CNN Ex-senator Brooke gets gold medal of Congress Boston Globe WASHINGTON - For more than an hour yesterday, Washington's most powerful politicians lauded former Massachusetts senator Edward W. Brooke, praising the 90-year-old Republican for breaking down partisan divisions and racial barriers. ... An honor for a Senate pioneer Washington Post Congress honors Senate pioneer MiamiHerald.com Congress honors former US senator Brooke USA Today CNN International Related posts: An honor for a Sen

WASHINGTON (CNN) - After announcing his intention to move forward with a health care reform bill in the Senate that includes a version of the public health insurance option that would allow states to opt out, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told CNN that he has not ruled out using a budgetary procedure called reconciliation which would allow Democrats to pass the bill with a simple majority.Related Posts:Politico — 30 Senate Dems urge leadership to include public optionSnowe to Reid: ‘What’s t

Better suited for The Onion. In case you weren’t born at the time of the 2000 election, the Democratic ticket was Al Gore and Joe Lieberman. One thing I don’t understand is why everyone’s so afraid of a filibuster. It would be great press for what a bunch of, um, Confederates have ganged up to block a public option for medical insurance. Knock yourselves out, guys! Stand there and read the Bible all night. Here is the link and here is a preview: Washington (CNN) — Independent Sen. Jose

As the Senate Energy and Public Works Committee began hearings today on the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Act , the Senate version of climate and energy legislation, a CNN/Opinion Research poll shows 60% of respondents favor cap-and-trade , the central mechanism limiting greenhouse gas emissions. In a survey conducted October 16 to 18, 1,038 adults were asked: Under a proposal called cap and trade, the federal government would limit the amount of greenhouse gases that com

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has taken considerable heat from conservative activists for endorsing Republican Dede Scozzafava over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in next month's special congressional election in New York. But Gingrich is defending his approach to re-building the Republican Party. It begins, he said, by accommodating those who might disagree with you. Both parties have to recognize, you can create a center-right majority in America, which