"Come on in, fraud is welcome"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) made this comment in an opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on how he felt banks and private mortgage companies had relaxed their standards for loans.
February 11, 2009.
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Bin Laden a main priority for Director of the CIA nominee

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) asks the nominee for the Director of the CIA about his views on Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda at his hearing before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee. At his hearing he said that finding Bin Laden would be a "main priority". February 5, 2009.
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Deputy Attorney General nominee talks torture

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Or), asks Deputy Attorney General nominee David Ogden his opinion on torture at his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today. February 5, 2009.
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Deputy Attorney General nominee asked about death penalty

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Senator Russ Feinfold (D-Wi), asks Deputy Attorney General nominee David Ogden about his stance on the federal death penalty at his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. February 5, 2009.
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Senator John F. Kerry speaks at Climate Change Hearing

Sen. John Kerry speaks at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Climate change and says that, "We need a transformation in public policy thinking to embrace the reality of what science is telling us." We need to come to terms with the implications of the climate problems that we face because the consequences will be catastrophic if we don't.(0:47)

by Suzia van Swol and Candyce Torres, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
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Equal wage for equal work likely to pass in Senate

By Suzia van Swol, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service and Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Senator Barbara Mikulski speaks at a news conference today to discuss the progress of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act 2009. January 22, 2009.


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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says he supports a new presidential regime

Following the State of the Union Address, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) stresses his support for a future led by a democratic president.
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Jason Furman Recommends Fix for Economy

Speaking before the Senate Finance Committee, Jason Furman of the Brookings Institution imparted three suggestions for policy initiatives that could reverse recent negative economic trends. (0:46)
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