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20081121
 Jeff
Sessions -  Bob
Corker -  George
Voinovich -  Corporate
-  Government
-  Law
-  Auto
-  Workers
-  Thanksgiving
-  Manufacturer
-  Michigan
-  Tenn
-  Ala
-  Ohio
-  2010
Election -  US
-  Japan
-  South
Korea
"'Card
check' best hope for auto workers union? Congress
to vote on Employee Free Choice Act to make unionization easier." ... "Congress
returns after Thanksgiving to decide whether to approve a $25 billion loan
to General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford. The future of United Auto Workers
members in Michigan and other states is at stake." ... "“It appears to
me we possibly have one too many auto makers,” said [Tennessee Republican
Senator] Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.[ Republican-Tennessee], who opposes the
loan [and recommends Chapter 11 bankruptcy]." ... "But it will be an industry
in which fewer workers are represented by the United Auto Workers. And
that doesn’t cause Republicans like [Alabama Republican Senator] Sen. Jeff
Sessions, R-Ala.[ Republican-Alabama], any regret." ... "One advantage
the [Japanese and South Korean auto manufacturers] Honda and Hyundai plants
in Alabama have over the General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford plants in Michigan
is lower labor costs. That's because, in part, auto workers in Michigan
are represented by the UAW and workers in Alabama aren’t." ... "But what
if the UAW [United Auto Workers] could more easily organize workers at
Honda and Hyundai? UAW-represented workers at Honda and Hyundai could then
bargain for higher wages." ... "The Employee Free Choice Act, passed by
the House of Representatives last year, but stymied in the Senate, aims
to make unionization easier by allowing workers to join a union by signing
a card rather than by going through a secret-ballot election. The bill
is called “card check” for short." ... "A UAW ally, [Ohio Democratic Representative]
Rep. Tim Ryan, D[Democratic]- Ohio, said enactment of the Employee Free
Choice Act “would level the playing field. Each facility would be competing
on the same playing field.”" ... "In the vote next year, Republicans up
for re-election in 2010, such as [Ohio Republican Senator] Sen. George
Voinovich of Ohio will be under pressure to vote for it." (1, 2)
-By Tom Curry -MSNBC
20081119
Jeff
Sessions - Auto
- Makers
- Workers
-  Health
Care -  Pension
-  Politics
- Federal
- Economy
- 2010
Election - Michigan
- Ohio
- US
-  Foreign
- Alabama
-  Georgia
-  Kentucky
- Japan
- South
Korea
"It's
North vs. South in Big Three bailout fight." ...
"Should taxpayers in Alabama be required to bail out [American] automakers
whose plants are concentrated in Northern states like Michigan and Ohio?"
... "Alabama is home to three Honda [Japan automaker] and Hyundai [South
Korea automaker] plants. And just across the state line in Georgia, a new
Kia [Hyundai] plant is set to open and will likely employ many Alabamans."
... "[Alabama Republican Senator] Sen. Jeff Sessions, R- Ala. [Republican-Alabama],
told reporters Wednesday, “I can not imagine a real justification for a
worker in Alabama who does not have any health insurance at his company
to be taxed to maintain a Cadillac health care plan for somebody in Detroit
[Michigan].”" ... "The struggle over whether Congress should make the loan
is a classic regional battle: North vs. South, unionized states like Michigan
vs. mostly non-union ones like Alabama." ... "“There are some states that
might think there’s a competitive advantage for them if the Big Three don’t
make it,” [Michigan Democratic Senator] Sen. Carl Levin, D- Mich. [Democratic-Michigan],
a Big Three ally, told reporters Tuesday." ... "[Kentucky Republican Senator]
Sen. Jim Bunning, R- Ky. [Republican-Kentucky], who is up for re-election
in 2010, said Wednesday, “It’s not a balancing act. It’s whether the federal
government should intervene in the private-sector economy. And I believe
it should not. I am very concerned that people as hard-headed as the three
people who spoke to us yesterday would not have a plan in place and not
have any concession to make, but they would just want the money so they
can burn through it. That’s unacceptable.”" ... "And if Chrysler and General
Motors go into bankruptcy or liquidation?" ... "“I think that’s probably
the best thing that can happen,” [Kentucky Republican Senator] Bunning
replied. “Then there will be a reorganization and they’ll be able to jettison
things they couldn’t ordinarily jettison, like health care benefits, like
pension benefits and there will be someone to pick those up like the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corp. And then they will be able to restructure their
salaries to get more in line with foreign producers and they may come out
of bankruptcy a heck of a lot better off than they go into it.”" (1, 2)
-By Tom Curry -MSNBC
20081110
 Barack
Obama -  E-Mail
- Database
- 2008
Election -  People
-  Communications
-  Media
- Politics
- GOV
- Legislation
- 2010
Election
"Under
Obama, Web Would Be the Way: Unprecedented Online
Outreach Expected." ... "Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a
political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before
it, [Democratic President-Elect] Barack Obama will enter the White House
with the opportunity to create the first truly "wired" presidency." ...
"Obama aides and allies are preparing a major expansion of the White House
communications operation, enabling them to reach out directly to the supporters
they have collected over 21 months without having to go through the mainstream
media." ... "The nucleus of that effort is an e-mail database of more than
10 million supporters. The list is considered so valuable that the Obama
camp briefly offered it as collateral during a cash-flow crunch late in
the campaign, though it wound up never needing the loan, senior aides said.
At least 3.1 million people on the list donated money to Obama." ... "Millions
more made up the volunteer corps that organized his enormous rallies, registered
millions of voters and held countless gatherings to plug the senator to
friends and neighbors. On Election Day [2008], they served as the backbone
of Obama's get-out-the-vote operation, reaching voters by phone and at
the front door, serving coffee at polling stations and babysitting so parents
could stand in line at voting precincts." ... "After Obama declared victory,
his campaign sent a text message announcing that his supporters hadn't
heard the last from the president-elect. Obama conveyed a similar message
to his staff in a campaignwide conference call Wednesday, signaling that
his election was the beginning, and not the culmination, of a political
movement." ... "Accordingly, the president-elect's http://www.change.gov
transition Web site features a blog and a suggestion form, signaling the
kinds of direct and instantaneous interaction that the Obama administration
will encourage, perhaps with an eye toward turning its following into the
biggest special-interest group in Washington." ... "Once Obama is sworn
in, those backers may be summoned to push reluctant members of Congress
to support legislation, to offer feedback on initiatives and to enlist
in administration-supported causes in local communities. Obama would also
be positioned to ask his supporters to back his favored candidates with
fundraising and turnout support in the 2010 midterm elections." (1, 2)
-By Shailagh Murray and Matthew Mosk with contributions
by Alec MacGillis -WashingtonPost
20070716
 David
Vitter - US
-  Iraq
-  Military
-  Louisiana
- New
Orleans - 2010
Election
"Vitter
Won't Explain D.C. Madam Link." ... "Louisiana Republican
[Senator] David Vitter went before the cameras one week after admitting
he committed a "very serious sin" related to a Washington escort service.
But he did not come with hat in hand." ... ""I'm not going to answer numerous
questions about it again and again and again," Vitter said with a note
of indignation." ... "Vitter did not explain why his phone number turned
up in the records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam,
only referring to his "past failings." Vitter also denied long-circulating
rumors that he solicited prostitutes in the late 1990s as a state representative
based in New Orleans [Louisiana]." ... "The freshman senator, who is up
for re-election in 2010, missed several controversial votes related to
the Iraq war last week." -By Jane Roh
-NationalJournal
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SENATORS up for Re-Election in 2010
  
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Senators 2010 Election by State:
US
States
D - Democratic Senator
R - Republican Senator |
 Indiana
Bayh, Evan- (D - IN) |
 Utah
Bennett, Robert F.- (R - UT) |
 Missouri
Bond, Christopher S.- (R - MO) |
 California
Boxer, Barbara- (D - CA) |
 Kansas
Brownback,
Sam- (R - KS) |
Kentucky
Bunning, Jim- (R - KY) |
 North
Carolina
Burr, Richard- (R - NC) |
 Oklahoma
Coburn, Tom- (R - OK) |
 Idaho
Crapo, Mike- (R - ID) |
 South
Carolina
DeMint, Jim- (R - SC) |
 Connecticut
Dodd, Christopher J.- (D - CT) |
 North
Dakota
Dorgan, Byron L.- (D - ND) |
 Wisconsin
Feingold, Russell D.- (D - WI) |
 Iowa
Grassley, Chuck- (R - IA) |
 New
Hampshire
Gregg, Judd- (R - NH) |
 Hawaii
Inouye, Daniel K.- (D - HI) |
Georgia
Isakson, Johnny- (R - GA) |
 Vermont
Leahy, Patrick J.- (D - VT) |
 Arkansas
Lincoln, Blanche L.- (D - AR) |
 Florida
Martinez, Mel- (R - FL) |
 Arizona
McCain,
John- (R - AZ) |
 Maryland
Mikulski, Barbara A.- (D - MD) |
 Alaska
Murkowski,
Lisa- (R - AK) |
 Washington
Murray, Patty- (D - WA) |
 Illinois
Obama, Barack- (D - IL) |
 Nevada
Reid, Harry- (D - NV) |
 Colorado
Salazar, Ken- (D - CO) |
 New
York
Schumer, Charles E.- (D - NY) |
Alabama
Shelby, Richard C.- (R - AL) |
 Pennsylvania
Specter, Arlen- (R - PA) |
 South
Dakota
Thune, John- (R - SD) |
Louisiana
Vitter,
David- (R - LA) |
Ohio
Voinovich, George V.- (R - OH) |
 Oregon
Wyden, Ron- (D - OR) |
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SENATORS up for Re-Election in 2010 ("Class III")
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