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Sex columnist Dan Savage suggested a couple of years ago that Canadians should turn the surname of Vic Toews (above) into a word to describe something nasty. "It's not journalists' job to keep politicians' secrets." So tweeted my colleague, Stephen Hui,
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It is a little more than eight months until Election Day, but even now two Republican-held Senate seats look increasingly like the keys to whether Democrats can hold their narrow majority in November. Republican strategists are overwhelmed with opportuni
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State Sen. Sheila Leslie, D-Reno, said Wednesday she is resigning her seat representing Senate District 1 to challenge state Sen. Greg Brower, R-Reno, for the seat in Senate District 15. Its a move that takes Leslie, a longtime Assemblywoman elected to h
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After losing a round in their efforts opposing a major mining operation on the Comstock, residents...- 11:20 pm The Nevada Department of Corrections has joined the state's automated victim notification system.- 11:11 pm John Fairfax, the first known pers
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Republicans have already dismissed it as not
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Professor, you keep making excuses for a man who has no core values. Santorum has many faults but it is hard (impossible) to make a case that a man with no core values whatsoever is preferable over a man who has been consistent with his core conservative
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Developer Harvey Whittemore, seen in 2005 on the golf course at the Coyotes Springs development north of Las Vegas, is the subject of a FBI criminal investigation into allegations that involve illegal campaign contributions.
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Newt Gingrich supporters listen to their candidate at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country bar in Las Vegas, where the night before the attraction was bikini bull-riding. For a presidential candidate, Nevada is a veritable minefield. (Evan Vucci, Associated Press /
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LAS VEGAS — If Mitt Romney wins the Nevada caucus Saturday, he might well feel special gratitude for the state's Mormon voters. Romney, a Mormon himself with close ties to church leaders, is expected to carry an overwhelming majority of votes from Nevada
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The Senate ethics committee says the chamber was squeaky clean clean in 2011. (Deb Lindsey - FOR THE WASHINGTON POST) It seems 2011 was a very ethical year for the Senate. Members of the upper chamber must have been on their best behavior, because of the
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Doesn't that guy sticking a needle in that cat's butt look familiar? Actually, it's former Sen. John Ensign, who has gone back to work as a veterinarian ... for the third time. Ensign was a 35-year-old veterinarian in 1994 when he unseated Rep. Jim Bilbr
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Recommend this article to your friends. According to an anti-gambling group based in Washington DC, Newt Gingrich worked in 1996 to remove subpoena power from a government commission assigned to investigate gambling. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) h
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Marianne Gingrich had a half hour on network television Thursday night that many a former wife can only envy: telling her side of the story of a messy divorce at a moment designed to do maximum damage. What discipline she’s shown. Her revenge isn’t just
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Former John Ensign aide Doug Hampton is now one step closer to going on trial on charges he broke an anti-revolving door lobbying law. Hampton appeared at a pre-trial hearing in Washington, D.C. on Friday, his trip provided by the U.S. Marshals Service
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The aide to former Sen. John Ensign who was indicted on federal conflict of interest charges isn't expected to go to trial until late 2012 because his lawyer said Friday he needs more time to review the government's evidence. Doug Hampton's attorney, A.J
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WASHINGTON -- Attorneys on Friday continued a slow march toward trial for Doug Hampton, the one-time U.S. Senate aide entwined in the scandal that felled former Nevada Sen. John Ensign. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell set a series of deadlines for
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Leading Off: Connecticut HD-24: Democrat Rick Lopes won the three-way race with 44%, while Republican Peter Steele came in second with 33%, and independent Thomas Bozek was third with 23%.
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Sometimes, I miss daily newspapering just for the sheer thrill of what a great headline can do for a good story. I'd forgotten what a favor Good Catholic Boy Rick Santorum did for his pal, John Ensign, when it was about to be discovered just how much con
About John Ensign
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John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is the junior United States Senator from Nevada, serving since January 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party and the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Full Article
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U.S. Senator John Ensign (R-NV) announces he will not seek another term in 2012 during a news conference at the Lloyd George Federal Building in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this March 7, 2011 file photo. Ensign will resign from the U.S. Senate on May 3, he announced in a statement on April...
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Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. , left, talks with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations Executive Director James Dinkins, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011, prior to a Senate Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs subcommittee...
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U.S. Sen John Ensign, R-Nev. , accompanied by his wife Darlene, announces he will not be a candidate for re-election, during a news conference in Las Vegas on Monday, March 7, 2011.
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U.S. Sen John Ensign, R-Nev. , at podium, announces he will not be a candidate for re-election, during a news conference in Las Vegas on Monday, March 7, 2011.
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Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. , ranking Republican on the Senate Ethics Committee, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, after speaking about the committee's findings on former Nevada Sen. John Ensign. Ensign made false statements to the Federal Election...
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Senate Ethics Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, after speaking on the Senate floor about former Nevada Sen. John Ensign. Ensign made false statements to the Federal Election Commission and...
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This video image provided by the Senate Television shows Senate Ethics Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. speaking about former Nevada Sen. John Ensign, on the floor of Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011. Ensign made false statements to the Federal...
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FILE - In this March 7, 2011 photo Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. , accompanied by his wife Darlene, announces he will not be a candidate for re-election, at a news conference in Las Vegas. Ensign announced he will resign amid an ethics investigation. Ensign said Thursday, April 21, 2011, ...
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Nevada Democratic Congressional candidate Kate Marshall speaks to supporters at her election night headquarters in Reno, Nev. , Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Marsahll lost the special election called to decide who would fill the congressional seat vacated when Dean Heller took over the...
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Nevada Democratic Congressional candidate Kate Marshall stands with members of her campaign staff after conceding the race to her opponent Mark Amodei at her election night headquarters in Reno, Nev. , Tuesday, September 13, 2011. A special election was called to decide who would...
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FILE - In this May 10, 2011, file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , walks to an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington. Coburn said on Thursday, May 26, 2011, that an account by the Senate ethics panel of his role in negotiations involving disgraced colleague Sen. John Ensign is totally...
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: Lynne Heller (R) kisses her husband Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) before a mock swearing-in in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Captiol May 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Appointed to the senate by Gov. Brian Sandoval, Heller replaced Sen. John Ensign, who resigned...
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) (4th L) poses for photographs with his family (L-R), sons Harrison Heller and Andrew Heller, daughter Emily Heller, wife Lynne Heller participates in a mock swearing-in with his wife Lynne Heller, daughter Hilary Ableser and son-in-law...
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) (L), his wife Lynne Heller and daughter Hilary Ableser laugh at a joke told by Vice President Joe Biden after Heller's mock swearing-in in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Captiol May 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Appointed to the senate...
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: (L-R) Sen. John Heller (R-NV) participates in a mock swearing-in with his wife Lynne Heller and Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Captiol May 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Appointed to the senate by Gov. Brian Sandoval, Heller replaced...
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Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev. , right, greets his son-in-law Edward Ableser in the Old Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washingotn, Monday, May 9, 2011, before his mock swearing in ceremony. Sen. Heller was designated to replace Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. , who resigned amid an ethics...
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Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev. left, kisses his wife Lynne Heller in the Old Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 9, 2011, prior to his mock swearing ceremony. Heller was designated to replace Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. , who resigned amid an ethics inquiry into an...
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FILE - In this March 15, 2011 file photo, Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev. is seen in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has named Heller to replace John Ensign in the U.S. Senate.
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Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev. , is seen in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Heller announced a U.S. Senate run Tuesday after months of alluding to it and a week after fellow Republican John Ensign said he would not seek a third term as Nevada's junior senator.
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U.S. Senator John Ensign (R-NV) announces he will not seek another term in 2012 during a news conference at the Lloyd George Federal Building in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this March 7, 2011 file photo. Ensign will resign from the U.S. Senate on May 3, he announced in a statement on April...
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