http://www.inboxrobot.com/news/ted-stevens Constantly updated news and information about a variety of topics. http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199922558 23 Nov 2008 11:18 GMT ... SEATTLE - Mark Begich settled in as Alaska's newest U.S. senator-elect Wednesday by doing what almost no other ... 46-year-old mayor of Anchorage, edged four-decade incumbent Ted Stevens by more than 3,700 votes. Stevens issued ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199916330 23 Nov 2008 09:54 GMT ... Its hard to see Sen. Ted Stevens political career end in this ... good on commitments he received from fellow senators, after ANILCAs passage, to allow oil drilling ... the Senate, Stevens was chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. While he already had been ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199915441 23 Nov 2008 09:31 GMT ... key committees that should help push the agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama. First, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., the longest serving senator in history and chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee stepped down. Byrd, who turned 91 Thursday, has been in the Senate ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199914571 23 Nov 2008 09:18 GMT ... tables and the criminal courts. After the Senate's longest serving Republican, Ted Stevens, lost his bid for reelection, saving his ... conviction on corruption charges. Stevens is 85. Sen. Robert Byrd, 92, no longer up to ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199914058 23 Nov 2008 09:17 GMT ... percent went to anti-smoking efforts. WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., turned 91 yesterday. ... 91 yesterday. The longest-serving member of the Senate was honored with a party in the ... Republican, delivered his swan song address. The Alaska lawmaker, 85, made only a passing reference ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199913485 23 Nov 2008 09:16 GMT ... FAIRBANKS When U.S. Senate committee assignments are handed out in the coming weeks, Sen.-elect Mark Begich is hoping to land in ... appointments last week with Alaskas new senior senator, Lisa Murkowski. They agreed that hed try ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199909312 23 Nov 2008 08:13 GMT ... been good for the auto industry," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "These guys ... said an unhappy Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska celebrated his 85th ... where it takes 60 of the 100 senators to pass controversial legislation. Counting Lieberman and ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199897852 23 Nov 2008 06:26 GMT ... both, legendary for fiercely lording over the Senate Appropriations Committee and funneling billions to their ... their departures. "Earmarks won't be abandoned," said Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., himself a venerable member ... group that watches federal spending. The two senators were able to dominate their committee, not ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199896544 23 Nov 2008 06:19 GMT ... their goal of a 60-member, filibuster-proof U.S. Senate that there would be nothing gained by ... Obama must make a choice. Alaska's longtime Ted Stevens, has been defeated by his Democratic rival. ... magically whittled a 700-plus lead by incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman down to a precarious few ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199889503 23 Nov 2008 05:32 GMT ... A witness in the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, told a federal judge ... of Stevens'. Stevens, who narrowly lost his Senate re-election bid this month, is expected to ... gave him an extensive time-line for the "Ted Stevens job." "It had been six years or ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199887936 23 Nov 2008 05:31 GMT ... own a condo. Girdwood is also where Sen. Ted Stevens owns a home. Tired from the long ... miles south of Anchorage and one of Alaska's oldest and most scenic communities. We witnessed ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199885812 23 Nov 2008 05:30 GMT ... Sen. Ted Stevens' election defeat marks the end ... influential committees in Congress. It also moves Senate Democrats within two seats of a filibuster-proof ... the greatest honor of my life.” The senator's statement was released just minutes after Begich, ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199885381 23 Nov 2008 05:30 GMT ... for Lieberman When we last left U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the former Democratic ... Sen. Lieberman who greeted reporters Tuesday after Senate Democrats decided to be lenient with him, ... Begich, who will become the first Democratic senator from the state in nearly three decades. ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199884973 23 Nov 2008 05:30 GMT ... Sen. Ted Stevens is an institution in Washington, ... "bridge to nowhere.") He is a seven-term senator and the Senate's senior Republican. And that, ... for hiding from the public and his Senate colleagues more than $250,000 in gifts and ... http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=199864563 22 Nov 2008 23:57 GMT ... bailing out banks but not homeowners. Democratic senators took independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to the woodshed ... been good for the auto industry, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. These guys ...