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Current office: U.S. Senate
Birth place: Janesville, WI (03/02/1953)
Home city: Middleton, WI
Education: JD, Harvard Law School, 1979 BA, Rhodes Scholar, Final Honours School of Jurisprudence, Magdalen College, Oxford University, 1977 BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975.
Profession: Attorney, Foley and Lardner, 1979-1985 Attorney, LaFollette and Sinykin, 1979-1985.
Political: Deputy Minority Whip, United States Senate, present Senator, United States Senate, 1992-present Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, 1983-1993.
Membership: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Policy Committee. Member, Beth Hillel Temple, Kenosha
First elected: 11/03/1992
Last elected: 11/02/2004
Next election: 2010
Family: Wife: Mary Erpenbach; 2 Children: Jessica, Ellen; 2 Stepchildren.
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Birth place: Janesville, WI (03/02/1953)
Home city: Middleton, WI
Education: JD, Harvard Law School, 1979 BA, Rhodes Scholar, Final Honours School of Jurisprudence, Magdalen College, Oxford University, 1977 BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975.
Profession: Attorney, Foley and Lardner, 1979-1985 Attorney, LaFollette and Sinykin, 1979-1985.
Political: Deputy Minority Whip, United States Senate, present Senator, United States Senate, 1992-present Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, 1983-1993.
Membership: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Policy Committee. Member, Beth Hillel Temple, Kenosha
First elected: 11/03/1992
Last elected: 11/02/2004
Next election: 2010
Family: Wife: Mary Erpenbach; 2 Children: Jessica, Ellen; 2 Stepchildren.
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Chicago Tribune
8.4.09 1:00 AM |
The Obama administration is working on a new approach that may soften some sanctions against the Sudan government, which is implicated in the killing and displacement of tens of thousands.
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Denver Post
7.29.09 2:08 AM |
A Senate panel endorsed Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday in a vote that splintered nearly along party lines, signaling that Republicans will not hesitate to oppose the first Latino...
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Los Angeles Times
7.28.09 12:17 PM |
The Senate Judiciary Committee mostly sticks to party lines in a 13-6 vote. The full Senate is expected to confirm the appointment next week.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first...
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The Washington Times
7.17.09 4:45 AM |
Judged against the standard of the U.S. Senate, maybe Sonia Sotomayor has a point. "A wise Latina" certainly came across smarter than most of those white men on the Judiciary Committee. The...
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Los Angeles Times
7.17.09 3:35 AM |
The House Intelligence Committee announced today that it will investigate whether a secret CIA counter-terrorism program existent during the Bush years broke the law.
Barely six months old,...
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Times Picayune - New Orleans
7.14.09 8:59 PM |
The Associated PressSupreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor WASHINGTON -- Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, pushed back vigorously Tuesday against...
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Chicago Tribune
7.14.09 1:00 AM |
The agency had a plan after Sept. 11 for paramilitary forces to take out Al Qaeda figures overseas. Congress was never told.
The secret CIA program halted last month by Director Leon E....
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
7.14.09 12:00 AM |
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor firmly denied racial bias today at her Senate confirmation hearing and said an oft-criticized remark about her Hispanic heritage affecting...
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Los Angeles Times
7.13.09 5:23 PM |
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee tout her Bronx upbringing and historic nomination, while some Republicans warn she could be an 'activist judge' with an agenda.
The cases for and...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
7.12.09 11:16 PM |
SONIA SOTOMAYOR: The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings today on her confirmation as President Obama's first appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.
AL FRANKEN: Minnesota's junior...
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