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LeMieux, George- (R – FL) Senate

Editor — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:15:03 +0000

George S. LeMieux (born May 21, 1969) is currently the junior United States Senator from Florida. He was Chairman of the Florida-based law firm of Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. and served as Chief of Staff to Governor Charlie Crist, was former Deputy Florida Attorney…

Evan Bayh – (D – IN) Senate – Not Running For Re-Election

Editor — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:31:51 +0000

Birch Evans “Evan” Bayh III (born December 26, 1955) is the junior U.S. Senator from Indiana since 1999. He earlier served as the 46th Governor of Indiana. On February 15, 2010, Bayh announced he would not seek reelection to the Senate in…

John Murtha (D-PA-12th) Rep. Passes Away at Age 77

Editor — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:30:35 +0000

John Patrick “Jack” Murtha, Jr. (June 17, 1932 – February 8, 2010) represented Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district from 1974 until his death in 2010. A former Marine Corps officer, Murtha was the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Murtha has been best…

John Edwards: Getting Divorce & Admits to Fathering Child…

Editor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:14:04 +0000

photo credits: Jonathan Walczak & John Edwards 2008 -

Currently: Edwards and his wife have split, this comes a week after John said, “I am Quinn’s father. I will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves. …

South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer: Thinks We Should Starve the Poor…

Editor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:46:28 +0000

Currently: Bauer is in the hot seat for yet another fumble, at a town hall meeting on Thursday he alluded to starving the poor by saying… “My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small…

Scott Brown (R-MA) Takes Ted Kennedy’s Senate Seat

Editor — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:52:35 +0000

Currently: Brown defeated the Democrat Coakley with 1,168,107 votes (52%) versus her 1,058,682 votes (47%). The independent in the race, Joseph Kennedy, received only 22,237 votes. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972. Read more about the upset victory…

Christopher J. Dodd (D – CT) Senate – Will Not Seek Re-Election

Editor — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:03:31 +0000

Currently: Dodd announces retirement, “I will not be a candidate for re-election this November… my deepest gratitude to the people of Connecticut for the remarkable privilege of being elected eight times over the past four decades to our national assembly.”

Bio: Dodd…

Parker Griffith (R-AL-5th) Switched Sides to the Republican Party

mbeharry — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:15:35 +0000

Currently: Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith announced Tuesday that he’s switching parties – saying he can no longer align himself “with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy and drives us further…

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Attacked with Statue

mbeharry — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:39:52 +0000

Currently: “Milan police said Berlusconi’s attacker hit him with a small, metal souvenir replica of the Doumo di Milano, the city’s central cathedral, but it was not immediately clear whether the man swung at the prime minister with the object…

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI-1st) Rep. Announces Resignation From Congress

Editor — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:27:36 +0000

Currently: U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie on December 11, 2009 announced that he will resign as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 1st District of Hawaii. Read more from: http://www.house.gov/abercrombie/

Bio: Abercrombie first participated in a political campaign in…