David Vitter

Republican David Vitter is seeking his second Senate term after serving for six years in the U.S. House and seven in the state House. He is the first Republican elected to the Senate from Louisiana. In 1999, he won a special election to replace a congressman who resigned because of an adultery scandal. Vitter, a married, family-values conservative, publicly apologized in 2007 after being identified as a client of the "D.C. Madam" prostitution ring.

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Born to Politics: Our American Road Trip to Tomorrow

By James Grady

All politics is personal. There is no magic line between "us" and some "them." We're all in this together and politics is how we get things done. Ever since the Greeks invented the concept of ...

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BP Has Made Only 1 Final Payment: $10M to Texas Firm

By Laura Parker

WASHINGTON -- BP's oil spill pay czar has paid only one of nearly 91,000 claims seeking final payment from the oil giant's $20 billion fund set up to compensate victims of the spill -- and that was ...

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Our Year of Zombie Politics

By James Grady

Wait: Even in politics, 2010 was the year of zombies? Sure, the hot new wonky tome "Zombie Economics" tells how "dead" economic theories walk among us to shape our paychecks, and sure, zombies ...

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'War on Drugs' Gives Way to the Dangerous New Face of Narco-Politics

By James Grady

A shotgun blast of news this year shredded what most Americans believe about what used to be called the "war on drugs" -- that it was being fought to curb what were seen as simply criminal ...

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GOP's Rural White Guys: The Night They Drove New Dixie Down

By Donna Trussell

Republicans are busting with pride about the parade of rural white men who voted overwhelmingly for their candidates in last week's midterm elections. And not just on the national level. You have to ...

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May 23, 2012

Senate to take up flood insurance in June

Source: Arkansas News Bureau - Little Rock AR

The Senate agreed today to extend the National Flood Insurance Program for another two months as they continue to negotiate a five-year fix.

May 23, 2012

Harry Reid and David Vitter cut deal to extend flood insurance

Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. David Vitter , R-La,., announced on the Senate floor Wednesday that they have reached an agreement to extend the National Flood Insurance Program for 60 days and for the Senate to act on a long-delayed five-year re-authorization of the program when it returns to Washington in June. Reid said the failure to extend the program before it expires at the end of the month would have jeopardized 40,000 home sales a day.

May 22, 2012

Something Stinks: John Edwards And A Thirty Year Jail Term?

Source: Alternet.org

Does no one else find the very fact of John Edwards being on trial curious?

May 18, 2012

Kleckley: Senate will likely restore some one-time funds

Source: The American Press - Lake Charles LA

House Speaker Chuck Kleckley said Thursday that the Senate will likely restore more than $200 million in one-time funds to the state's $25 billion budget measure, House Bill 1.

May 17, 2012

Senate Confirms Fed Board Nominees

Source: The New York Times - New York NY

The Senate on Thursday confirmed two nominees chosen by President Obama for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, overcoming Republican objections and bringing the seven-member board to full strength for the first time since 2006, before the economic crisis struck.