http://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/sheldon-whitehouse2010-12-04T12:30:31Z2010-06-28T09:45:21ZReuters US Online Report Politics Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-28:/confirmation-hearings/factbox-kagan-grilled-veteran-lawmakers-976853a/

<div><p>WASHINGTON (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - If history is any indication, lawmakers will do much, if not most, of the talking at Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation hearing, set to begin on Monday.</p><p>Here's a look at some of those on the 19-member <a title="U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+the+Judiciary" >Senate Judiciary Committee</a> -- 12 <a title="U.S. Democratic Party" h...

2010-09-10T18:21:28ZTalkingPointsMemo.comtag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-09-10:/u.s.-politics/whitehouse-contemptofcongress-fight-bring-1330396a/

<div><p>Some senators are queasy over a potential contempt-of-Congress showdown with the Bush administration over the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >U.S.</a> attorney firings. Not <a title="Sheldon Whitehouse" href="/topic/Sheldon+Whitehouse" >Sheldon Whitehouse</a> (D-RI), who sat down with TPMmuckraker in his Senate offices this morning.</p><p>Whitehouse said that the Bush administration has "redrawn the line" for a reasonable exercise of executive privilege. And that's ...

2010-09-10T16:28:28ZTalkingPointsMemo.comtag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-09-10:/u.s.-politics/todays-read-1325056a/

<div><p>Hear that? Those are the hosannas of civil libertarians. </p><p>The <a title="U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+the+Judiciary" >Senate Judiciary Committee</a>, by a single vote, passed a surveillance bill yesterday. And it doesn't include retroactive legal immunity for telecommunications companies that complied with the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance programs. Since the Senate intelligence committee's version of the FISA Amendme...

2010-12-04T12:30:31ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-12-04:/photo/tax-cuts-2392176p/

<a title="Sheldon Whitehouse" href="/topic/Sheldon+Whitehouse" >Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.</a>, speaks during a <a title="U.S. Democratic Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" >Democrats</a> news conference following two votes on tax cuts during a rare Saturday session of the <a title="U.S. Senate" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate" >U.S. Senate</a> on <a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" >Capitol Hill</a> in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a>...

2010-08-04T09:45:30ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-08-04:/photo/gulf-oil-spill-2326232p/

Senate Oversight subcommittee <a title="Sheldon Whitehouse" href="/topic/Sheldon+Whitehouse" >Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.</a>, questions <a title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" href="/topic/U.S.+Environmental+Protection+Agency" >EPA</a> assistant administrator <a title="Paul Anastas" href="/topic/Paul+Anastas" >Paul Anastas</a>, on <a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" >Capitol Hill</a> in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a> Wedne...

2010-06-30T08:00:56ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-30:/photo/kagan-supreme-court-2309822p/

<a title="U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+the+Judiciary" >Senate Judiciary Committee</a> member <a title="Sheldon Whitehouse" href="/topic/Sheldon+Whitehouse" >Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.</a>, questions <a title="U.S. Supreme Court" href="/topic/U.S.+Supreme+Court" >Supreme Court</a> nominee <a title="Elena Kagan" href="/topic/Elena+Kagan" >Elena Kagan</a>, on <a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" >Capitol Hill</a> in <a title="Washi...

2010-03-26T15:39:10ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-03-26:/photo/obama-2200263p/

<a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> speaks to lawmakers, from left, <a title="Ben Cardin" href="/topic/Ben+Cardin" >Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.</a>, <a title="Jack Reed" href="/topic/Jack+Reed" >Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.</a>, <a title="Sheldon Whitehouse" href="/topic/Sheldon+Whitehouse" >Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.</a>, <a title="Ron Wyden" href="/topic/Ron+Wyden" >Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.</a>, after he signed the <a title="Hiring Incentives to Restore Emplo...

2010-06-25T20:33:29ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-25:/photo/congress-jobs-bill-2144095p/

<a title="Ben Cardin" href="/topic/Ben+Cardin" >Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.</a>, center, accompanied by <a title="Jeff Merkley" href="/topic/Jeff+Merkley" >Sen. Jeff Merkley D-Ore.</a>, left, and <a title="Sheldon Whitehouse" href="/topic/Sheldon+Whitehouse" >Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.</a>, gestures during a news conference on <a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" >Capitol Hill</a> in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a>, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, to...