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Ky. Senate Passes Oddly Drawn Redistricting Plan - WLWT Cincinnati
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:48:09 GMT

Ky. Senate Passes Oddly Drawn Redistricting Plan
WLWT Cincinnati
One unfortunate Republican would face powerful House Democratic Floor Leader Rocky Adkins in northeastern Kentucky. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said population changes, not politics, necessitated the redistricting plan.
Senate OKs legislative, congressional districtsSan Antonio Express

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Senate passes insider-trading bill - CNN International
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:09:11 GMT

Senate passes insider-trading bill
CNN International
By Ted Barrett, CNN Senior Congressional Producer Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Charles Schumer, Harry Reid and Patty Murray talk Thursday about the STOCK Act. Washington (CNN) -- Aiming to restore voters' faith in Congress, ...

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Kansas Democratic Party leader visits Bourbon County - Fort Scott Tribune
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:06:49 GMT

Kansas Democratic Party leader visits Bourbon County
Fort Scott Tribune
Education, opportunity and responsibility are the main ideas Democrats in Bourbon County and throughout the state should be preaching as an alternative to Republican politics. Everyone paying their fair share and having an equal chance at good jobs are ...

Republicans warned of 'splendid fight' over Keystone - Vancouver Sun
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:17:53 GMT

Republicans warned of 'splendid fight' over Keystone
Vancouver Sun
WASHINGTON — Republican efforts on Capitol Hill to revive the Keystone XL pipeline risk causing a "splendid fight" that could finally doom the $7-billion project, a Democratic supporter of Canadian oil said Friday. Michigan Rep.

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Komen Decision: Race, Class, Abortion and Republicans - Politic365
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:49:15 GMT

Komen Decision: Race, Class, Abortion and Republicans
Politic365
Why does he only care about poverty when the President is a Black Democrat? I'll tell you why: To play games. Where was Michelle's Bachmann's mouth when 800000 jobs were being lost a month? And see, that is the problem with our politics right now.

GOP Senate remap plan aims to force 4 Democrats from office - Louisville Courier-Journal
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:41:55 GMT

Lehighvalleylive.com

GOP Senate remap plan aims to force 4 Democrats from office
Louisville Courier-Journal
FRANKFORT, KY. — Call it politics or payback, but the state Senate's Republican majority pushed through a redistricting plan Wednesday that would force at least four Democrats out of office and turn at least half of those seats over to Republicans.
Plan that puts Kathy Stein's state Senate district outside of Lexington sent ...Lexington Herald Leader
Still no movement on congressionalRealClearPolitics

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Senate Democrats Have a New Political Pinata: Mitt Romney - Fox News (blog)
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:57:47 GMT

Senate Democrats Have a New Political Pinata: Mitt Romney
Fox News (blog)
by Trish Turner | January 25, 2012 You might not have heard President Obama utter the name of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney Tuesday night in his State of the Union address, but Senate Democratic leaders, announcing their intention to put ...

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Court Ruling Expected Tuesday on Redistricting - WTVQ
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:29:27 GMT

Outcome Magazine

Court Ruling Expected Tuesday on Redistricting
WTVQ
Maddox says the House lines split too many of Kentucky's 120 counties, 28. And, one district exceeds the population deviation limit of 5 percent. Maddox told the court that House Speaker Greg Stumbo, a Democrat, “didn't care” what Supreme Courts had ...
Ruling on filing deadline for legislative offices is due TuesdayLouisville Courier-Journal
Redistricting battle heads to courtWKYT

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Top Democrats seeks to quell debate over permanent earmark ban - The Hill (blog)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:25:53 GMT

Top Democrats seeks to quell debate over permanent earmark ban
The Hill (blog)
By Vicki Needham - 02/02/12 01:52 PM ET A senior Senate Democrat made a move Thursday to quell a bipartisan push for a permanent ban on earmarks as it hits a crescendo in the upper chamber. Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye, (D-Hawaii), ...

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Kentucky governor announces austerity budget - World Socialist Web Site
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:43:03 GMT

Kentucky governor announces austerity budget
World Socialist Web Site
By Naomi Spencer Kentucky's Democratic Governor Steve Beshear proposed budget cuts of 8.4 percent for many state agencies and spending freezes for other critical areas. Among the most austere budgets in Kentucky history, the plan will cripple the ...

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