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In the News (Mon 30 Nov 09)

  
  NPR : Bill Frist, Patty Murray, National Press Club
Patty Murray is also working on her second term in the Senate after running a watershed 1992 campaign at the center of the "Year of the Woman" in U.S. politics.
Murray's campaign drew national attention as she recounted being belittled in 1980 by a Washington state legislator as "just a mom in tennis shoes" when she went to Olympia seeking to restore cuts in state funding for parent-child education programs.
A decade later, Murray was elected to the Senate, where she is chairman of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee and serves on the Budget Committee.
www.npr.org /programs/npc/2002/021002.bfrist_pmurray.html   (417 words)

  
 Patty Murray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Patty Murray was elected in 1992 -- the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate from Washington state.
Murray has authored and passed legislation requiring surplus government computers be made available to schools across the country.
Murray: One of the things we are looking at is requiring Internet Service Providers to provide filtering software when the parents sign up for access to the Internet.
www.govtech.net /magazine/visions/1997/sept/pmurray/pmurray.php   (1777 words)

  
 Patty Murray - dKosopedia
In the 80's, when a politician told Patty Murray that she "couldn't make a difference because she was just a mom in tennis shoes", she responded by gathering a coalition of 13,000 parents to save funding for a local preschool.
Rather than face her in a primary challenge, Adams resigned, and Murray was elected in 1992, the Year of the Woman.
Murray was one of 21 senators to vote against the Iraq war in 2002.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Patty_Murray   (270 words)

  
 Patty Murray - U.S. Senator from Washington State (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Statement by Senator Patty Murray on the Democratic Victory in the U.S. Senate
Murray met Thursday afternoon with city managers, mayors and other community leaders during a panel discussion presented by TRIDEC at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray listened Wednesday morning as government officials from Kitsap County told of their needs, from better funding to preserving the funding that exists to reduced paperwork to get the money in the first place — and to simple encouragement from the federal government.
murray.senate.gov.cob-web.org:8888   (447 words)

  
 U.S. Sen. Patty Murray asks students to ponder about bin Laden's popularity
Murray said she doesn't know where she comes down on that guns-or-butter question, and building infrastructure in Third World countries would "cost a lot of money, and we have schools here and health care facilities here that are really hurting."
Murray was in the minority when the Senate voted 77-23 in October to give President Bush authority to use military force in confronting Saddam Hussein.
Murray is on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on transportation, which funnels matching money to states and local agencies for buses and other transit programs.
www.citizenreviewonline.org /Dec_2002/us_senator.htm   (883 words)

  
 Patty, Jennifer, and Osama (Seattle Weekly)
Murray not only opposes his foreign policy in Iraq, but she also is sharply critical of his domestic program of tax cuts for the rich to improve the economy.
Murray's populist profile is reinforced by her dogged devotion to delivering for the state, they continue.
Patty, Jennifer, and Osama — The race for the U.S. Senate commenced with Patty Murray's bin Laden remarks.
www.seattleweekly.com /news/0307/howland.php   (1363 words)

  
 Patty Murray - Congresspedia
Patricia Lynn Murray is the senior Senator from Washington.
Murray was born October 11, 1950 in Bothell, Washington to Irish-American parents.
Murray's official Senate website states she was "Originally known for her work on education and children's issues, [and] has become a leading figure on transportation, border and port security, healthcare, and economic development."[1]
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Patty_Murray   (736 words)

  
 Murray's remarks on bin Laden draw GOP ire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray intended to be provocative when she told a group of high school students terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is popular in poor countries because he helped pay for schools, roads and even day care centers.
Murray's remarks, to a group of students in Vancouver, Wash., started even more discussion than she expected after they were published Thursday in The Columbian newspaper of Vancouver and then picked up by The Associated Press.
Murray said in a statement Friday that Vance and other critics were twisting her words.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/100835_murray20.shtml   (946 words)

  
 Team EMILY - Who's Changing America?
Patty Murray began her political career as a concerned parent protesting budget cuts to a preschool program.
Murray served on the local school board and in the state Senate.
Murray helped draft a law providing $1.6 billion for states to enhance hospital preparedness in case of a biological or chemical attack.
www.emilyslist.org /team_emily/wcaarchive/pattymurray2.html   (373 words)

  
 KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - News Archive - Murray Won't Return Money From Tribes Connected To Abramoff
The contributions received by Murray were legal under federal election law, and a spokeswoman for the senator said she had no intention of returning the money or donating it to charity, as some lawmakers have done.
Murray also received $12,000 from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in California; $9,000 from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and $5,000 from the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, the report said.
Murray is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a former member of the Senate Interior appropriations subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
www.komotv.com /stories/41098.htm   (823 words)

  
 ATR | Washington State Senators To Patty Murray: Stop Obstructing the Estrada Nomination
Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) allow a vote on the floor of the United States Senate on the appointment of Miguel Estrada.
Senator Murray, as one of the Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate, is responsible for allowing a filibuster on a floor vote for Miguel Estrada, and thus shutting down work in the legislative body.
Murray's obstruction comes at a time when the country is on a verge of war, the economy is slumping, and the War on Terrorism is heating up.
www.atr.org /content/html/2003/mar/031203pr_4.html   (334 words)

  
 Patty Murray missed the mark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Lott delivered a wink-wink, nudge-nudge toast to a fading old geezer about their shared notion that this country would be a better place if only they could have kept the Negroes in their place.
Murray lectured high school students on the civic service record of a mass murderer.
Murray is right if she thinks it's important that we understand what may be in the hearts and minds of our enemies and those who sympathize with them, but her silly summation of the bin Laden mystique seemed better suited for kindergarten than a high school honors class.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/102269_murraycol.shtml   (956 words)

  
 Shark Blog: Patty Murray should debate
A little known fact, that really should be exploited; Murray is known for her stupid utterances by her fellow Senators and that is why her campaign manager will most likely try and keep Murray out of the public.
Murray knows that the only way she will be elected is to stay out of the public view so that people will vote for her based on incumbency alone, not on issues.
Patty Murray and Jim McDermott are symptoms of a dysfunctional electorate.
www.usefulwork.com /shark/archives/001757.html   (1014 words)

  
 Murray Secures $1.4 Million for Northwest Straits Commission
Murray helped launch the innovative grassroots approach to marine protection seven years ago and has secured over $4 million for the restoration efforts in the past six years.
Murray wants to ensure that strong protections are in place to prevent oil spills caused by tankers and cargo ships approaching the Olympic Peninsula and passing through the Strait of Juan de Fuca on their way to ports in Puget Sound and Canada.
In 1999, Senator Murray helped secure $1 million from the federal government for the tug to be in place from December of 1999 until June of 2000.
www.sanjuanislander.com /federal/murray/nwstraits.shtml   (1931 words)

  
 The True Taliban Touter
WorldNetDaily hammers away at Patty Murray, but stays uncritical of a Republican congressman who was a lot closer to Osama bin Laden's protectors than the senator ever was.
WorldNetDaily is trying the drip-drip-drip approach in its crusade against Washington Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, for her Osama bin Laden-related comments, distorting what she said by repeatedly insisting she "praised" bin Laden when in reality she was trying to draw a (somewhat erroneous) contrast over how the U.S. is viewed in the Middle East.
The steady attack -- seven news stories in 10 days, plus a statement from Murray's office, two opinion pieces and another article plugging a WND writer's appearance on a radio talk show to talk about Murray -- is starting to look more desperate as more arcane expressions of outrage are sought to gain attention.
conwebwatch.tripod.com /stories/2002/wndmurray.html   (733 words)

  
 Sims: Thanks to Senator Patty Murray's perseverance, critical salmon-recovery projects will proceed
Sims, who was joined in thanking Murray by state and tribal salmon managers, plus local elected officials at an event in Tukwila, noted that the senator was able to restore federal funds last week that had been cut by the House of Representatives.
While Murray said she was relieved that funds to restore federally protected salmon populations made it into the Senate's budget, there is going to be a battle on the Senate floor to secure the federal dollars.
Murray acknowledged that western Washington's political and environmental leaders were particularly adept at working together to accomplishing great things for salmon recovery.
dnr.metrokc.gov /dnrp/press/2006/0721thanks-senator-murray.htm   (551 words)

  
 Patty Murray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patricia Lynn Murray (known as Patty Murray) (born October 11, 1950) is a Democratic United States Senator from Washington.
In 1992, Murray announced her intentions to become the Democratic nominee for Senate following the publication of a series of articles by The Seattle Times alleging that incumbent Democrat Brock Adams had sexually assaulted a number of women.
Senator Murray at the podium, joined by (left to right), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), launching an interactive website regarding the nomination of Judge John Roberts as the Chief Justice of the United States of America.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patty_Murray   (586 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Local papers break silence on Patty Murray
SEATTLE – The newspaper that broke the story of Sen. Patty Murray's commendation of Osama bin Laden's nation-building tactics published an editorial today asserting that the senator erred by failing to tell "a room of young minds that America is the most benevolent of nations."
Murray said bin Laden has been "out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful.
Murray "vastly" overstated "the extent of bin Laden's supposedly humanitarian works, which were largely confined to the Sudan and Afghanistan," the News Tribune said.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30173   (731 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Democrat senator praises bin Laden
SEATTLE – Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told a group of high-school students in her state that the U.S. should adopt Osama bin Laden's nation-building tactics.
Murray said, according to the Vancouver paper, that bin Laden has been "out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful.
Murray, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 107th Congress, voted against an October Senate resolution – passed by a 77-23 margin – that gives President Bush authority to use military force against Saddam Hussein's regime.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30114   (1071 words)

  
 Patty Murray News
Patty Murray got applause right away Monday morning when she declared, ``I voted against it.'' She was referring to the 2003 Medicare Part D legislation that this year hurled many senior citizens into deep...
School was in session Monday for Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who learned about some of the challenges local school districts face in light of the upcoming reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind...
Washington State Secretary of Health Mary Selecky and Sen. Patty Murray embrace before Murray was to speak at the Joint Conference on Health at the Yakima Convention Center on Monday.
www.topix.net /us-senate/patty-murray   (690 words)

  
 Shark Blog: Patty "Osama Mama" Murray Video
It has to be seen to be believed how naive Patty Murray is, and how unsuited she is for a position of leadership during the war against Islamic terrorists.
Patty Murray is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, as has been pointed out here already, but is she so naive as to not realize all the humanitarian work the US does?
Patty Murray has been too stupid to be in the senate ever since she was unfortunately elected.
www.usefulwork.com /shark/archives/002787.html   (1525 words)

  
 Salon Mothers Who Think | The mother of all elections
"Patty and I are the same age, we came out of a let-it-hang-loose time and, well, I guess some people never change," Smith said, her voice sympathetic to the woman's concerns.
Folksy, low-key and, yes, very casual, Patty Murray sold herself six years ago as "just a mom in tennis shoes." She may still be a little too rumpled for some of her constituents.
"Patty Murray is not charismatic and she doesn't attract a rabid following," says David Olson, a professor of political science at the University of Washington.
www.salon.com /mwt/feature/1998/10/cov_28feature.html   (1653 words)

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