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In Afghanistan policy, we get muddled clarifications

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:17:12 GMT

After yesterday's whirlwinds of inscrutable developments on the health-care front -- by last night, on "Hardball," for instance, Sheldon Whitehouse persisted in conflating the newly proposed private-insurance exchange with a public option, while his...
Source: BuzzFlash

Amendments to Increase Funding for Local Hospitals Introduced

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:31:08 GMT

December 7, 2009 -- Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has filed two amendments to the Senate's health care reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to help a pair of local hospitals get their fair share of...
Source: All American Patriots

First thoughts: Another crazy week

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:31:06 GMT

From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg *** : Last week was certainly an eventful one for President Obama (the Afghanistan speech, the jobs summit, the trip to Allentown, PA). And this week won’t be much different.
Source: MSNBC

‘Climategate’ hasn’t swayed swing votes

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:57:42 GMT

She told The Hill that the emails hacked from a British research institute led her to check in with two scientists at the University of Maine on the matter.
Source: The Hill

Wheaton senior, political activist a Marshall Scholar

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:16:27 GMT

NORTON - Gabriel Felix Kofi Amo has worked on campaigns for Rhode Island politicians Patrick Kennedy and Sheldon Whitehouse. He also has been a field director for the Rhode Island Democratic Party.
Source: The Sun Chronicle Online

A "Public Option Compromise" That's Not?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:20:00 GMT

If the weekend is any guide, the Senate health reform bill is not likely to undergo much tweaking.
Source: Time Magazine

Whitehouse on whether health care bill is too long: ‘It has fewer words than a Harry Potter novel!’

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:11:53 GMT

Opponents of health care reform have argued that the health care bill is simply too big and complicated to be understood, and thus shouldn’t be passed.
Source: Think Progress

Dems Blast Higher Hurdles to Civil Rights Claims

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:39:15 GMT

Sen. Arlen Specter, (D-Pa.), who’s introduced a bill that would overturn those decisions, called it “a blatant case of judicial lawmaking,” which normally “everybody agrees ought not be done.” And Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) noted that the...
Source: The Washington Independent

Quoted in 'Rhode Island's Success With E-Prescribing Leads to First-of-a-Kind System for Tracking Swine Flu'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:42:37 GMT

Sheldon Whitehouse said in Freshnews.com:

Today's announcement is another impressive milestone in a long line of health care innovations in Rhode Island

Quoted in 'Senator Reed Introduces Bill to Keep Families in Their Homes and Stabilize the Housing Market'

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:22:57 GMT

Sheldon Whitehouse said in All American Patriots:

As I travel around our state, I often hear concerns from Rhode Islanders affected by our nation's housing crisis ... It is clear to me that Congress must do more to level the field for struggling American homeowners. Jack Reed has been a leader on this issue, and I’m proud to support this new legislation to help families in Rhode Island and across the nation to keep their homes.

Photo from Getty Images

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - MARCH 5: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) (R) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applaud during the closing session of the White House's forum on health care reform in the East Room of the White House March 5, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - MARCH 02: U.S. Sen. Sheldon WhiteHouse (D-RI) (C) speaks as Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) (L) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA (R) listen during a hearing on 'Economic and Budget Challenges for the Short and Long Term' before the Senate Budget Com...

20071207 - senator sheldon whitehouse - part 1

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:55:38 GMT