Attention has been focused on Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, as he works behind closed doors to try to meld two different committee versions of health care legislation into one bill for the full Senate to debate.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Specter's announcement was welcomed by White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, who said Specter's support would be important in implementing President Obama's economic plan: "Let me repeat what the president told Senator Specter this morning, that he has the president's full support, that he is thrilled that he switched parties and is a Democrat and that we look forward to working as we have on the Recovery and Reinvestment Plan with Senator Specter,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Yet the education blob, in cahoots with allies such as Senator Edward Kennedy (Democrat--Massachusetts), is furiously waging rearguard actions to restrict or gut this program.

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In response to a question about Gore's character, Bradley said that Gore was just using the event to pay lip service to minorities, but actually had a "conservative Democrat" voting record as a congressman and senator.

CNN: Advantage to Gore in showdown at the Apollo

Senator Carl Levin -- whose role as ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee should not obscure his record as one of Congress's most assiduously anti-defense legislators -- was also trotted out to denounce this error.

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