Post I.T. (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Ten Democratic senators, including Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to support his push for net neutrality rules and to commend the agency's decision to hold a longer comment period for the public to weigh in on the controversial proposal. Genachowski's proposal for net neutrality rules is expected to be followed by a 120-day comment and reply period before final...
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch.com service. Subscription needed for online access: 08/07/2009 List of Remaining Democratic Amendments Pending to America's Affordable Health Choices Act,...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida House Speaker-designate Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, has sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations committee, pledging support for a national oil-drilling expansion in the Gulf --...
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Three Democratic “senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission to re-examine the 2007 merger of prescription drug giants Caremark and CVS, expressing concern the merged company will drive independent pharmacies out of business,” the AP reports. Sens. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and Any Klobuchar of Minnesota said they’ve been hearing [...]
Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
In particular N.D.'s (barely, three weeks) junior Senator, Byron Dorgan is a heavyweight. From the Senator's website: ...Senator Dorgan is a member of four Senate standing committees and fourteen subcommittees, in addition to being the chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee.... Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, Chairman Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development...
2 Political Junkies (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
From The Hill : Senate Democrats on Wednesday banded together to defeat — barely — a Republican proposal to allow concealed weapons to be carried across state lines. Voting 58-39, the chamber beat back an amendment by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a potential presidential hopeful who has taken on a growing role among Senate Republicans, that would have permitted weapons to be transferred from...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
? IL-Sen : Here's a fairly big-name entrant to the Illinois Senate: Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson, who just formed an exploratory committee. Jackson had occasionally been rumored to be interested (to the extent that Jan Schakowksy's internal poll included her, where she got 17% when explicitly substituted for Burris) but hadn't taken concrete steps. Jackson has two demographic positives:...
Wilson Graf Consulting (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Presidential race loser and US Senator John Kerry (remember him') has sent a note to the FCC basically asking why AT&T has an exclusive iPhone contract with Apple. Two years after its introduction? This horse is late to the race: We ask that you examine this issue carefully and act expeditiously should you find that exclusivity agreements unfairly restrict consumer choice or adversely impact competition...
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Four Senators “have asked the Federal Communications Commission to look into the exclusive deals which limit the use of specific cell phones to specific carriers,” Digital Journal reports. Three democrats, John Kerry of Massachusetts, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and one republican, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, are leading the investigation. The [...]
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
With the increased pressure from people of justice around the world requiring the truth about kidnapped Christian attorney Gao Zhisheng, the Chinese government has been forced to respond. Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong recently issued the first official letter about Gao, in reply to a letter from Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of Congressional-Executive Commission on China. According to [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/18/2009
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Byron Dorgan calls it "a shocking miscarriage of justice."
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 04/02/2009
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Senator George Voinovich (R-OH), and key members of the Energy Security Leadership Council (ESLC), a project of Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), unveiled The National Energy Security Act of 2009 Wednesday. The bill presents a comprehensive plan to reduce our nation's dangerous dependence on oil, primarily through the electrification of the short-haul ground transportation...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
The White House says President Barack Obama is keeping a watchful eye on the flood threat in North Dakota.
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
Mexican Trucking Will Be Revived By U.S., LaHood Says By Angela Greiling Keane March 24 (Bloomberg) — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he will revive a program that lets Mexican trucks deliver goods across the border in a bid to resolve a dispute with the U.S.’s third-largest trading partner. LaHood met today with Senator Byron Dorgan, a North [...]
White House.gov Blog (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
With fears of record flooding in North Dakota and surrounding areas, last night the President
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