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The Global Dispatch
January 23, 2018
In December 2010, the U.S. Senate with a Democrat majority failed to pass the DACA. At which time, five Democrat senators voted against the bill, including current Senator John Tester of Montana, and former Sen. Max Baucus, Sen. Kay Hagan, Sen. Ben Nelson, and Sen. Mark Pryor. Also, current SenatorÃÂ ...
RealClearPolitics
January 19, 2018
Trump hopes Florida Gov. Rick Scott will challenge Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson -- and last week in what appeared to be an overt political gift, the Sunshine State received the only waiver from the administration's unpopular new policy on offshore drilling. But thus far Scott hasn't taken the reins on a SenateÃÂ ...
Omaha World-Herald
January 9, 2018
Nebraska's junior senator, Republican Ben Sasse, previously served on the ag committee but gave it up a year ago, along with another committee, in order ... She questioned why Fischer had not sought a seat on the panel earlier in her five years in the Senate. ... Ben Nelson's agriculture advisory council.
Omaha World-Herald
December 23, 2017
Ben Nelson's childhood home is becoming part of the Heritage Square complex in McCook in southwest Nebraska. ... Nelson, who retired from the Senate in 2013, said the idea of donating his family home in McCook came from a tourism study calling for additional development of the community's politicalÃÂ ...
McCook Daily Gazette
December 20, 2017
Former Nebraska Governor and U.S. Senator Ben Nelson may soon have an enhanced presence along Norris Avenue, similar to and just a few houses down from the ... The McCook City Council unanimously approved a special exception request earlier this week allowing the boyhood home of Sen.
Lincoln Journal Star
August 24, 2017
"I want to be on the Senate Agriculture Committee," she said, positioned to help protect and advance the interests of what she described as "the economic engine of our state." Neither Fischer nor Sen. Ben Sasse serves ... Ben Nelson was re-elected in 2006, Raybould said: "I love a challenge. I love a goodÃÂ ...
Lincoln Journal Star
July 23, 2017
Last week triggered reminders of a Nebraska senator supplying the key vote clearing the path for historic legislation that helped define a recent presidency. Enter Ben Nelson and Bob Kerrey, Nebraska's most recent Democratic members of the Senate. The reminders come from The New York Times andÃÂ ...
Omaha World-Herald
July 20, 2017
Nearly eight years ago, Ben Nelson cast a U.S. Senate vote in favor of a version of the Affordable Care Act, and he's still catching heat. The latest critic: President Donald Trump, who said this week that Democrats “ended up giving away the state of Nebraska” to win passage of the law in 2010.
Omaha World-Herald
December 24, 2017
LINCOLN — When his family decorated graves on Memorial Day in McCook, Ben Nelson said his father would always note the resting spot of U.S. Sen. ... Nelson, who retired from the Senate in 2013, said the idea of donating his family home in McCook came from a tourism study calling for additionalÃÂ ...
Salt Lake Tribune
December 21, 2017
Ben Nelson, a Democrat from Nebraska, this bill has a Bob Corker kickback, a Republican senator from Tennessee, pushed through by our own Sen. ... Matheson, president of conservative think tank The Sutherland Institute, said, “Republican leadership in the Senate really lost control of the message.
CNBC
December 15, 2017
Republicans already have a slim 52-48 voting majority in the Senate to work with. Republican ... That race to passage included marathon efforts to win over holdout Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak's vote and the so-called "Cornhusker Kickback" deal with then-Senator Ben Nelson from Nebraska.
Lincoln Journal Star
December 12, 2017
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Omaha attorney Steve Grasz to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ending a contentious but relatively swift journey to a seat on the federal court. The 50-48 vote ... Sen. Ben Nelson and Deborah Gilg, who had been Obama's U.S. attorney for Nebraska.
Cannabis Now
December 9, 2017
The political climate of cannabis is changing. According to a recent Gallup poll, support for cannabis legalization amongst conservatives is at an all-time high, falling at a whopping 51 percent of Republicans. One of those conservative advocates is Krystal Gabel, who is running for Governor of Nebraska in ...
Politico
December 9, 2017
With Aubree Eliza Weaver. CRAIGSLIST HIRES ITS FIRST LOBBYISTS: Craigslist has hired former Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and four of his colleagues at Sidley Austin to lobby on an anti-sex trafficking bill. The bill, championed by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)Â ...
Omaha World-Herald
December 8, 2017
People hold up signs of support for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello. Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., came to Omaha, Nebraska, to campaign for Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello at Baxter Arena on Thursday, April 20, 2017.
Washington Examiner
December 7, 2017
But that analysis didn't take into account the effects of eliminating the individual mandate in Obamacare, something the Senate bill would effectively do by ... Ben Nelson, D-Fla., would help insurers pay for the medical costs of the most expensive enrollees, and allow premiums to go down for other enrollees.
ABC News
December 7, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell joined by Sen. ... But it's actually then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell from December 2009, griping over what he saw as Democrats' efforts to rush health ... Ben Nelson (D-NE), which became known as the “Cornhusker Kickback,” to get Nelson's support.
Lincoln Journal Star
November 16, 2017
Sen. Ben Sasse has urged his fellow members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider the broad support for Omaha attorney Steve Grasz in Nebraska as they consider whether to ... Sen. Ben Nelson and Deborah Gilg, who had been U.S. attorney for Nebraska under the Obama administration.
Investorplace.com
November 13, 2017
As a result of these revelations, the Senate Commerce Committee held ... After hearing this, Senator Ben Nelson went on to say that “rigorous” ...
Benzinga
November 9, 2017
As a result of these revelations, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on consumer data security yesterday. Among those who testified included ... After hearing this, Senator Ben Nelson went on to say that "rigorous" data security rules must be implemented. Nelson further explained that stiffer ...
Omaha World-Herald
November 5, 2017
Ben Nelson, a Democrat, wrote of Steve: ... of law during his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and we will confidently continue to ...
Omaha World-Herald
November 2, 2017
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee members clearly split along party lines ... Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and former U.S. Attorney for Nebraska Deb Gilg.
The Hill
November 2, 2017
Schiappa, who spent nearly three decades in the Senate, knows how members in the upper chamber think. .... then-Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)Â ...
Omaha World-Herald
November 1, 2017
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee members clearly split ... Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and former U.S. Attorney for Nebraska Deb Gilg.
Lewiston Sun Journal
October 29, 2017
Jeers for Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, and other senators, who bartered their votes on health care reform for sweetheart deals. Cheers to Maine ...
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
October 29, 2017
Senate leadership decided to use the budget reconciliation process to ... Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, was one of at least three Democratic ...
Kearney Hub
October 26, 2017
Senators in the 24 even-numbered legislative districts are either up for re-election or ready to vacate their seats because of term limits. ... He recently named Theresa Thibodeau of Omaha to replace Sen. ... Sen. Ben Nelson.
Salon
October 26, 2017
Jeff Flake's speech on the Senate floor continued to be felt through the ... or Ben Nelson of Nebraska to preen for the cameras at times like this.
Lincoln Journal Star
October 22, 2017
Omaha state Sen. ... In Lincoln, the Omaha senator has been a voice, a force and a factor, an independent senator ... Bob Krist's name recognition challenge is hardly unique: When Ben Nelson launched his first gubernatorial ...
AOL
October 18, 2017
Al Franken of Minnesota during a Senate hearing Wednesday. ..... Baghdad, IRAQ: US Senators Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, (L) and Jeff ...
Nebraska Radio Network
October 17, 2017
Kleeb disagrees and hopes to energize a party which hasn't won statewide since Ben Nelson won re-election to the United States Senate seat ...
WOWT
September 28, 2017
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -- The cast of Will & Grace is back in primetime on WOWT NBC Omaha after a 10 year absence. WOWT's Brian Mastre ...
Tulsa World
September 28, 2017
Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, and the “Louisiana Purchase,” a $300 million ... As long as Republicans control the House, Senate and White House ...
HuffPost
September 25, 2017
If the Paul effort fails, the leadership offered sweeteners to Senator Murkowski in ... deal offered and then withdrawn in shame to then-Senator Ben Nelson of ... bill unless the Senate would vote to overrule its parliamentarian.
McCook Daily Gazette
September 25, 2017
... kickback” that preceded then Sen. Ben Nelson's decisive vote to pass the Affordable Care Act. ... They include Alaska, home to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is one of the undecided senators. As of this morning, the measure ...
TPM
September 25, 2017
Bill Cassidy (R-LA) admitted his legislation is dead if Sen. ... Two senators who, even though its going to be good for their state, they're not going ... was added for Nebraska to try to get Ben Nelson's vote and there was a great ...
HuffPost
September 25, 2017
If the Paul effort fails, the leadership offered sweeteners to Senator Murkowski in ... deal offered and then withdrawn in shame to then-Senator Ben Nelson of ... bill unless the Senate would vote to overrule its parliamentarian.
ThinkProgress
September 22, 2017
Sen. Graham is telling other senators that reports about a special deal ... Ben Nelson (D) that was ultimately removed from the Affordable Care ...
Liberal Advocate News
September 22, 2017
... ObamaCare in 2010, Senate Democrats added a Medicaid-specific provision for Nebraska to sweeten the deal for then senator, Ben Nelson.
MSNBC
September 22, 2017
The Senate's Obamacare repeal bill may protect Alaska and up to four other ... As recently as June, Sen. ... Ben Nelson (D) of Nebraska.
Mic
September 21, 2017
... debate over the Affordable Care Act. In 2010 Senate Democrats attempted to win support from conservative Democratic Senator Ben Nelson ...
Lincoln Journal Star
August 24, 2017
Recognizing her path will be uphill in a state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since Sen. Ben Nelson was re-elected in 2006, ...
Lincoln Journal Star
July 23, 2017
Enter Ben Nelson and Bob Kerrey, Nebraska's most recent ... The national defense authorization act approved by the Senate Armed Services ...
Roll Call
July 21, 2017
Ben Nelson on where Republicans stand on health care reform: “I ... said, decrying the decline of moderate centrists like himself in the Senate.
Omaha World-Herald
July 20, 2017
Nearly eight years ago, Ben Nelson cast a U.S. Senate vote in favor of a version of the Affordable Care Act, and he's still catching heat.
ModernHealthcare.com
December 31, 1999
Already, one healthcare lobbyist said, the House is considering a punt to January to sort these issues out even though Collins secured Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's pledge to move CSR funding—through a compromise bill by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.)ÃÂ ...
The Week Magazine
December 31, 1999
Republicans finally rammed their tax bill through the House and the Senate on Tuesday. ... Republicans worked themselves into a spittle-flecked frenzy over a minor instance of patronage politics: a proposed small increase in Medicaid benefits for Nebraskans to win the vote of Sen. Ben Nelson (D).
The Independent Weekly
December 31, 1999
Sen. Bob Corker, who was considered a potential 'no' vote on the bill, abruptly switched his position upon the release of the final legislation. Federal records ... WHAT IT MEANS: Remember the infamous Cornhusker Kickback [The Hill], the effort to appease Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska during theÃÂ ...
McCook Daily Gazette
December 31, 1999
Former Nebraska Governor and U.S. Senator Ben Nelson may soon have an enhanced presence along Norris Avenue, similar to and just a few houses down from the ... The McCook City Council unanimously approved a special exception request earlier this week allowing the boyhood home of Sen.
Kenosha News
December 31, 1999
Ben Nelson that was part of the discussions, but ultimately dropped from the Affordable Care Act. But Johnson doesn't have to worry about his next election, having already said he won't seek a third term, and he doesn't feel any need to heed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after leadership ...
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