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Yesterday In The Senate

RELATED: From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Decades ago, the majority of the Arctic’s winter ice pack was made up of thick, perennial ice. Today, very old ice is extremely rare. This animation tracks the relative amount of ice of different ages from 1987 through early November 2014. Video produced by the Climate.gov team, based on data provided …

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CALIFORNIA: AG Kamala Harris To Make 2016 Bid For Barbara Boxer’s Senate Seat

Via USA Today: California Attorney General Kamala Harris formally launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate and immediately pushed the nascent 2016 race to a new level. “I want to be a voice for Californians,” Harris said in an message to supporters posted on her website. “I will be a fighter for the next generation on the critical issues facing …

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Sen. Ted Cruz To Oversee NASA

Via UPI: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has been made the chair for the Senate subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, which oversees NASA. Cruz said in 2013 it is “critical” the United States show continued leadership in space exploration and development. However, his opinion on climate change, which NASA is heavily involved in studying, has been a skeptical one. “The …

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GOP Celebrates Senate Majority

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Perkins Praises Rubio On Florida Marriage

“Some Republicans try so hard to be popular that they forget to be principled. The real leaders of the GOP are proving you can be both. While some conservatives duck down and hope their social positions won’t be noticed, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) proudly defends the values of his party — and the values of the majority of most Americans. …

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Lindsey Graham Welcomes Joni Ernst To Senate With A Hog Castration Device

Ernst’s first campaign ad bragged that she is a woman of the people because she has castrated hogs. As all people have.

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TEXAS: State’s First Gay Federal Judge Approved Thanks To Sen. Ted Cruz

Via the Dallas Morning News: The Senate confirmed three Texans Tuesday night for lifetime judicial appointments, capping an effort to fill vacancies in the state that have languished for years. The nominees — U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman of San Antonio, Texarkana lawyer Robert Schroeder III and Sherman Magistrate Judge Amos Mazzant III — were approved by a voice vote on …

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We Have A Surgeon General

Via the Washington Post: President Obama’s pick to serve as the next surgeon general was confirmed Monday evening more than a year and half after being nominated, the first of nearly a half dozen of the president’s picks set for confirmation this week as Democrats prepare to cede control of the U.S. Senate. Senators voted 51 to 43 to confirm …

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Pat Robertson Slams Ted Cruz

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Cruz Was Tammy Baldwin’s Secret Santa

Sen. Al Franken launched a Secret Santa program in the Senate in 2011 in order to bridge the “partisan divide.” This year the very anti-gay Ted Cruz drew the name of lesbian Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Via Wisconsin’s Cap Times: Thanks to the intrepid reporting of entertainment gossip outlet TMZ — whose reporters apparently chase after politicians in addition to more …

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Senate Approves Spending Bill

Via the Wall Street Journal: In a rare weekend session triggered by a conservative revolt against President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration, the Senate on Saturday night passed a $1.1 trillion government spending bill, sending it to the president for his signature and ending the final budget fight of a Congress riven by them. Two days after intraparty divisions …

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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) To Introduce Sweeping Federal LGBT Rights Bill

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today announced that in the next session he will introduce a sweeping federal LGBT rights bill that will cover employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations. Justin Snow reports at MetroWeekly: Merkley said that while the Senate’s passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in November of last year by a 64-32 vote after the bill failed by …

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Tweet Of The Day

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GOP Might Kill Legal Pot In DC

Via the Washington Post: Tucked in the massive spending bill needed to prevent a federal government shutdown may be a measure sought by conservative House Republicans to halt marijuana legalization in the nation’s capital, advocates for the measure say. Seven in 10 D.C. voters backed an initiative last month to follow Colorado and Washington state in legalizing marijuana. But three …

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Senate Releases “Grisly” Torture Report

Via the New York Times: A scathing report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday found that the Central Intelligence Agency routinely misled the White House and Congress about the information it obtained from the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects, and that its methods were more brutal than the C.I.A. acknowledged either to Bush administration officials or to …

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Democrats Lose Ninth Senate Seat

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Rand Paul To Run For Senate In 2016

Via the Associated Press: Kentucky Republican Rand Paul says he will seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2016. Paul said in a press release Tuesday that he hopes to continue “the task of repairing and revitalizing our great nation” in the Senate. Paul is also considering running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. His team believes there …

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MAP: Richest Members Of Congress

At #1 is GOP car thief (seriously) Rep. Darryl Issa, who is worth at least $357M. Issa lists seven high-yield bonds as being worth more than $50 million — the highest disclosure category. How much those bonds are actually worth is unknown; they could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars each. But just as his wealth could be many …

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Tweet Of The Day – Sen. Cory Booker

Stand by for the outrage.

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ALASKA: Another Dem Senate Loss

Via the Wall Street Journal: Republican Dan Sullivan was declared the winner of Alaska’s Senate race early Wednesday morning, a week after voting ended, as the Associated Press said he held an insurmountable lead over one-term Democratic Sen. Mark Begich. Mr. Sullivan’s win brings the Republican majority in the next Senate to 53 seats, with one race, in Louisiana, still …

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