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Susan Collins Says She’ll Write Nikki Haley In For President
For the third straight presidential election, U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she will not vote for Donald Trump. Instead,…
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Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey Want Bob Menendez To Resign From U.S Senate
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) should resign, his two colleagues from Massachusetts say. Both U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren…
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Massachusetts Libertarian U.S. Senate Candidate Dies
An Athol resident who launched a third-party U.S. Senate campaign earlier this year has died. Lou Marino, 48, died Monday,…
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Socialist U.S. Senate Candidate Explains Why He’s Running Against Elizabeth Warren
Whitman planning board member Brandon Griffin is running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts next year as a member of the Workers…
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Workers Party of Massachusetts Announces It Is Running A U.S. Senate Candidate
A third-party candidate joined the 2024 Massachusetts U.S. Senate race on Labor Day. The Workers Party of Massachusetts, a socialist…
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Bernie Sanders Open To Endorsing Against Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) may work against one of his Senate colleagues who caucuses with the Democratic Party. Sanders…
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Ed Markey Doesn’t See Why People Can’t Just Buy Electric Cars
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) has solved the high gas cost problem. Or so he thinks . . .…
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Susan Collins Says She Will Vote To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson To U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) wants to see Ketanji Brown Jackson on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Republican senator…
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Mitt Romney Votes Against Repealing Airline Flight Mask Mandate Repeal
A bill that would repeal the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's mask mandate earned bipartisan support this week. However, U.…
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National GOP Wants Chris Sununu To Run For U.S. Senate in New Hampshire
The Republican Party wants Chris Sununu in the U.S. Senate. The governor of New Hampshire has faced increased pressure from members…
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U.S. Senate Confirmation Vote For Marty Walsh Scheduled For Monday, March 22
The U.S. Senate will most likely confirm Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be the next U.S. Secretary of Labor next…
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U.S. Senate To Hold Confirmation Hearing For Marty Walsh This Week
U.S. senators plan to pepper Boston Mayor Marty Walsh with questions later this week. Walsh, who is President Joe Biden'…
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Mitt Romney May Vote To Convict Trump In The U.S. Senate … Again
Will former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney vote to convict President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate? Last time Trump was impeached,…
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Bernie Sanders Says He Will Be Chairman of Subcommittee On Health If Democrats Win Back U.S. Senate
If Democrats take control of the Senate, then self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders of Vermont will have a new role guiding…
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Jeanne Shaheen Holds Commanding Lead In U.S. Senate Race Poll
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) has a comfortable lead over her opponent in the upcoming November election, if you…
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Susan Collins Not Keen To Weigh In On 2020 Presidential Election
U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine does not appear likely to endorse President Donald Trump's re-election campaign. Collins,…
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Next Ed Markey-Joe Kennedy III Debate Scheduled
Another debate between the two Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate candidates is scheduled to take place in about two and a half…
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Susan Collins of Maine Now Least Popular Senator in United States in Home State
Susan Collins, who once enjoyed high favorability ratings in Maine, is now the least popular U.S. senator in her own state…
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Maine’s Susan Collins Makes It Official: She’s Running for Re-Election To U.S. Senate in 2020
As expected, Maine U.S. Senator Susan Collins will seek re-election in 2020, as Politico reports. The Republican is pursuing a…
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Al Franken To Resign from U.S. Senate
The Minnesota Democrat accused of harassing and groping multiple women is leaving the U.S. Senate. "Some of the allegations against…
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Trump To Maine Governor Paul LePage: Run for U.S. Senate
Paul LePage, the Republican governor of Maine who leaves office in about a year, this past May ruled out a run for…
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Warren Breaks Senate Rule, Prohibited From Debating Sessions Nomination
The media is talking a lot about Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), but just why was she banned from taking the Senate floor?…
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Kelly Ayotte To Shepherd Gorsuch Nomination To U.S. Supreme Court
Kelly Ayotte, a recently defeated Republican U.S. senator from New Hampshire, is considered a moderate with good relationships among senators who…
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Mass Fiscal Chair Weighing U.S. Senate Run in 2018
STATE HOUSE – Republican Rick Green, the wealthy owner of a Pepperell-based auto parts company and founder of the conservative non-profit…
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Warren, Markey out of top 20 in home-state rankings of senators
STATE HOUSE — The Bay State's U.S. senators got reserved support from local voters this summer in a poll released…
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Senate approves budget, Keenan questions support for opioid fight
STATE HOUSE — With just hours remaining in the current fiscal year, the state Senate on Thursday evening voted 38-1 to send…
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Senate passes ride-for-hire bill favored by app-based industry
STATE HOUSE — After scrapping a requirement for companies to enable tipping and roughly matching the House and governor's two-tiered…
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Housing benefits highlight Senate-approved veterans bill
STATE HOUSE — The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill aimed at increasing veterans' access to public housing and providing other…
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Zika talks to end soon, Republican negotiators promise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-…
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Federal Joyce probe reaches into state House with subpoena
BOSTON – U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz subpoenaed records from the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of an investigation into…
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Warren faults Senate GOP for fostering Trump ‘extremism’
BOSTON – U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator from Massachusetts, kept up her attacks on Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential…
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Race for control of Senate is a toss-up
The race for the White House is drawing all the attention, but control of the Senate is also up for grabs in…
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Senate votes to bar tobacco to under-21 buyers in Mass.
The Massachusetts Senate voted 32 to 2 Thursday to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco in the state to 21 from 18 to 21, passing legislation that supporters said would cut down youth smoking and nicotine addiction.
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Trump urges Rubio to seek reelection to Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is adding his voice to the growing chorus of Republicans encouraging Marco Rubio to run for re-election…
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Senate passes $39 billion state spending plan
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate wrapped up three days of fiscal 2017 budget deliberations around 11 p.m. Thursday, voting unanimously to pass…
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Senate votes to pay college costs for kids of those killed on duty
Citing the recent line-of-duty deaths of Auburn police officer Ronald Tarentino and state trooper Thomas Clardy, the Senate unanimously agreed…
