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$149M flood aid for RI, Tenn. passes key vote

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Published May 14, 2010 at 11:28 a.m.

Sen. Jack Reed says the preliminary estimate of the damage in the state is nearly $150 million ...

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U.S. Senate panel to consider McConnell judgeship

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Published May 7, 2010 at 6:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for May 13 on the nomination of Providence lawyer John J. McConnell, Jr. to the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island ... He will be among five judges considered that day by the key panel - one to a federal appeals court, the rest to the trial courts at the federal district level ... McConnell, 51, is a top political campaign contributor and a successful plaintiffs lawyer - best known for the big roles he

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Transcript: Sen. Whitehouse chats about Wall St. reform

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Published April 30, 2010 at 4:22 p.m.
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Journal photo / Sandor Bodo ... Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and aide Matt Thornton chat live with projo.com readers ... Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, chatting live about Wall Street reform Friday. The following is a full transcript: ... Sen. Whitehouse: Hello, everyone ... Thanks for participating in this web chat today ... This is an important time now that we have broken the Republican filibuster and gone to the Wall Street reform bill ... I am looking forward to taking your questions, and we

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Reed discusses stimulus, health care on ‘10 News Conference’

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 4:03 p.m.

Sen. Jack Reed talks about the political climate on Capitol Hill ...

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Poll shows Chafee, Caprio leading, Lynch, Robitaille trailing

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 11:17 p.m.

By Katherine Gregg ... and Steve Peoples ... PROVIDENCE -- Independent Lincoln D. Chafee could be the man to beat in the race for governor in Rhode Island, according to the first independent poll of the 2010 election season ... Although he has been out of office since losing his U.S. Senate seat in 2006, Chafee would be in a statistical "dead heat" with General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio and he would lead the state's two-term Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch by 11 points if he faced either

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WPRI rolling out next segment of voters' poll Friday night

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 4:56 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A recent poll suggests that Rhode Island voters are angry and they're taking it out on their elected officials ... The poll conducted by WPRI-TV Channel 12, is being released in parts. More will be available this evening; projo.com will publish results on the 7to7newsblog after 6 p.m ... Poll results reported by the television station Thursday night show that just 33 percent of Rhode Islanders rated U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's performance as excellent or good, while 54

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Update: Vote sends Thompson nomination to full Senate

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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 4:23 p.m.

By John E. Mulligan ... Journal Washington Bureau ... WASHINGTON -- Without dissent, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to recommend that the full Senate confirm President Obama's nomination of Rhode Island Superior Court Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ... The bipartisan voice vote set the stage for Senate action to seat the 21-year veteran of the Rhode Island courts on the federal appeals court in Boston. Thompson would be the

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Reed speaks on health-care bill at 2:30 p.m.

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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 1:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Jack Reed, a member of the U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will deliver a speech from the Senate floor about 2:30 p.m. in which he will urge swift passage of the health-insurance bill, his office says in a news release ... Reed also will give his view of what the bill will mean for Rhode Island ... The speech will be televised on CSPAN-2, and streamed live on the Web ...

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Chamber chief eyes $50M small-biz bond

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Published Dec. 17, 2009 at 1:38 p.m.

Newport County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Keith W. Stokes, shown far left with U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, has proposed a bond referendum to boost the state’s economy and provide capital for small-business owners ...

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Senate OKs $73M for projects at Newport Navy base

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Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 1:03 p.m.

The Senate voted on Wednesday for a military construction appropriations bill that would provide $73.85 million next year for improvements at Naval Station Newport ... "This federal funding will allow the Navy to make critical renovations at Naval Station Newport," Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) said in statement announcing the unanimous vote. "This federal investment is vitally important to the continue presence and growth of Rhode Island's military facilities and defense industry, which plays an

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