Topic: North Dakota

Next year is shaping up to be a make-it or break-it moment for Nevada, as one Silver State senator stares down what's looking like a brutal fight for his political fate.No, I'm not talking about John Ensign. For the past four years, ...

Byron Dorgan

Byron Dorgan is the Democratic Dickinson , North Dakota Assumed office: Tax Commissioner Representing a state in which he has a large contingency of Native Americans , Dorgan has chaired the Indian Affairs Committee , and fought to advance the interest of ...
GOP's Berg beats Dem Pomeroy for ND US House seat; first Republican to hold it in 30 yearsRepublican Rick Berg has defeated nine-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy to become the first Republican in three decades to serve as North Dakota's lone ...
On America's Plains, times are good _ but voters are still angryThe recession that has brought misery to so much of America hasn't touched Walter Grotte. His business moving silos and grain bins is prospering, and, like many in North Dakota, he ...

Democrat Sen. Dorgan to leave Senate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, announced on Tuesday he will not run for another six-year term, a move that could threaten his party's 60-vote majority in the Senate.Dorgan said his decision was not related to the prospect ...

Carbon Permit Allocation Debated in US Senate

In the latest obstacle to proposed U.S. climate legislation, key lawmakers on Thursday urged Senate Democrats to change distribution plans for carbon permits to offer more protection for coal-dependent utilities.. The lawmakers said the allocation scheme in the current Senate bill does ...

Guidance offered on TARP exams at hearing

The article reports on the changes to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) advocated by industry leaders in a hearing hosted by U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank on January 13, 2009. Recommendations given by American Bankers Association president Ed ...
With freezing water lapping at the top of four-story high levees, anxious officials asked residents of Fargo, North Dakota to help patrol for leaks Saturday as they reinforced defenses against the city's worst flood in recorded history.Officials fear some 30,000 people could ...
Kerry, Rockefeller to take on new chairmanships in next Senate sessionSen. John Kerry will be the next Foreign Relations Committee chairman while Sen. John D. Rockefeller will take over the committee that will help write the economic recovery package, Senate Majority Leader ...
Voters torn over presidential race in reliably red-state North DakotaHeading into the local Wal-Mart at the dinner hour, Janel Forster buries her face in her hands as she talks about the upcoming presidential race. But they also aren't sure how to express ...
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