Topic - Ben Nelson

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  Former Sen. Bob Kerrey not running again for Neb. seat

  Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said Tuesday he will not run for the Nebraska Senate seat he gave up more than a decade ago, shutting down hopes for a bid both parties called Democrats' best chance to hold the seat.

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  Inside Politics

  Former Sen. Bob Kerrey on Tuesday rejected a comeback run for Senate, dashing Democrats' hopes of holding a coveted Nebraska seat and leaving the party to scramble for a race all but guaranteed to go Republicans' way.

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  Nebraska Democrats pin hopes on Kerrey

  Sen. Ben Nelson's semi-surprising announcement last month that he wouldn't seek re-election has left Nebraska Democrats scrambling to find a replacement candidate to hold onto one of the party's most vulnerable seats this fall.

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  WOLF: Cronyism doesn't sell in corn country

  One of the most encouraging, if underreported, developments of our times is the collapsed career of Nebraska's soon-to-be former Democratic senator, Ben Nelson. His crucial 60th vote for Obamacare was secured with the infamous "Cornhusker Kickback" deal that ultimately sealed his own demise.

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  Inside Politics

  Newt Gingrich says a luxury cruise he took through the Greek Isles earlier this year that prompted top aides to quit his campaign was designed to show he's "a different kind of candidate."

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  Sen. Ben Nelson won't run for re-election

  Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, one of the Senate's most moderate — and politically vulnerable — Democrats, announced Tuesday he won't seek a third term in office next year, saying it was "time to move on."

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  GOP ends truce on judicial hopefuls

  Senate Republicans on Tuesday filibustered one of President Obama's appellate court nominees, ending a six-year truce and reigniting one of the bitterest recurring battles on Capitol Hill.

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  LAMBRO: Obama's housing horrors

  President Obama flew to Las Vegas on Monday to talk with distressed homeowners and see Nevada's 13.4 percent unemployment first-hand. While he was there, he had lunch at the lavish Bellagio hotel and casino with 300 very rich people who gave him checks of $1,000 to $35,800 for his re-election campaign.

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  Senate rejects Obama's $447B jobs bill

  Despite a last-minute appeal by President Obama, the Democrat-controlled Senate late Tuesday rejected his nearly $450 billion jobs-stimulus proposal, as lawmakers looked ahead at other ways to spur job growth.

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  LAMBRO: Plotting a winning tax divide

  President Obama is running around the country trying to sell his plan to create jobs by raising income taxes. The idea draws cheers from liberals but boos from Republicans and even many Democrats on Capitol Hill who say we shouldn't be raising taxes on anyone, especially in a recession.

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  Senators see GAO budget cuts as payback

  Pushed by budget hawks, the Senate Appropriations Committee has been searching in every nook and cranny for spending cuts, but it may have gone too far in calling for slashing nearly 8 percent from the budget of the government's chief watchdog next year.

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  Oil, gas exploration seen creating 1M jobs in seven years

  Taking the handcuffs off the oil and gas industry would put more than a million Americans to work in the next seven years and make an $800 billion dent in the national debt by 2030, according to a new study released Wednesday.

• Fixing glitch in Obama's health law saves $13B

  Memo to President Barack Obama and the debt negotiators: You can save $13 billion by fixing a glitch in the new health care law.

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  A Republican-leaning fundraising group with ties to GOP strategist Karl Rove has launched a new phase of its $20 million ad campaign attacking Democrats.

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  Republican filibuster blocks Liu for appeals court

  Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the nomination of Goodwin Liu for an appeals court judgeship, accusing him of being a liberal activist and handing President Obama his first judicial defeat of the year.

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