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3:26 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- "We are now skydiving without a parachute," Rep. James R. Langevin said this afternoon as the $700 billion rescue plan for the financial system was defeated in the House of Representatives. "I......
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6:30 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON _ Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy's mental health parity bill appears to be down to its last shot in the legislative ping-pong that has frustrated supporters for months. A ``clean'' version of the bill overwhelmingly passed the House last......
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5:06 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- After a two-day cliffhanger over whether their first debate would take place, John McCain and Barack Obama take aim at the ultimate record: most-watched presidential debate ever. The standard was set in 1980, when 80.6 million......
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1:24 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
AP file photo The first televised presidential debate in U.S. history took place in 1960, between Sen. John F. Kennedy, at the lectern, and Vice President Richard Nixon, at right. Between them is moderator Howard K. Smith. The big......
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11:45 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Rhode Island College in Providence will host a public forum on tonight's presidential debate between Republican nominee Sen. John McCain and Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama. Sen. McCain had called for a postponement of the debate until Congress could agree......
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10:43 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jack Reed has stepped out of the negotiations over the proposed package to rescue the financial system and plans to fly to Mississippi later today for the presidential debate between Democratic......
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7:26 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
EAST GREENWICH -- If you're waiting for Sen. Joseph Biden at the Alpine Country Club in Cranston, he may be a little late. His red, white and blue-colored chartered plane touched town at Northstar Aviation at T.F. Green Airport in......
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6:53 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Rep. James R. Langevin said that today's White House signing of legislation to improved the lot of the disabled was "one of the most exciting things I've been part of since I've been in Washington.'' The Rhode Island......
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6:43 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Governor Carcieri is scheduled to be a guest tomorrow on Bloomberg Television's "In Focus" program to talk about Rhode Island's renewable energy program and the announcement that Deepwater Wind will develop a large off-shore wind farm. The governor's office said......
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1:56 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Congressional banking and budget leaders presented a united front minutes ago behind a bipartisan compromise that they will later present to the administration, confident that it will soon lead to a $700-billion......
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7:21 AM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Rep. James R. Langevin will go to the White House this morning as President Bush signs into law the latest amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (S- 3406). ``It's a historic day,'' the Rhode Island Democrat......
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12:38 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite overwhelming shows of support in both houses of Congress yesterday, there remains much uncertainty about the fate of the campaign for better medical treatment of mental illness. From House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader......
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10:35 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
WASHINGTON - To identify barriers to end-of-life decision-making, and raise awareness about the need for solutions, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will chair a hearing today before the Senate Special Committee on Aging to hear from medical and legal experts about......
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8:50 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Congress may be preoccupied with an epic financial crisis while it fights to close up shop for the remainder of the election year, but that doesn't mean that the flow of routine business gets shut off. Tomorrow morning, for example,......
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7:10 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Updated / 7:10 p.m. WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy's mental-health parity legislation on a 376-to-47 vote tonight. The Rhode Island Democrat's bill now awaits Senate action that may not be easy to secure this......
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6:15 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Governor Carcieri is slated to do a phone interview on Lou Dobbs' radio program tomorrow in the 2:15 to 2:30 p.m. range, according to the governor's schedule. Amy Kempe, spokeswoman for the governor, said by e-mail that immigration will be......
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10:37 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
AP photo U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., right, accompanied by fellow Senate banking committee member, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., asks a question of a witness on Capitol Hill in Washington today during the committee's hearing on the credit market......
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9:44 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
As part of the giant Wall Street bailout that Congress is negotiating this week with the Bush administration, Sen. Jack Reed is working on a mechanism that could make financial companies reimburse taxpayers for settling their bad debts. Reed, a......
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9:22 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PAWTUCKET - The Sept. 17 debate between Democrat Mayor James E. Doyle and his opponent, independent City Councilor Donald R. Grebien, will be rebroadcast this afternoon at 2 p.m. on Cox Channel 13. During the debate, Doyle, who is seeking......
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7:44 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
``A new financial meltdown'' may loom beyond the current crisis, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said yesterday, calling for federal action against ``abusive credit card practices.'' In a letter to colleagues who are leading the efforts to write bailout legislation for......
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5:53 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
It was hard to tell where exactly the glitches began on Primary Day. First a ballot memory pack got locked in a Providence school and a second one temporarily disappeared. Then the computers in Woonsocket reportedly forgot to count two......
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1:54 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Seventy percent of registered voters in Rhode Island think the state has gone off in the wrong direction, according to a survey conducted by Brown University. The survey results, which are based on a random sample of 652 voters in......
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6:35 PM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Bob Thayer U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton waves to assembled press as her motorcade breezes down Shore Drive in Bristol today on her way to a fundraiser at the home of Alan Hassenfeld, head of toymaker Hasbro.......
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1:15 PM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
E-mails are circulating around Rhode Island from Barack Obama's campaign recruiting local supporters to take part in "Camp Obama." Ray Sullivan, state director for the Obama campaign in Rhode Island says in the e-mail, "during these training sessions, people like......
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1:09 PM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Governor Carcieri is making the rounds of radio talkshows today with a don't panic, stay-the-course message for listeners concerned about the confluence of scary state and national economic news, including a 15-year high in the state's jobless rate. "We are......
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11:42 AM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The Democrats are making their presence felt today in Rhode Island. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign will hold an open house and rally for volunteers and supporters on today at 6 p.m. at the Rhode Island for Obama headquarters......
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5:48 PM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- This afternoon around 30 Republican candidates gathered on the marble staircase in the State House rotunda to pose for a group photo. A photographer was standing at the ready. But before the photo was snapped, Governor Carcieri's communications......
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5:08 PM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Republican Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian has agreed to "voice his support'' for the fledgling Moderate Party of Rhode Island at an Oct. 10 fundraiser. In an interview today, Avedisian confirmed comments attributed to him in a statement issued by Ken......
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6:08 PM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
They braved fire, explosions and water to save lives and now they'll be honored for their heroics. Seven Rhode Islanders will gather at the State House today to receive accolades from Governor Carcieri and Secretary of State A. Ralph......
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5:15 PM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE - The prospect of paying more for health insurance in their retirement years has led more than 1,000 state workers to serve notice they want out now before the new and more expensive rules take effect. Simply put,......
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4:27 PM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
About 250 people have registered so far today for the National Speakers Conference that is drawing House Speakers from across the country, and their spouses and staff members, to Newport, according to Larry Berman, spokesman for the Rhode Island......
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6:01 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy's office today announced his new press secretary is Kerrie Bennett, who for the past three years was a spokeswoman and projects manager for the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority. Before her time with the convention center......
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5:25 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Edward Fitzpatrick Journal staff writer Two big-league Democrats are heading to the smallest state. Sen. Joseph Biden will be coming to Rhode Island on Thursday, Sept. 25, to raise money for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and Sen. Hillary......
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1:03 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
(AP Photo/Julia Cumes) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., arrives with his wife Victoria to vote in the statewide Democratic primary at the town hall in Hyannis, Mass., today. HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy has had his......
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1:01 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Governor Carcieri has headed up north for a conference in Downeast Maine. His schedule e-mail tells us that he's at a conference today of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers in Bar Harbor. It's the group's 32nd annual conference.......
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10:59 AM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON -- Primary day carries some uncertainty for John Kerry for the first time in his 24 years in the Senate. Kerry faces his first challenger in a Democratic primary since he was elected in Tuesday's election. Gloucester attorney Ed......
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10:00 AM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Pawtucket Mayor James E. Doyle has agreed to make an appearance today on the Glen Medeiros Show, on Public Access Channel 18, to debate his opponent Donald R. Grebien. Doyle had initially said he would not appear on the show,......
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3:38 PM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Former Lincoln Chafee press secretary Debbie Rich has stepped up her acting resume. The one-time politico appears in the recently released remake of the 1939 film The Women, where she pops up alongside Silver Screen greats Meg Ryan, Annette Benning......
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3:25 PM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- Erin P. Lynch has kept her lead over David Bennett in the Democratic primary to vie for the Senate District 23 seat in Warwick. After a recount at the state Board of Elections this afternoon, Lynch was ahead......
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2:34 PM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- The recount of the primary race that appears to have unseated longtime state Sen. Stephen D. Alves is over. And Alves's opponent, newcome Michael Pinga, remains ahead. Pinga increased his lead by two votes in the recount at......
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