Sentences with phrase «senator blanche»

Last week Senator Blanche Lincoln (D - AR) became chairman of the Agriculture Committee, after Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA), the previous chair, accepted the gavel at the Health, Labor, Education and Pension Committee (vacated by the passing of Ted Kennedy).

«The problem of doing both of them together is that it becomes too big of a lift,» Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas said in an interview last week.

Washington -(CNN) Senator Blanche Lincoln, D - Arkansas, has cancelled a New York fundraiser that had been works for Monday with Goldman Sachs executives, and is now vowing not to take any more campaign cash from the embattled Wall Street giant.

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«The whole family is very thrilled and honored that Senator Klein is recognizing our mother's life's work for Jewish Heritage Month,» said Madelyn Katz, daughter of the late Blanche Comras Rifkin.

Senator Jeff Klein is joined by David and Jay Katz, the grandchildren of the late Blanche Comras Rifkin, Charles Landsberg, and Arlene Salman.

«Arkansas state Sen. Kim Hendren, who is currently the only announced Republican candidate for U.S. Senator against Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in 2010, has apologized for referring to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - NY) as «that Jew,» at a county Republican meeting last week.

Several Democratic senators including Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) and Evan Bayh (Ind.)-- both of whom are up for re-election this fall — have balked at the idea of using the parliamentary tactic of reconciliation to pass elements of the health care plan, and Mary Landrieu (La.) has been critical of the president for not offering more details on the way forward on health care in his speech last night.

Little Rock, Arkansas (CNN)- Log on to Blanche Lincoln's campaign website and you will see a detailed, county - by - county list of money and programs the two - term Democratic senator has secured for Arkansas.