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Sen. Reed seen as backstage adviser, ally to Obama

8:58 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON -- As President-elect Barack Obama assembles his national security and foreign policy team, Jack Reed seems to be getting his wish to serve the new administration from the slot to which he was reelected Nov. 4. Democratic Senator Reed......

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 Tags  gates   national security   obama   reed  

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Bill extending jobless benefits heads to White House

6:02 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON -- The Senate has sent to the White House for President Bush's signature a bill that would ensure up to 33 weeks of unemployment benefits in Rhode Island and other states with high rates of joblessness. The White House......

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 Tags  Jack Reed   jobless rate   U.S. Senate   unemployment benefits  

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Update: A special Oval Office signing for a landmark mental-health bill

5:19 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON -- President Bush today told the sponsors of a landmark mental health bill -- including Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy -- that the new law will merit commemoration in the presidential library that he will......

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 Tags  Edward Kennedy   mental health parity   Oval Office   Patrick Kennedy   President Bush  

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Bush and the Kennedys celebrate collaboration on mental health

11:12 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON -- After years of partisan battles between the Bush White House and the Democratic Congress, it's easy to forget that President Bush began his administration with a friendly gesture toward one of the leading Democrats of modern times --......

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 Tags  Bush   Domenici   Kennedy   mental health   Ramstad  

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Whitehouse still pushing for spot on powerful Senate committee

2:59 PM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says that although his chances may be "slim,'' he is pressing ahead with his bid for a seat on the Senate Finance Committee, an assignment with great influence over taxes, Social Security and --......

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 Tags  Barack Obama's administration   Medicaid   Medicare   Senate Finance Committee   Senator Sheldon Whitehouse   Social Security   U.S. Senate  

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New Navy chief is a big believer in subs

6:36 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

The Navy's top officer today gave a ringing endorsement of the submarine program, calling it a ``killer arrow'' among the weapons available to commanders. ``I love submarines,'' Adm. Gary Roughead, the Chief of Naval Operations, told a convention of......

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 Tags  roughead   submarines  

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Gun control group endorses Sen. Reed

8:30 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON -- A prominent gun control organization has endorsed Sen. Jack Reed for reelection. Reed, D-R.I., won praise from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence -- named for Jim Brady, the onetime press secretary to Ronald Reagan who suffered......

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 Tags  Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence   gun control   Jack Reed   Jim Brady  

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Sen. Whitehouse cited by environmental group, Esquire

8:02 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

Election Day is still almost three weeks off, but the congressional post-season is already underway, with lobbying groups and commentators passing out garlands to favored legislators. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., can point this week to applause for his work on......

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 Tags  Esquire   Gonzales   Whitehouse  

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R.I. native defends Alaska senator in high-profile case

2:29 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

Rhode Island native Brendan V. Sullivan Jr., one of Washington's best-known criminal lawyers, is back in the news. Sullivan, who became nationally famous during the Iran-Contra congressional hearings a generation ago, is making headlines as a lawyer in a high-profile......

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 Tags  Coia   Price   Stevens   Sullivan   Sundlun  

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Brown professor to speak on NASA missions at Virginia conference

4:18 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

A Brown University professor who was active in the early stages of the nation's manned space travel program will be one of a handful of featured speakers next week at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Aviation......

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 Tags  Apollo   Brown University   James W. Head III   NASA  

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R.I. senators says constituents sense the bailout is in their interests

12:52 PM Thu, Oct 02, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

WASHINGTON - Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse say opposition to a financial bailout bill may be muting as citizens consider the possibility that government inaction could hurt them. Nevertheless, ``the message has been loud and clear'' from constituents,......

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Kennedy seeing more constituent support for bailout

11:50 AM Thu, Oct 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau    Email

By John Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, D-RI, is among the legislators who have seen some moderation in the opposition of his constituents to the financial rescue package that is now headed to the House......

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 Tags  House   Kennedy   Langevin   Reed   Wall Street rescue   Whitehouse  

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