Partisanship Worst in Memory; Key Legislation Languishes as...

The Washington Post;  May 2, 2004 ;   Helen Dewar;   787 words ...The Senate was bogged down in its latest snarl last Wednesday when an angry...s tart observation reflected the paralysis that has gripped the Senate this year. The Senate is famously known for its painfully slow pace and legislative quicksand...

WHOLE NEW SENATE BALLGAME DUPONT AT RISK BY GOP LOSSES

The Boston Globe;  November 18, 1990 ;   Gary Ghioto, Special to the Globe;   787 words ...CONCORD - Senate President William Bartlett's name wasn't even on the ballot and Senate Majority Leader Edward Dupont ran unopposed...biggest losers in the recent election for the state Senate. Bartlett (R-Kingston), and Dupont (R-Rochester...

CRITICS: TRADITION, TACTICS IDLE SENATE

The Boston Globe;  November 9, 1987 ;   Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff;   678 words ...The state Senate, paralyzed in recent weeks by a series...for procrastination. Critics blame the Senate's dearth of activity on a combination...nearly all the members and staff of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. "It's like a...

Key Bills Caught In Senate Logjams; Session Marked by Filibusters, Ploys

The Washington Post;  June 28, 2008 ;   Lori Montgomery; Jeffrey H Birnbaum - Washington Post Staff Writers;   787 words ...The Senate went home yesterday for the Fourth of July...vowed to tackle those problems. Yet the Senate has been unable to move forward even when...tops the agenda. With each side using the Senate's byzantine rules to gain advantage, work...

SENATE APPROVES OUT-OF-BALANCE $12.47B BUDGET

The Boston Globe;  June 9, 1989 ;   Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff;   787 words ...The Massachusetts Senate approved by a 27-6 vote a spending plan...lasting nearly 25 straight hours, the Senate finished action on a $12.47 billion budget...McGovern (D-Lawrence), chairwoman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said the budget...

Senate approves removal power

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 5, 2003 ;   STEVEN WALTERS;   629 words ...Senate approves removal power Presiding officer can, for one day...microphone out of its stand, Republicans on Tuesday gave the Senate's presiding officer the unprecedented power to remove for...creates a "substantial" disturbance or disruption. The Senate's 18-13 vote established a new code of conduct for ...