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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:10:31 GMT Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:10:31 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The 3-judge panel overseeing the ongoing recount between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for Minnesota's Senate seat made a ruling last week they may regret. The court ruled on Friday the 13th that 13 of the 17... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/02/18/mn_courts_friday_13th_decision_might_haunt 2721a2b2-3533-4e00-af0b-dc7ed44f17c6 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:10:31 GMT As Congress prepares to pass a $787 billion economic stimulus package, taxpayers in Minnesota are still short a U.S. Senator as the recount between GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and opponent Al Franken continues. "It's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/02/13/coleman_reflects_on_recount 54843547-6072-42fd-8c12-a4baa347b560 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:57:40 GMT The same day President Obama appeared in Elkhart, Indiana to ramp up public support for his stimulus bill, nearly 300 people showed up at Indiana Rep. Mike Pence's (R.) town hall to vent their opposition to the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/02/10/pences_dueling_indiana_town_hall 844f1b4e-ec3a-453f-8f29-56874580114d Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:37:45 GMT Using words like "bipartisanship" and "compromise" President Obama may attempt a clever move to get controversial legislation passed to increase Big Labor's control over the U.S. workforce. It's no secret the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/28/the_card_check_compromise fd36eec9-5f10-4ded-a83c-1f4e0c0d3171 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:50:28 GMT An upbeat Sarah Palin congratulated her state for tightening its belt during past years and asked them to sacrifice a little more in the year ahead during her State of the State address Thursday evening. "At a time... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/23/palin_preaches_fiscal_restraint_for_alaska 396049b9-14aa-4bfa-be24-0a0fb5ede415 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:24:20 GMT Norm Coleman has found a day job to pay the bills while he waits to see if he'll be able to return to the U.S. Senate or not. The Republican Jewish Coalition announced that Norm Coleman would become a consultant and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/22/coleman_accepts_private_job 527f366c-cf62-4283-bed8-172c4da31985 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:15:22 GMT If President Obama's election taught the GOP anything it's this: Republicans must compete with Democrats in the online arena of social networking, fundraising and communication. Improving the GOP's technology... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/21/exclusive_steele_releases_gop_tech_plan 90f61dbf-bdcc-4a6a-a530-dbb0d970222c Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:07:14 GMT Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has kicked hundreds of families out of their homes and relocated a cemetery full of buried bodies to build a whopping $15 billion airport expansion Chicago residents oppose, airlines don't... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/14/mayor_daley_seizes_land_for_unfunded_project dc84ff85-4270-4195-bd26-dc071f6e5e21 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:42:24 GMT Officials from Fox Business are suing the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, complaining about the Fed's failure to comply with the network's data requests filed under the Freedom of Information... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/12/fox_business_sues_the_federal_reserve 91c45dcb-4cf1-4d17-a844-2d951b35d029 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:50:44 GMT GOP Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie rebuffed Al Franken's demands for an election certificate, citing state law against acting on the request. Franken's legal team asked... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/12/pawlenty,_ritchie_nix_franken_for_now 18582fbd-1cc1-4e7f-a7ca-9c2ffa62de7d Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:45:29 GMT Update: The U.S. Senate passed the bill Sunday by a vote of 66-12. It's hard to pinpoint the worst part of the public lands legislation bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is calling up for an under-the-radar... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/10/harry_reid's_land_grab 117b2295-07ac-4cc7-9558-cb6647f80688 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:53:16 GMT In the six-way race for Republican National Committee Chairman every candidate has earned some kind of short-hand description. There is, in alphabetical order, Saul Anuzis, a tech-enthusiast who never fails to return... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/08/blackwells_case_for_rnc_chair 54e2e8c1-a231-437e-93e2-d95ed8fb70d1 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:52:30 GMT Democratic leadership indicated that disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich's nod for Roland Burris to Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat will be approved despite worries about the "tainted" nature of the appointment. There... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/07/reid_gives_burris_path_to_senate bdacc764-d0f4-44e7-bf95-59a99168c0ff Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:52:34 GMT House Democrats will hold a hearing on President-elect Barack Obama's $1 trillion spending plan where no dissenting opinions are going to be permitted Wednesday, previewing a long year ahead for the newly silenced... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/06/new_dem_rules_write_off_gop 295450e4-16c2-425c-842a-30dce3194e98 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:33:57 GMT Norm Coleman's legal team started battening down the hatches for a long, legal battle hours after the Minnesota State Canvassing Board declared Democratic comedian-turned-candidate Al Franken the winner of a contentious... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2009/01/05/coleman_promises_long_legal_battle 7beb0307-5a04-4da8-9d4e-524062fafbab Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:35:06 GMT