http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Senate+us Posts tagged with 'Senate' and 'us' at MetaFilter. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:40:26 -0800 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:40:26 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73853/Doesnt%2Deveryone%2Dexaggerate%2Dthe%2Dsize%2Dof%2DLake%2DOntario <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E6DA1731F932A15750C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print">Humorist</a> and <a href="http://blog.alfranken.com/">candidate for the US Senate</a> for Minnesota Al Franken <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kcivey/2672627281/in/set-72157606195876525/">draws</a> a <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kcivey/2672627289/in/set-72157606195876525/">map</a> of the <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kcivey/2672627303/in/set-72157606195876525/">United States</a> from <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kcivey/2672627311/in/set-72157606195876525/">memory</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73853 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:40:26 -0800 2008 alfranken america draw drawing election election2008 flickr flipboard franken freehand KCIvey KeithIvey lyingliars map memory minnesota senate unitedstates us usa goodnewsfortheinsane http://www.metafilter.com/73042/Former%2DUnited%2DStates%2DSenator%2DJesse%2DHelms%2D1921%2D2008 <a href="http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/news/default.asp?ID=194">Fmr. US Senator</a> <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/642/story/255955.html">Jesse</a> <a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1871">Helms</a>, <a href="http://www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp?SID=3&Title=National+News&NewsID=4342">1921</a> - <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/04/obit.helms/index.html">2008</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Helms">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jesse_Helms">Wikiquote</a> | <a href="http://home.att.net/~jrhsc/helms.html">Collection of attributed quotes (unsourced)</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73042 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:22:18 -0800 congress congressman helms jessehelms nc northcarolina obit obituary politics raleigh senate senateforeignrelationscommittee snator us usa goodnewsfortheinsane http://www.metafilter.com/40297/Cloture%2Dfor%2DBankruptcy%2DAbuse%2DPrevention%2Dand%2DConsumer%2DProtection%2DAct%2Dof%2D2005 A <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN256:">Senate bill</a> to <a href="http://www.doney.net/bra/flowchart.htm">overhaul</a> <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html">federal bankruptcy <a href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/11/toc.html">laws</a>, a <a href="http://www.business-journal.com/BankruptcyBill.asp">top priority</a> of <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050308/dctu070_1.html">retailers</a>, <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v6/alertv6_54a.asp">auto lenders</a> and <a href="http://www.aba.com/Industry+Issues/Bankruptcy_Reform_Main_Menu.htm">banks</a>, <a href="http://www.fxstreet.com/nou/noticies/afx/noticia.asp?pv_noticia=1110312991-d8260f08-44554">cleared a key hurdle</a> Tuesday afternoon. <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00029">Sixty-nine senators</a> -- nine more than needed -- voted for "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture">cloture</a>," a procedural move that limits debate. <a href="http://news.morningstar.com/news/DJ/M03/D04/200503041739DOWJONESDJONLINE001006.html">Republican leaders</a> hope to push the bill to a final vote by the end of the week. Earlier, the Senate <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00028">turned back</a> a controversial, <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=%5CPolitics%5Carchive%5C200503%5CPOL20050308b.html">abortion</a>-<a href="http://www.wcla.org/00-summer/bankruptcy.html">related</a> <a href="http://www.doney.net/bra/523.htm#523(a)(19)">amendment</a> that has <a href="http://www.prolifeaction.org/news/200212/bankruptcy.htm">scuttled <a href="http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju52831.000/hju52831_0f.htm">p</a><a href="http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju62437.000/hju62437_0f.htm">r</a><a href="http://library.lp.findlaw.com/articles/file/00088/005407/title/Subject/topic/Bankruptcy_Preferences/filename/bankruptcy_2_547">e</a><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR00333:@@@T">v</a><a href="http://www.abanet.org/poladv/letters/107th/bankruptcy042202.html">i</a><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00975:@@@T">o</a><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&db_id=cp108&r_n=hr407.108&sel=TOC_2516&">u</a><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-256">s</a> <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/bankruptcy/">efforts</a> to pass <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy#Bankruptcy_Abuse_Prevention_.26_Consumer_Protection_Act_of_2005">bankruptcy legislation</a>. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was first introduced in <a href="http://grassley.senate.gov/releases/1998/p8r05-23.htm">1998</a></a> as The Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40297 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:09:21 -0800 abortion bankruptcy cloture consumer creditcard legislation senate us airguitar http://www.metafilter.com/22735/some%2Daction%2Don%2Dglobal%2Dwarming%2Din%2Dthe%2DUS <a href="http://mccain.senate.gov/globalwarmintro.htm">some action on global warming in the US senate<br></a> mccain and lieberman introduce some long overdue legislation to curb global warming in the US. where's the major media coverage of this? it was nearly 60 degrees here in minnesota today - in january. global warming? nah. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.22735 Wed, 08 Jan 2003 15:39:30 -0800 climate climatechange globalwarming Senate UnitedStates US specialk420