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Scott Brown Under Fire for Going Rogue on Jobs Bill
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 23) -- It didn't take long for the newest member of the Senate to anger some of the people who cheered his election victory just last month. Scott Brown's vote Monday afternoon helped kill the GOP filibuster against Majority Leader Harry Reid's $15 billion job creation bill. Brown wasn't the only Republican to break party ranks on the key procedural vote. Maine moderates Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe also voted to advance the bill. So did George Voinovich of Ohio and Kit Bond of Missouri -- both of whom are retiring. Nebraska's Ben Nelson was the only Democrat who voted against Reid's ...
Opinion: Turnout Is the Key for Democrats in 2010
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 10) -- As Democrats continue to absorb the shock of Scott Brown's Senate victory in Massachusetts, they do have at least one silver lining to enjoy: advance notice. The question is whether they will take advantage of it and stop a 2010 tidal wave from sweeping them out of power. In the last two game-changing elections -- 1994, when the Democrats lost both houses of Congress, and 2006, when the Republicans lost control -- the results were a surprise. It was only in the last few months before the elections that the parties realized the serious trouble they were in. This year, the ...
Scott Brown Sworn In To U.S. Senate: 'I Want to Get to Work'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyScott Brown, who stunned Democrats with his victory in the race to replace the late Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate, was sworn into office Thursday. By becoming the 41st Republican in the Senate, Brown erases the Democrats' 60-vote filibuster-proof majority.Vice President Joe Biden was on hand to perform the ceremony as Brown's wife, Gail Huff, watched from a gallery above the floor. Brown's two daughters stayed at college instead of flying to Washington for the ceremony, but he said he carried a Bible from each of them to have them with him in spirit.Just after 5:00 p.m., Brown walked onto the ...
Scott Brown to be Sworn In Thursday; Filibuster-Proof Majority Is Over for Dems
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyScott Brown will be sworn in to the U.S. Senate on Thursday afternoon, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed to The Hill. "Once we get his certificate we expect to swear him in [Thursday] afternoon as early as 5 o'clock, which is earlier than he suggested," Jim Manley told the paper. Brown was scheduled to be sworn in next week, but on Wednesday asked Massachusetts officials to send his certification documents to Washington as soon as possible. When Brown is sworn in, he will become the 41st Republican in the Senate and will bring an end to the Democrats' filibuster-proof ...
Humbler Scott Brown Travels to Capitol
By Russell Berman - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 21) – The Scott Brown who greeted senators and a throng of reporters here for the first time since his stunning election win was not the same victor who introduced himself to the nation Tuesday night. That Scott Brown was brash and exuberant, offering bold pledges (and a date with his "available" daughters) and challenging the president to a basketball showdown. This Scott Brown was quieter, humbler, perhaps a bit star-struck. "Obviously I've got a lot to learn," was the refrain of the day, repeated often by Brown as he was herded into quick "get-to-know-you" meetings ...
Scott Brown Goes to Washington
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyScott Brown woke up at his home in Wrentham, Mass., Thursday morning, but by noon he was mid-way through meetings with the most powerful men on Capitol Hill and smack in the middle of the Washington rite of passage known as the political media circus. Brown's day on Capitol Hill began just after 10 a.m., when a car dropped off the new Republican senator-elect from Massachusetts at the Russell Senate office building, where a swarm of television cameras, boom mikes and reporters wielding hand-held recorders rushed to intercept him. Brown smiled politely and answered the questions he could ...
Opinion: The Democrats' Golden Opportunity
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 20) – Democrats distraught in the aftermath of Martha Coakley's tumultuous defeat in Massachusetts may one day look back and find a silver lining. Scott Brown's upset victory – propelled by suburban and independent voters – should serve as a wake-up call to Democrats in Washington: If we want to preserve a Democratic governing majority in November, we'll have to earn the trust of the forgotten middle class every step of the way. Some Democrats may be tempted to blame Coakley's loss simply on a disastrous campaign – that but for a series of missteps, the outcome ...
Obama Tells Democrats to Compromise on Health Care
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 20) -- President Barack Obama advised fellow Democrats against trying to jam a health care bill through Congress after taking a devastating hit from the loss of a Senate seat. He said Wednesday it's time to come together around a bill that can draw Republican support, too. When Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown takes office he will hand the GOP power to block the Democratic agenda, including Obama's top domestic priority of extending health coverage to the uninsured. "The people of Massachusetts spoke. He's got to be part of that process," Obama said. Now Democrats need ...
What's Next for Health Care? 5 Scenarios
By Russell Berman - AOL News(Jan. 20) – Call it health care Whac-A-Mole. In the wake of Scott Brown's upset victory in Massachusetts, panicked Democrats have floated numerous options for salvaging President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy initiative. But those options are dwindling by the minute, as each one is knocked down by members of the fractious Democratic caucus. Here are the trial balloons floated so far and how likely they are to happen. POSSIBLE: Have the House Pass the Senate Bill Without Changes This option puts the onus on the House to swallow its territorial pride and accept the Senate ...
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