Jerry Moran

Jerry Moran

• Senate confirms Obama nominee to key appeals court

  After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington. The Senate voted unanimously on ... 

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  Control towers at 149 small airports to stay open

  The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of ... 

• Officials say threatened FAA towers to remain open

  Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has assured lawmakers the Obama administration will prevent the closure of 149 small airport towers as well as end ... 

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  Montana Democrat Baucus rules out 7th Senate term

  Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana announced plans Tuesday to retire at the end of his term after a career of enormous power and ... 

• Lawmakers urge delay in control tower furloughs

  As airport delays spread across the country, members of Congress on Tuesday urged the administration to postpone the furloughing of air traffic ... 

• Prospects for arms treaty all but dead in Senate

  Senate opponents of a treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade said Wednesday they have the votes to block ratification of the ... 

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  Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown

  The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and ... 

• Correction: Budget Battle story

  In a story March 19 about budget legislation, The Associated Press misidentified Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as a Democrat. He is a Republican. 

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  Catchall spending bill advances in Senate

  A bipartisan full-year funding bill took a big step forward in the Senate on Monday, despite opposition from Republicans who were denied chances to ... 

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  Senator ends long floor speech blocking CIA pick

  A tea party senator from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to block Senate confirmation of John Brennan's nomination to ... 

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  GOP senators are treading carefully with tea party

  Twice burned, Republicans are treading carefully around tea party groups as they pursue a Senate majority that slipped through their fingers in 2010 ...