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Legislation Would Make Sharing TSA's Body Scan Images a Crime

Proposed new legislation would protect travelers who worry that images taken of them by airport scanners could end up on the Internet. An amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill would make it a crime to share images taken by the Transportation Security Administration's full-body scanners,...

Opinion: The Dems' Epic Fail on Tax Cuts

(Dec. 6) -- It looks like Washington's version of "Let's Make a Deal" has finally come to an end. The White House and congressional Republicans are on the verge of making a deal to extend the Bush tax cuts even for those making more than $250,000 a year. Surprisingly, President Barack Obama seems to have swung a deal far...

Democrats May Keep Bush Tax Cuts for Rich

(Sept. 2) -- While Democrats may complain about the tyranny of the filibuster and lack of majority rule in our congressional system, when it comes to preserving the Bush tax cuts for the rich, it's likely to be their own party members who are responsible. President Barack Obama has indicated that he'd like to see the cuts...

NASA Preps Quest for 'Holy Grail of Hurricane Science'

(Aug. 5) -- We know when they form, where they form and where they are likely to go, but the "why" and "how" and "how strong" of hurricanes remain something of a mystery. That ambiguity won't stand for much longer if NASA has anything to say about it, however. This month, the agency better known for its space-faring...

Will the Senate Pass an Unemployment Extension This Week? 3 Key Factors

(July 13) -- With unemployment checks already discontinued for approximately 2.1 million Americans, a stand-alone benefits package making its way through reconvened Senate proceedings this week is drawing acute interest from those most affected. If it passes, the bill would provide an unemployment benefits extension to a...

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Hagel, Nelson See Peril In Partisan Rigidity

Nebraska's Ben Nelson and Chuck Hagel don't often see eye to eye, but both men warn of a strong antipathy within the Republican Party toward any who stray from the party line and work with Democrats.

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05/29/12 Ben Nelson: al-Assad must go Source: Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE The hope in Saudi Arabia is Syrian President Basha al-Assad will step down without the use of military intervention, but, said Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, that option remains on the table.
05/24/12 Dome Repairs Are Center of Fight Source: Roll Call - Washington DC Last year's intrachamber battles over spending for Congressional operations focused on the Capitol Police and Government Accountability Office budgets; this year's fight could be over restoring the aging Capitol Dome. Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, told Roll Call in separate interviews that they were looking for ways to fund the second phase of the Capitol Dome restoration project in their fiscal 2013 spending bill.
05/22/12 Offutt gets $128 million for new headquarters Source: Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved another $128 million for construction of the new U.S. Strategic Command headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base.
05/21/12 Bonita economic group urges turnout at slot machines... Source: Naples Daily News - Naples FL A Bonita Springs economic development group is trying to round up residents to make a strong showing at a public hearing Tuesday in Fort Myers that would set a November countywide referendum on allowing slot machines at pari-mutuel sites.
05/20/12 Survival of the fittest Source: The Coloradoan - Fort Collins CO Ben Nelson was all alone when he crossed the finish line.

Background on ben nelson

Earl Benjamin "Ben" Nelson (born May 17, 1941) is the senior United States Senator from Nebraska, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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