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Worried About Jobs and Outsourcing? These Books Will HelpBNET (blog)Take This Job and Ship It, by Senator Byron Dorgan (St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne Books 2006-7): Dorgan, a former US Senator from North Dakota respected for his grasp of budget and economic issues, makes a powerful case with telling examples that free ...
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Woman sentenced to 3 years of probation, $5800 restitution in ND hospital pill ...Greenfield Daily Reporter... hospital when he worked there as a pharmacy technician. He has not yet been sentenced. The theft was the basis of a congressional investigation into regional Indian Health Service facilities that was spearheaded by former US Sen. Byron Dorgan, DN. ...and more »
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U.S. Electric Car Revolution to Go Forward, With or Without CongressReutersByron Dorgan, a Democrat who is now retired, received the thumbs-up from the energy committee before sputtering out in the Senate. One highlight of this year's 87-page version is DOE grants of as much as $250 million for communities across the country ...and more »
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...correspondent and former anchor, NBC Nightly News Pam Gulleson, advisor to the president of the North Dakota Farmers Union; former chief of staff to Senator Byron Dorgan Patty Talahongva, former president of the Native American Journalists Association...
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Street Insider
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Stevie Wonder to be honored at Multiple Myeloma event in GreenwichStamford AdvocateByron Dorgan (D-ND) look on after Obama signed the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 into law during an East Room event October 8, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama also made remarks on the impact of ...and more »
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ND Dem chairman Schneider stepping down in September, wants 'wide-open' race ...The RepublicBefore, Schneider said North Dakota's Democratic congressional delegation had a lot of influence over who was the state party chairman. But now, Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan and Rep. Earl Pomeroy are no longer in office. Democratic Sen. ...Dem chairman wants open race for successorMinot Daily Newsall 24 news articles »
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Politico (blog)Rep. Rick Berg to announce Senate runBismarck TribuneByron Dorgan, DN.D., to run for the same seat. According to sources close to Berg, preparations are under way for an announcement sometime next week, likely Wednesday, though no date has been set. Berg's former deputy campaign manager Jonathan Casper ...Berg vs Gulleson in NDPolitico (blog)ND Dems urge Pam Gulleson to enter '12 US Senate raceGrand Forks HeraldUS Senate race heats up in NDDickinson PressAlbany Times Union -Jamestown Sunall 164 news articles »
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Tapping into US tribal powerchinadialogueIn 2010, then-US senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota – chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs -- introduced the Indian Energy Promotion and Parity Act of 2010. The bill was an attempt to address many of the obstacles that had hampered ...
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Veterans Today NetworkSEN. DORGAN: DOD IG REPORT CONFIRMS PENTAGON DROPPED THE BALL ON CHEMICAL ...Veterans Today Network- Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-ND) reacts to an Inspector General's Report concluding the Army's response to the exposure of ...and more »
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Candidates step up to fil Dorgan's seatMinot Daily NewsWith longtime US senator Byron Dorgan, DN.D., not seeking re-election this fall, two candidates have ...Hoeven Wants US Senate After Decade as ND GovernorWNCTall 4 news articles »
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...Memorial Hydrogen Award Thursday on Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Hydrogen Association presented Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) with the Spark Matsunaga Memorial Hydrogen Award Thursday in recognition of his long history of leadership in Congress...
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...escrow account the Obama administration demanded from BP smacks of extortion to me, but Byron Dorgan not only likes it…he’d like to see it go further. President Obama’s decision to push to establish a $20 billion escrow account, funded by BP is the right decision....
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...knows how to legislate, or he ought to introduce his own bill and get it through the Senate and stay off this bill.” Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) faces a powerful opponent if he brings up drug reimportation as an amendment to the food safety bill. Rep. John...
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The Hill
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Thinning The Elk HerdKFYR-TVSenator Byron Dorgan praised the decision by the National Park Service Monday. To push the Park Service to address the issue last July, Senator Dorgan ...Park Service: Elk-culling could begin in fallDickinson PressNational park elk herd to be reduced by volunteer huntersBismarck TribunePark elk plan releasedMinot Daily NewsBigNews.biz (press release)all 22 news articles »
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France24Dorgan And Klobuchar Push For Passage Of Travel Promotion ActRTT News(RTTNews) - Senators Byron Dorgan, DN.D., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said Thursday that they are pushing for passage of the Travel Promotion Act, ...Congress tries to attract foreign tourists to USThe Associated PressTravel Promotion Act Would Goose Travel/Create JobsHotel Interactive, Inc.Congress Wants To Improve Perceptions Of The USCapitol News ConnectionSydney Morning Herald -CNNMoney.com -Prairie Businessall 193 news articles »
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...as to push through a stinker of a health care reform bill. And while he says his decision “does not ... Press Release | Byron L. Dorgan — United States Senator, North Dakota dorgan.senate.gov 1/5/2010 — STATEMENT BY U.S. SENATOR BYRON DORGAN Tuesday, January...
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Beltway Blips
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The Senate is sorryIndian Country TodayThe Senate resolution was introduced by Republican Sam Brownback of Kansas and Democrat Byron Dorgan of North Dakota. Brownback had been pushing for the ...and more »
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Dorgan To RetireThe Moderate VoiceIn what has to be a blow to Democrats three term incumbent Byron Dorgan of North Dakota has announced he will not seek re-election in 2010. ...
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Incumbent Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan may have a serious problem on his hands if Republicans recruit Gov. John Hoeven to run for the U.S. Senate in North Dakota next year.
The first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 telephone survey of likely voters
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NewsMax
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The 2010 future of the Democrat party is looking bleak …
There is one thing that has been learned from the partisan Democrat ramming through of Obamacare in the Senate against the will of the people. The only good Democrat is one voted out of
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Scared Monkeys
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Incumbent Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan may have a serious problem on his hands if Republicans recruit Governor John Hoeven to run for the U.S. Senate in North Dakota next year. The first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 telephone survey of likely
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By Alicia Mundy
Washington has its share of murder mysteries, but the one that interests Sen. Byron Dorgan involves the untimely death of his amendment to allow cheaper prescription drug imports from Canada.
There are several sets of fingerprints in
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Beltway Blips
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Washington PostDrugmakers fight plan to allow importsWashington PostByron L. Dorgan (DN.D.), would allow pharmacies and wholesalers to import US-approved medication from Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, ...Byron Dorgan's Drug Imporatation Amendment Up For VoteHuffington Post (blog)Measure to Allow Drug Imports FailsWall Street JournalDrugmakers Stave Off Cheaper Imports in Senate VoteBloombergGrand Forks Herald -The Hill (blog) -In-Forumall 303 news articles »
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While the Senate wonders just what it is that Joe Lieberman wants in a health care bill, the standoff over pharmaceutical provisions continues. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) is pressing forward with his demand for a vote on his amendment to allow cheaper
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Huffington Post
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The first test will come Monday, when the Senate resumes consideration of an amendment offered by Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.) to allow cheaper prescription drugs to be imported from Canada and other countries. The idea has broad bipartisan support.
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The big story here is not that the White House wants to crush Byron Dorgan’s reimportation amendment and hold up their deal with Big PhRMa – that’s been clear for a while. The big news is that Dorgan’s fighting back:
The White House, aided by Sen. Tom
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Firedoglake
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A deal between the White House and the pharmaceutical industry has stalled the amendment to allow the importation of drugs.
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File under "Best Filibuster Ever." Over at TPM,
Christina Bellantoni points to
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Beltway Blips
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Could the Pelosi, Reid, Obama liberal agenda cost Democrat Byron Dorgan his Senate seat? Be careful Democrats of the company you keep and the liberal agenda you support. Do Democrats really want to go into the 2010 elections shackled with
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Scared Monkeys
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UTICA, New York - In a potential 2010 election match-up Republican Governor John Hoeven leads Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan 55% to 36% with 9% undecided. Senator Dorgan, however, leads another possible challenger, Republican Duane Sand, by a similar
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Zogby International
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How many senators now caucus with the Democrats? Sixty—the very number Reid needs. Yet one of the 60, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, has already indicated that he intends to support the Republican filibuster. This reduces Reid’s count to 59.
Will all
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House Majority leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday that he and other House leaders are pushing for a December 18 floor vote on another job creation bill. He said the measure will focus on public sector jobs, job generating tax credits, infrastructure
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Every day we see energy speculators, war profiteers, managed health-care providers, media propagandists, and/or financiers given some unfair advantage over the average consumers and taxpayers, and the cumulative effect of the American people watching
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Huffington Post
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The news of two Northwest Airlines pilots who got “lost” while fooling around on their laptops has led to a bit of opportunism in Washington DC as Byron Dorgan scrambles into the limelight with some knee-jerk legislation to ban laptops in
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Ed. note: The following post by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) was sent to me by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, of which he is the chair (and with which I am in frequent contact). Sen. Dorgan introduces a new video feature at the DPC's website
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The Reaction
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A leading Senate Democrat warned Friday that if health-care reform legislation fails to slow rising costs, the months-long
political debate will be a "wasted exercise."
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota, told members on the Senate floor, "If whatever
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FOX Business
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October 23, 2009 -- (WASHINGTON, D.C.) --- A bill that earned final approval in Congress late Thursday will help ensure training programs at UND and other unmanned aerial vehicle programs will be able to access airspace in North Dakota, U.S. Senators
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All American Patriots
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A blogger friend of mine forwards along this email about a blogger conference gathering to hear Senator Byron Dorgan talk about waste and corruption among government contractors.
Greetings folks:
I am hosting a blog-o-wonk session Friday morning—and
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The problem with prophets is it's so difficult to tell who the genuine ones are until after the fact. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., for instance, turned out to be a genuine prophet in an article he wrote back in 1994. The problem was that no one realized
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Roanoke.com
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Two recent New America Foundation conferences considered the origins of the ongoing financial crisis and proposals for reforming the system.
On October 15, Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota discussed the requirements for financial sector reform at a
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New America Blogs
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For a while now Senator Byron Dorgan has been on a kick about claiming that the financial industry collapse that is at the heart of the recession we’re currently in is all the result of a bit of deregulation from the late 1990’s that he voted against
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October 15, 2009 -- (WASHINGTON, D.C.) --- U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy announced today that Congress has given final approval to an appropriations bill that will invest in flood control studies for Fargo and
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All American Patriots
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Oct. 13, 2009 - After a flurry of Pentagon contracting scandals involving KBR went unaddressed by Republican lawmakers under the Bush administration, Democrats ran on promises of "real and serious" oversight in their successful 2006 campaign to win
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YubaNet
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RISKY BUSINESS.... (Re-posted from Tuesday) Long-time readers of the Monthly may recall that Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) wrote an important cover story for us in 1994 on financial deregulation and the dangers of derivatives. Dorgan's prescient piece is
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_10/020440.php
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Sen. Byron Dorgan
Ed. note: The following statement by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) was sent to me by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, of which he is the chair (and with which I am in frequent contact). The senator has been at the forefront of
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The Reaction
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RISKY BUSINESS.... Long-time readers of the Monthly may recall that Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) wrote an important cover story for us in 1994 on financial deregulation and the dangers of derivatives. The Monthly's online archives don't go back quite
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Political Animal
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This is an issue Senator Dorgan has been working on for years, and it’s one of the few areas where Dorgan and I agree.
Two senators seeking to end the 46-year-old ban on U.S. travel to Cuba are finding it difficult to get their measure to the Senate
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Say Anything
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Oct. 9, 2009 - Like KBR, the military failed to look after its own at Qarmat Ali.
"Unfortunately," Sgt. Russell Powell said in Congressional testimony, "many of the soldiers who served at Qarmat Ali are paying the consequences for the Army's failure to
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YubaNet
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Facing criticism for her department's handling of federal stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she would not start any new border construction projects.
Five of them, worth about $77 million, had been slated
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Great Falls Tribune
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Here’s the most updated map, with just-released Conrad events from last night added this morning. Click this link to see a list of events as well as the map.
On a related note, a reader/listener to AM1100 sends along this report from a Dorgan town
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Say Anything
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Mr. DORGAN: Mr. President, in recent days and weeks, the House of Representatives has passed legislation called the Waxman Markey bill that deals with the issue of climate change, and particularly deals with the issue of trying to decarbonize the
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Think Progress
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/22/dorgan-anti-trade/
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