As the Washington D.C. area recovers from Winter Storm Pax, here’s a rather interesting statement from Alaskan Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska) about climate change’s effect on his state. The Senate hearing about mitigating extreme weather was held yesterday, right before
In response to Harry Reid: ‘Vulnerable Democrats’ Want to Campaign with Obama (Video): CNN has been trying very admirably to get “vulnerable Democrats” on the record to say whether or not they want the president campaigning with them. Yesterday’s State
During the “Post Game” portion of CNN’s coverage of the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) explained he wasn’t particularly interested in campaigning with President Barack Obama during his upcoming reelection effort. Instead, the first-term
While most of the nation huddled to keep warm as a “polar vortex” blanketed the nation, Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) was in Hawaii to speak at a conference of airport executives. The average temperature in Hawaii on Tuesday was in
The combination of new health insurance coverage mandates and the disastrous rollout of ObamaCare makes it very likely that fewer people will have insurance than before the law was implemented. On Wednesday, the Associated Press trumpeted the news that over
Though Alaska’s Sen. Mark Begich (D) promised an “aggressive strategy” to assure the success of ObamaCare in his state, not one Alaskan has been able to sign up for his state’s exchange. In June, Senate Democrats who voted to approve
(AP) Kelly and Giffords lobby in Alaska for gun controlBy DAN JOLINGAssociated PressANCHORAGE, AlaskaAlaska might seem a hard place to sell a gun control message in a state where subsistence hunting is for many a way of life, and where
As Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly kicked off their gun control tour on July 1, Giffords went to a firing range in Las Vegas and shot a gun for the first time since being shot by Jared Loughner
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said on Wednesday that the immigration bill is “chockfull of de facto earmarks, pork-barrel spending and special interest sweetners” designed to buy support. One such provision involves language slipped into the bill by Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and
On June 25, Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly announced they will be undertaking a week-long tour for gun control. According to The Hill, the tour will begin July 1 in Nevada and “will include stops in Alaska, Maine,
A new Harper Polling poll shows a plurality of likely Alaskan Republican voters support their former Governor, Sarah Palin, as a U.S. Senate candidate in the 2014 GOP primary over Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and 2010 Senate candidate Joe Miller.
With Senate support for the Manchin-Toomey “compromise” continuing to slide, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) appear willing to revert to gimmicks to try to squeak the bill through. The numbers on the bill are tight but tending
(AP) Senate gives pre-dawn OK to Democratic budgetBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONAn exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) and Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas), attempting to address the central issue of gun violence, introduced legislation Wednesday titled The NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013, which would clarify circumstances
Republicans teamed up with Democrats Wednesday to introduce gun control legislation in the US Senate that aims to keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill. It is one of a handful of new bills, including a beefed-up
Yesterday, President Obama’s plan to raise taxes on oil companies went down in flames in the Senate, 51-47. And while the vote was largely along party lines, four Democrats–Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska), Mary Landrieu (La.), Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Jim Webb (Va.)–wisely
From The Hill: Senior administration officials met with Senate Democrats for an hour and a half on Thursday to answer their complaints about President Obama’s jobs bill. Democratic lawmakers voiced objections to several of the president’s proposals to pay for
AP: The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday’s count.
