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Bill Nelson is the Democratic U.S. Senator from Florida, elected to his second term in 2006. He previously served 12 years in the U.S. House (1979-1991), during which he flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986 -- the flight before the Challenger accident. Nelson, a moderate Democrat and ardent NASA supporter, lost his 1990 bid for Florida governor but rebounded in 1994 to become the state insurance commissioner. Nelson was born in Miami on Sept. 29, 1942 and is married with two grown children.
Bill Nelson is the Democratic U.S. Senator from Florida, elected to his second term in 2006. He previously served 12 years in the U.S. House (1979-1991), during which he flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986 -- the flight before the Challenger accident. Nelson, a moderate Democrat and ardent NASA supporter, lost his 1990 bid for Florida governor but rebounded in 1994 to become the state insurance commissioner. Nelson was born in Miami on Sept. 29, 1942 and is married with two grown children.
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Senate rejects GOP attempt to advance Keystone XL
With gas prices becoming a high-octane campaign issue, the Democratic-led Senate beat back a Republican effort to advance the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline project.
Thursday’s vote to attach the project to a must-pass transportation bill...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, U.S. Senate
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Threatened by giant snakes, U.S. will ban import of 4 species
Nation NowFederal officials Tuesday moved to halt the import and interstate transport of Burmese pythons and three other nonnative species of snakes, calling them a threat to the enviornment,... -
Weekend TV Talk Shows for July 9th - 10th
Show TrackerSATURDAY The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer The economy, jobs report: economist Mark Zandi. 3 p.m. CNN The Chris Matthews Show The “tea party” and the debt ceiling; Rep. Michele Bachmann's presidential bid. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group... -
Sunday shows: Sessions, Pawlenty, Geithner, Nelson
Top of the TicketAlso, Christine Lagarde, William Daley, Kevin McCarthy, Ron Johnson, Rick Santorum and Chris Van Hollen.... -
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Obama launches the 2012 political fundraising season: What's he telling donors this time?
Top of the TicketDemocrat Obama likens his spending plans to his favorite Republican, Abraham Lincoln, remains vague on acceptable spending cuts.... -
State seeks Florida's forsaken high-speed rail money
L.A. NOWEven if Florida’s governor doesn’t want federal high-speed rail money, officials from California and other states do. And they’re doing all they can do snag it -- lining up at Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s door, posting... -
Except for the affair, ethics probe and no money, Nevada's GOP Sen. Ensign was a certain 2012 victor
Top of the TicketThe Nevadan's departure creates eight open seat Senate races in 2012 when Democrats must defend 23 seats.... -
Good news: Joe Biden gets a Democratic fundraising letter out despite the radiation, economy and new war
Top of the TicketCrashed U.S. fighter in Libya doesn't deter President Obama from offering toasts across South America, so the VP steps in.... -
Obama unveils scaled-back oil-drilling plan
GreenspaceCiting the lessons of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Obama administration reversed course Wednesday and pulled plans to open the eastern gulf and portions of the Atlantic coast to oil and gas exploration. "We need to proceed with...... -
Egypt, learning from Tunisia, squelches electronic speech
Opinion L.A.This must be the next logical step after the social-media-fueled uprising in Tunisia: The Egyptian government cut off Internet access for customers of Telecom Egypt (the government-owned telephone company) shortly after midnight Friday (local time in... -
Gulf oil spill: Florida fears contamination
GreenspaceA sunny afternoon on the coast of West Florida turned gloomy Thursday with the dread that a strong wind could push sticky, toxic petroleum onto its sugar-sand beaches and wildlife-rich wetlands. It felt like the sobering moments before a hurricane’s.......
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