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A few hours shooting the breeze with the senator on the Straight Talk Express and most journalists are eating out of his hand.

Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky led the support for the bank. Clay was head of the opposition political party, the National Republicans.

I seem to have a microphone in my hand. Well, I'd be interested in knowing what Hillary has to say to that question. -Senator Clinton?

PAN Senator Ricardo Garcia Cervantes called it a clear violation of Mexico's sovereignty.

Senator John Clayton of Delaware proposed to the Senate that it name a special committee on the question of slavery in the new territories.

"It would be nice to have it in a package form by the debt-limit" debate, said Senator Saxby Chambliss, a Republican of Georgia.

The Arizona senator told CNN: "There is no place for it in that setting, or any other, and he should apologise for it immediately. "

He said Senator Clinton has still not taken responsibility for her vote to authorize President Bush to invade Iraq five years ago.

The 69-year-old Bishop said he punched Barron, 65, in the head after the senator called him a "son of a bitch. "

In Michigan on Thursday, the Illinois senator told supporters that he had "a gift all picked out" for his wife of 16 years.

Those hopes died when a key Republican moderate, Senator Lincoln Chafee, said he would not back Mr Bolton.

Fremont had explored the American west. He had been a senator from California.

Senator Durbin did not comment on the proposal, but welcomed any Chinese attempt to ease tensions on the Korea peninsula.

A few years later, Senator Nelson decided to put one day aside every year for the cause of saving the planet.

Political experts said the issue of Reverend Wright appeared to have little effect on Senator Obama in last week's primaries.

Last summer he said he would vote against a cap-and-trade scheme as a senator, though he had voted for the plan in the House.

Senator Kent! Hi, I've been looking all over for you. I would like you to meet Oliver Queen.

Regrettably, for Senator Richardson, many of these statements turned out to be nothing but libel.

One of the most emotional parts of the night for the crowd was an unexpected appearance by Massachusetts Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy.

He would have gone out of his way to grant Senator Webb a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi.

And the senator smiled, as if he rather liked the idea of considering himself a sacrifice to his country.

At a first glance, people might think he looked a senator, it did not take them long to discover how mercurial he was.

Senator Orton Worrell: Your country needs you to go back. You know its the right thing to do.

As the former Republican senator Alan Simpson says: "The little guy is going to be cremated. "

His father had been a Senator and Secretary of the Air Force and his younger brother a former congressman.

Mr. Obama introduced legislation to give shareholders a say when he was a senator, though the bill did not become law.

The remaining 350 pages focus on Hillary's experience as First Lady, with just a few devoted to her time as a senator.

Senator McCain did not call me this time but I thought to volunteer a draft of a concession speech for him next Tuesday, in the event.

There was more name-calling in the campaign for senator than I ever heard before.

Senator Cochran said he would work to "craft language and funding that will be approved by the Senate" in the next recovery bill for all U.

If you think Senator Marcus is going to be leverage, he's not.

Senator Lindsey Graham criticized Obama for acting as if "leading the free world is an inconvenience. "

And Senator Heinz sat very quietly and he said, "Well, what would your reaction be if I said I'd give you a million dollars? "

Until just a few months ago, 51-year-old Senator John Edwards of North Carolina was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

His wife Michelle, in an opening night speech, is expected to spotlight Senator Obama's unusual life story.

The Senator had said he intended to resign last month but has now vowed to serve out his term.

Be that as it may. If our good senator was a political sinner, he was in a fair way to expiate it by his night's penance.

But Richardson said the choice Obama made is just one of difficult decisions a senator -- and a president -- must make.

In a powerful tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy, President Barack Obama described him as the greatest United States Senator of our time.

Three of the first people he talked to asked if the senator's second name was really Hussein and if it was true he was a Muslim.

The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, 'Isn't that just a little excessive? '

It was one of several good moments for Mr Biden, a senator from Delaware who has run before and who has little support in the polls.

I feel like if I once turned loose people would begin to call Senator Beveridge the Grand Young Sphinx of the Wabash.

Senator Obama fought back with criticisms of the Bush administration's policies, which he said Senator McCain has largely supported.

Lee Williams gave me the chance to drive the senator for a few days on a trip to southwest Arkansas, and I jumped at it.

But why might Mr Kirchner yield to his wife, a senator and an experienced politician in her own right?

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Michigan Democrat, said the Americans at all levels but notably the middle class continue to struggle.

All this adds up to what Senator Graham considers a profound change within his party.

If Spitzer had been, say, a United States senator, he might have been able to hang on at least till the end of his term.

One Republican senator complained that he thought he had "woken up in France" .

Senator Hoar spoke strongly against the treaty. He said that taking over the Philippines would be a dangerous break with America's past.

"Senator Clinton has internalized a lot of the strategies, the tactics that have made Washington such a miserable place, " he said.

Vladimir, a state senator in the province, with a buzz cut and a nose as red as fire, sat back down in his seat.

If I could publicly acknowledge and congratulate the election of Senator Obama as the next President of the United States.

I had admired Senator Gore since I was a young man, and always enjoyed the chances my association with Al gave me to be with him.

It had been the way he looked at Senator Amidala, it was difficult to think he did not care for her ferociously.

Senator Davis said the North was responsible for the growing split, because the North was trying to get complete control of the South.

He did not think it necessary to mention that he himself had warned the Senator not to come.

a senator must have been a citizen of the US for 9 years at the time of his election.

Though little noticed as a state senator, Mr Brown turned out to be just such a candidate.

As he was making his farewells, a photographer leaped out of what looked like a cupboard in the Senator's office.

She tells the Senator that she admires him for standing by his principles.

The Democratic senator from Montana was a novice in the rough world of rodeo three decades ago, but when challenged he did not hesitate.

He fought to preserve slavery all his life, even as an old man at the very end of his career as a senator from South Carolina.

"That of course is a horse of another colour, " said the senator.

In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American dream, as a community organizer, in the state senate, as a United States senator.

The drop followed a month of attacks on the New York senator from her rivals and a heavily criticized performance in a late-October debate.

Soon afterward, Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic Majority Leader, cautioned the President about the implications of the word "war. "

Maine Senator Susan Collins was one of only three Republicans to back Mr. Obama's economic-stimulus package last month.

The Chairman of this Subcommittee, Senator Frist, has asked you for a 1 page memo on whether or not the Senate should ratify the Treaty.

During the struggle over the bank bills, the Whigs did not forget the other parts of Senator Clay's legislative program.

Our commander in Afghanistan, Tommy Franks, recently said the Senator's understanding of events does not square with reality.

Senator McCain's not here. He probably wanted to distance himself from me a little bit. You know, he's not alone. Jenna's moving out, too.

Afterwards, the senator from Arizona paid a visit to the White House to receive an endorsement from his former nemesis, George Bush.

Senator McCain laughed along with the crowd as he said, "May I give the translation? "

A woman dries her eyes as she views the flag-draped casket of Senator Edward Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.

Republican rival Senator John McCain is across the pond still on his world tours, spending the holiday in London.

Senator Obama wants to raise taxes and restrict trade. The last time America did that in a bad economy it led to the Great Depression.

"Coal is going to be a part of our future, " insists Byron Dorgan, North Dakota's junior senator.

She did, however, agree to meet Senator Webb, suggesting she sees some merit in the American's new policy of engagement with her jailors.

Defying one of the oldest political traditions, the Arizona senator is winning by gruffly refusing to tell people what they want to hear.

Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa was more blunt still, saying, "We've got to get the Fairness Doctrine back in law again. "

Presidential hopefuls did not spend much time in Iowa this year because favorite son, Senator Harkin, was one of the candidates.

Senator John McCain, a Republican presidential hopeful, has said he wants to see the United States in the ICC.

To be scrupulously nonpartisan, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. , her Democratic counterpart, seems to have a deep wardrobe of ties.

Meanwhile, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is trying to use a Democratic budget plan to tighten limits on government payments to farms.

Senator Clay did not think Taylor had the ability to be president. But Clay knew well how the voters loved a military hero.

Senator James Alesi of the Rochester suburbs was the first Republican senator to say he would vote for marriage equality.

Senator McCain said he is confident Congress and the Bush administration can agree on a financial bailout plan within the next few days.

Even if President Ford had chosen Senator Baker to run with him, the chances of the Republicans capturing the South would have been slim.

Senator McCain said he is confident Congress and the Bush administration can agree on a financial bailout plan within the next few days.

Even if President Ford had chosen Senator Baker to run with him, the chances of the Republicans capturing the South would have been slim.

Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu told VOA she did not think it was a partisan political speech at all.

Senator Joe Lieberman, who caucuses with the Democrats, said he found the public scolding "very troubling" .

When asked whether he thought the woman's comment was funny, Senator McCain said he laughed because he wanted to move on.

Though the audience didn't like his speech and spoke ill of him , Senator Tomson was still in impassivity.

One state senator said he would support expanding the deposit mandate only if the state built a network of recycling centers.

Democratic Senator-elect Al Franken has arrived in Washington, offering no jokes, just a promise that he is ready to get to work.

Senator Joe Lieberman, in introducing me at my confirmation hearing, said I was the "supreme allied commander in the war of ideas. "

In what seems to be a recurring theme, Senator Obama supported the Free Flow of Information Act, but President Obama does not.

In her speech, the senator came out in favour of a change in the law.

Buchanan's chief opponent on the statehood bill was a member of his own Democratic Party, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

The Senator, like Luca Brasi, was one of the great stones in the Don's power structure, and he too, with this gift, had rework his loyalty.

And a Senator must have been a citizen of the United States for nine years at the time of his election.

He dropped out of school and worked in a remote aboriginal community in the far north of Queensland and for an antinuclear senator.

Far from disconcerted, the Senator turned round and followed the two girls at a distance of a few yards.

Yesterday, CNN journalist Rick Sanchez raised the question of whether Senator McCain should have admonished the woman.

On ABC's This Week, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the president's initial response was timid and passive.

He also said many customers had yet to be notified. The company had no immediate response to the senator's claims.

But as Senator Clinton said in her debates with you, we need to know the full extent of that relationship.

That statement did not go far enough for Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee.

But manipulation of a lower share may be enough to sway the expected close contest between Mr Aquino and another senator, Manny Villar.

Three weeks ago, the Arizona senator pulled out of his appearance saying he had to hurry to Washington, yet he stayed in New York.

Before the election, Senator Biden said the United States should cut military aid to Pakistan if the polls were rigged.

In Arkansas, Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln narrowly won nomination to a 3rd term. Arkansas native Bill Clinton campaigned for her.

Senator Douglas criticized the churchmen. He said they should stay out of politics.

Senator Keg is now ubiquitous in Kenya, sold in every makeshift roadside bar, and is affectionately known as "Obama" .

Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina said the committee should write a declaration explaining the position of the South.

Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain supported the surge. His Democratic opponent, Senator Barack Obama, did not.

TS is a policy advisor for New York Senator Hillary Clinton, currently the front-runner in the race for the Democratic Party's nomination.

Senator David Palmer, an African-American running for President, writes his speech for the next day's California primary election.

"He knows I don't, " said the Senator to somebody on his end of the line.

They'd say, 'You know, you're the only senator that has a worse apartment than your 25-year-old staff people.

Reid said every Democratic senator would vote against the current Boehner proposal if it was passed by the House and went to the Senate.

Never mind that his father was a U. S. senator, one son is now president and another is governor of the nation's fourth-largest state.

But Senator Gregg said he had differences with the Democratic administration on policy issues including the stimulus plan.

Senator Kruger is right about one thing: redefining marriage and family is precisely what the same-sex "marriage" debate is all about.

Two Republican candidates, Texas governor Rick Perry and former Senator Rick Santorum, said the policy amounts to promoting a gay agenda.

At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn't.

Senator Obama doesn't seem to understand there is a connected between the two.

" A senator with the opposition party said: " It is the Italians who are sick of him.

In his acceptance speech, the Arizona senator said he works for no party or special interest but for the country.

Scott Brown of Massachusetts voted for a regional cap-and-trade program two years ago as a state senator.

As Barbara Boxer, an environmentally-minded senator from California, stated gleefully, "This decision puts the wind at our back. "

Speaking at the Associated Press annual meeting, Senator Barack Obama said he regrets his comments about small-town voters.

Obama was an early critic of the decision to invade Iraq. He has often noted that Senator Clinton had voted to authorize the war.

In Obama'scase it's been over a year now since he's worked, but he still gets paid to be Senator.

Just a few years ago, when I was a senator, we forged a bipartisan coalition in favor of comprehensive reform.

It was a night of quiet triumph for Republican Senator John McCain, whose campaign had been prematurely declared "finished" months ago.

But this year other presidential hopefuls did not spend much time in Iowa because Senator Harkin from Iowa was a favorite son candidate.

The senator is, after all, a Washington incumbent at a time when both incumbency and all things federal are held to be wildly unpopular.

Mel Martinez said he would step down as a senator for Florida before the autumn.

The home country of Obama's father has followed the Illinois senator's campaign closely, viewing him as one of its own.

Senator Barnaby Joyce will need more than this thin sliver of equity to call off his "keep Australia Australian" campaign.

She would surely do an excellent job - thorough, detailed, tenacious - as she has in her eight years as senator for New York.

Even in his days as a Koorivar Senator, Argente was colored by graft and corruption brought upon by his strong ties to corporate interests.

Senator Keating was peddling someone's rumors for some purpose of his own, despite the highly dangerous international situation.

In the Democrats' weekly video radio address, Senator Rade Reed said the Republicans' plan for Iraq is open-ended and too expensive.

A traitor has installed an insulator in a senator's projector as a radiator as well as a monitor and a transistor.

Senator Ron Wyden put a hold on the bill over these issues, which, he argued, could infringe on the right to free speech.

Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin senator, is trying to amend the constitution to require just that.

On the Republican side, Arizona Senator John McCain continued to question Obama's message of bringing change to Washington.

Here in the United States, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he's skeptical about the move.

Senator, off the top of my head, I think I can vote for your bill. But before I decide. . .

An older man, in a grey sweatshirt and hat, quickly emerges as the star, shouting questions as the senator proceeds through the slides.

An Oklahoma senator complained that federal rules on teacher credentials had driven thousands of experienced educators out of rural schools.

He made him first a knight, then a senator and finally a count.

She was first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, was president in the 1990s, and has been a New York senator for nearly seven years.

One of the first super delegates to come out for me was Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.

Conceivably Senator Graham can be wooed back, possibly along with a couple of his colleagues.

In Congress, some Republican lawmakers led by Senator Jon Kyl, of Arizona, have been vocal opponents of the company.

John McCain, currently a senator representing Arizona, would be the oldest president of the United States if elected.

Bush confirmed his standing as a strong leader, an area that public opinion polls suggest is a strength for him compared to Senator Kerry.

In the Democrats' weekly radio address, Senator Reed said the Republicans' plan for Iraq is open-ended and too expensive.

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson finished in third place in South Carolina, narrowly ahead of Mitt Romney.

'I think you've got to consider new leadership, ' the senator said on CBS's 'Face The Nation' talk show.

Senator McCain would like to see some oversight and some genuine checks on the ability of one person to have that kind of authority.

"I will not be a president that needs to be tested, " he said. "I have been tested, and Senator Obama hasn't! "

When a single vote decided the outcome in the Senate, a single senator prepared to cross the floor had immense bargaining power.

First, I would like to thank you, Senator Collins, for chairing this hearing and for being such a champion for all of us with diabetes.

Senator McCain has had his stumbles in trying to respond to the financial crisis.

For the New York senator, everything has to go as right in the next three weeks as it has gone wrong in the past three.

In the Democrat's weekly radio address, Senator Reed said the Republican's plan for Iraq is openended and too expensive.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N. Y. ), one of the loudest prognosticators of a coming shut down, followed with bravado.

On Monday, President Obama announced his nominee to be the next secretary of Defense, former Senator Chuck Hagel.

Former Senator George Mitchell is in Israel , part of his Middle East peace mission for the new administration.

As a senator, he had a ringside seat when the Clintons' overweening health - care project was knocked down in the 1990s.

The senator praised Harvard and Yale for their plans and said he hopes others will follow.

On the last point, at least, tobacco's sternest foes might concur with the senator.

One opposition senator compares her to rising damp: "everywhere and impossible to tackle" .

Senator, the American people, whom you often mention in your speeches, would like a word with you.

Senator Mcgovern was one of leading doves in the Congress.

On what basis would this waitress be so bold that she dares to refuse a small request of the senator?

Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, Republican Senator John Ensign and other lawmakers are relieved to see a swift end to Craig's sex scandal.

The Senator decided to up the ante with a counterproposal.

He may well be joined by Senator Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, and a few conservative Democrats.

Tyler was a strong believer in states' rights. He had worked hard to win the nomination for Senator Clay.

The Huffington Post erupted, with former Senator Gary Hart flatly stating that the killings were the result of angry political rhetoric.

Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said he favors arms control, but that he has concerns about New START treaty.

A first-term senator from Illinois, Barack Obama describes himself as a 'skinny kid with a funny name' and an unlikely biography.

Democratic Senator John Rockefeller may push for a vote this month that would suspend EPA regulations for two years.

Despite the latest losses, Senator Clinton remains upbeat, and is quick to point out a recent surge in fundraising.

Her surviving brother, Senator Ted Kennedy, is fighting brain cancer and did not attend the funeral.

The senator walked up to the podium, and I couldn't help but say to myself, "Here comes LeBron, indeed. "

I said, "Senator, it appears that we're going into the food training business. "

Senator McCain has focused his campaign on finding new energy solutions, as well as maintaining strong military support for the war in Iraq.

Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming is one of a handful of Republicans who has been discussing a bipartisan approach on health care.

And I'm glad that Senator McCain brought up the history, the bipartisan history of us engaging in direct diplomacy.

I don't have to be a U. S. senator to get a little press in Washington, D. C.

With the national mood so hostile to incumbents, it probably did not help that he is the fifth-oldest senator, and sounds it.

Traditional hawks in the Republican Party, chief among them Senator John McCain of Arizona, agree with him.

Today we're able to report that it is, in fact, an official advertisement placed by the senator's campaign team.

"Thousands and thousands and thousands of foreclosures create as much systemic risk as one investment bank, " Senator Dodd said.

Marina Silva, a senator for Brazil's ruling Workers' Party, confirmed that she was joining the Green Party.

Idaho Senator Larry Craig will have to wait as a judge considers his request to withdraw a guilty plea in an airport sex sting.

Jim and Lee decided to reintroduce the senator to Arkansas as just plain Bill, a down-to-earth Arkansan in a red-checked sport shirt.

their marriage went through Obama during the test for political ambition - Senator from Illinois, Senator, to the White House.

The 47-year-old former senator takes office at noon Tuesday at a time of economic crisis at home and two wars overseas.

Senator Stott Despoja said the case raised issues about the treatment of Australian citizens facing criminal charges abroad.

One of the main sponsors of the bill, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, says polls show most Americans support an assault weapon's ban.

US Senator Carl Levin said the latest extra troops could be deployed in June .

Senator Clinton, addressing her supporters in New York, did not concede the race.

In forming his cabinet, Buchanan did not ask for advice from Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

How to explain to people that his mother just named him Senator because she felt it was a good name?

But Republican Senator Jim Bunning, one of the Fed's sharpest critics, said Time's pick was a reward for "failure. "

Roy Romanow and Senator Michael Kirby recommended a federal-provincial body much like the recently created National Health Council.

He was a congressman , senator, secretary of war, secretary of state and vice president of the United States.

Senator Long: I saw a girl yesterday, she was pregnant. Had her whole belly show in' and ya know what she had painted on it? "Love Child" !

Her campaign had gone into debt during the Pennsylvania race, while Senator Obama still has plenty of funds for the next contests.

Mr Herron, a state senator, grew up in one such town, Dresden.

The Senator, who ran for both vice president and president as a Democrat, is now an independent who still caucuses with his old party.

As one senator put it while waiting to vote on the budget deal, "The debt ceiling is going to be Armageddon. "

"There is still no cure for the common birthday, " former US astronaut and senator John Glenn is said to have once uttered.

But if Bethlehem wasn't a Senator you would be right there in his basement looking for that killing floor.

AT this point in the presidential campaign, Senator John McCain is the candidate of ideas on issues of tax policy.

Senator Obama welcomed the news at a campaign rally in North Carolina - a state where Republicans are traditionally strong.

Senator Kerry says the president's economic policies have made it harder for working women to make a living.

Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts had won the Democratic nomination for president, and his name would be announced at the convention.

His election campaign failed to convince the voters that he was the right person for the Senator.

McCain's focus on the economy came one day after Senator Obama outlined his own plan to help Middle America.

Near the end of the month, I reached an agreement with Senator Lott to add some language that he felt strengthened the treaty.

The 71-year-old senator's campaign nearly collapsed, last year, when he almost ran out of money and was forced to layoff much of his staff.

Meanwhile, Secret Service steps up security at the hotel, but they still have no idea where Senator Palmer has gone.

The senator was hospitalized for the next six months, suspended immobile in a frame that resembled a waffle iron.

The last prominent leader before Mario Monti, Italy's new prime minister, to exercise power as an appointed senator was Augusto Pinochet.

When Pfizer first launched Viagra in the US, its advertising campaign had a serious, educational tone and was fronted by Senator Bob Dole.

Okay, moving on to the next question. Senator Obama now famously told 'Joe the Plumber' he wanted to 'spread his wealth' around.

Democratic Senator Charles Schumer said, "The Fed is the best answer. There are no great ones. "

He was elected to the U. S. Congress as a senator representing the State of New York in 1902 and served until 1907.

Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has introduced a bill that would chop a half trillion dollars out of the federal budget.

Senator Kennedy's admirers, both the famous and the anonymous, had streamed past his casket all day and all night before the service.

Guam Senator Guthertz supports the move of more Marines to the island but faces other questions from her constituents.

Senator Bail Organa was the First Chairman and Viceroy of Alderaan, a hero of the Clone Wars, and the head of the Royal Family of Alderaan.

During the presidential campaign, as press secretary for Senator Bob Kerrey, he had taken some pretty hard shots at me.

In "The Audacity of Hope" , the bestseller Mr Obama wrote as a senator in 2006, he set out a theory of military intervention.

Could this young senator with an idealistic message survive the pressure of a race for the presidency?

The bombshell article suggested that Senator McCain had an improper relationship with a female lobbyist.

Clinton contends Obama has a pattern of avoiding difficult issues, beginning with his record as a state senator in Illinois.

I received a call from Dennis Spain, Chief of Staff to Senator William Cheever of New York. He mentioned you were coming.

There are a number of such climate cowards, but let me single out one in particular: Senator John McCain.