Senate Democrats http://www.npr.org Senate Democrats en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:30:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Senate Democrats http://www.npr.org Millionaire Surtax A 'Desperate' Act To Conservatives, 'Sensible' To Liberals From the Democratic perspective, the beauty of such a surtax comes from how voters across the ideological spectrum have expressed approval for higher taxes on the wealthy to reduce federal deficits and for job creation. Not surprisingly, Democratic voters show the strongest support but there's significant support among Republicans, too. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:30:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/10/05/141090844/millionaire-surtax-called-desperate-by-conservatives-sensible-by-liberals?ft=1&f=131707395 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/10/05/141090844/millionaire-surtax-called-desperate-by-conservatives-sensible-by-liberals?ft=1&f=131707395 From the Democratic perspective, the beauty of such a surtax comes from how voters across the ideological spectrum have expressed approval for higher taxes on the wealthy to reduce federal deficits and for job creation. Not surprisingly, Democratic voters show the strongest support but there's significant support among Republicans, too.

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]]> Sen. Herb Kohl Of Wisconsin To Retire; Sixth Democrat To Announce Exit Kohl, who at 76 has been in the Senate since 1989, was viewed as a relatively safe seat for Democrats since it was thought he could fend off any Republican challenge in part because of his deep pockets as he's done in the past. Fri, 13 May 2011 11:19:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/05/13/136274182/sen-herb-kohl-of-wisconsin-to-retire-sixth-democrat-to-announce-exit?ft=1&f=131707395 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/05/13/136274182/sen-herb-kohl-of-wisconsin-to-retire-sixth-democrat-to-announce-exit?ft=1&f=131707395 Kohl, who at 76 has been in the Senate since 1989, was viewed as a relatively safe seat for Democrats since it was thought he could fend off any Republican challenge in part because of his deep pockets as he's done in the past.

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]]> Sen. Schumer Rehearses Anti-GOP Message With Colleagues (And Reporters) Sen. Schumer experienced the perils of the telephone conference call when he unwittingly rehearsed his anti-GOP talking points with his colleagues and, unbeknown to him, reporters who quietly listened. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:33:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/03/29/134961875/sen-schumer-rehearses-anti-gop-message-with-colleagues-and-reporters?ft=1&f=131707395 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/03/29/134961875/sen-schumer-rehearses-anti-gop-message-with-colleagues-and-reporters?ft=1&f=131707395 Sen. Schumer experienced the perils of the telephone conference call when he unwittingly rehearsed his anti-GOP talking points with his colleagues and, unbeknown to him, reporters who quietly listened.

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]]> Democrats Put GOP On Social Security Notice As Shutdown Looms Republicans and Democrats seemed hopelessly deadlocked over reaching a pact on spending for the rest of the fiscal year with a government shutdown looming. But Senate Democrats were looking ahead to pick their next fight against any GOP effort to slow the growth of entitlements like Social Security. Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:55:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/03/28/134931320/democrats-put-gop-on-social-security-notice-as-shutdown-looms?ft=1&f=131707395 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/03/28/134931320/democrats-put-gop-on-social-security-notice-as-shutdown-looms?ft=1&f=131707395 Republicans and Democrats seemed hopelessly deadlocked over reaching a pact on spending for the rest of the fiscal year with a government shutdown looming. But Senate Democrats were looking ahead to pick their next fight against any GOP effort to slow the growth of entitlements like Social Security.

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]]> Sen. Patty Murray To Lead Democratic Senate 2012 Campaigns Murray took a job other Senate Democrats declined because of having to defend 23 seats versus the nine seats the GOP will be defending. Murray just won her own close race Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:59:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/11/30/131706373/sen-patty-murray-to-lead-democratic-senate-2012-campaigns?ft=1&f=131707395 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/11/30/131706373/sen-patty-murray-to-lead-democratic-senate-2012-campaigns?ft=1&f=131707395 Murray took a job other Senate Democrats declined because of having to defend 23 seats versus the nine seats the GOP will be defending. Murray just won her own close race

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