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  September 20, 2012, 1:49 pm

Lautenberg rips Romney on '47 percent' comment

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) ripped into Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his comments about “47 percent” of Americans.

“In the privacy of the event Mitt Romney spilled what he really thinks,” Lautenberg said on the floor Thursday. “This is a man running for president … these comments are disturbing coming from anybody but coming from him, it’s a disgrace.”

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  September 19, 2012, 4:27 pm

Harkin keeps up criticism of Ryan-Romney budget plan

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) once again took to the Senate floor Wednesday to speak out against the spending plan of vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

“People need to know what’s in that Ryan budget,” Harkin said on the floor Wednesday. “A budget is a blueprint for the future of where you want to go.”

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  September 19, 2012, 10:25 am

Reid: Romney's comment shows he's 'out of touch'

By Ramsey Cox

Reid hammered Romney on his "47 percent" comment and repeated his charge that Romney doesn't pay income tax

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  September 18, 2012, 1:50 pm

Female senators push for National Women’s History Museum

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said she’s supporting a bill that would help establish a national museum dedicated to women's history.

"Women's history is American history," Mikulski said in a statement Monday. "Women have been trailblazers throughout our history, using grit, passion and determination to seize the day and to make a difference. … A National Women's History Museum will be a fitting tribute to recognize their lasting legacy while inspiring future generations of women and girls."

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  September 13, 2012, 2:38 pm

Harkin: Ryan budget would take country back 100 years

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), in his continued quest to discredit vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget, said Ryan’s plan would take the country back more than 100 years.

“This is turning America back to where this country was before Roosevelt — not Franklin, I mean Theodore,” Harkin said on the Senate floor Thursday. “That’s how far back this budget would take us.”

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  September 12, 2012, 2:55 pm

Sen. Lautenberg calls Ryan-Romney budget plan 'cruel'

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) went after “lyin’ Ryan” when explaining how vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget is only good for the wealthiest Americans.

“Today I want to look at the numbers in Raul Ryan’s budget because numbers don’t lie even if some politicians do,” Lautenberg said Wednesday in a speech on the Senate floor.

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  September 11, 2012, 6:24 pm

Sen. Harkin continues rebuke of Romney-Ryan budget plan

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) returned to the Senate floor Tuesday to continue his assault on vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan’s spending plan.

He also said he would keep speaking on the floor until the Senate adjourns so that he can tell people what is in Ryan and his running mate Mitt Romney’s “blueprint” for America. 

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  September 11, 2012, 10:22 am

Senate leaders put aside differences, remember where they were on 9/11

By Ramsey Cox

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) put aside their political differences and remembered where they were 11 years ago when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened.

During their floor speeches Tuesday morning they both honored those who died that day and those who have volunteered in the military since to go after al Qaeda. 

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  September 10, 2012, 8:04 pm

Senate Democrats take aim at Ryan budget

By Ramsey Cox

Senate Democrats said they would take time this week to refute GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's spending plan.

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  September 10, 2012, 3:02 pm

Reid mocks Paul Ryan's claims on marathon

By Ramsey Cox

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for having poor math skills when calculating both the GOP budget and how much time it took him to run a marathon.

“Paul Ryan’s math, his arithmetic, it’s very interesting,” Reid said on the floor Monday as he brought the Senate back into session after the August recess. “He said he ran a marathon, said he ran it in just over 2 hours and 50 minutes ... I’ve run marathons too, and using Ryan’s math, I would have made the Olympic team.”

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