Scott Brown
Scott Philip Brown (born September 12, 1959) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Republican Party. Before his election, he served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court, first in the State House of Representatives (1998–2004) and then in the State Senate (2004–2010).
Rep. Frank Rips Comic for Calling Senator's Daughters 'Prostitutes'
Rep. Barney Frank agreed to appear on her show, but he said he doesn't appreciate comedienne Kathy Griffin calling Sen. Scott Brown's daughters "prostitutes."
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Tea Partiers Target Scott Brown Over Support for Financial Overhaul
Sen. Scott Brown's last-minute support for President Obama's sweeping financial overhaul legislation has put him in the crosshairs of Tea Party activists who have sharply criticized the bill and could dim his re-election hopes for 2012.
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Two New England Republican Senators Say They’ll Support Financial Regulations Bill
Sens. Olympia Snowe of Maine and Scott Brown of Massachusetts announced Monday they intend to support the regulatory overhaul despite initial misgivings. Snowe and Brown join Susan Collins of Maine as three crucial Republican votes for the legislation.
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Political Scene
SENATE Snowe, Brown back regulation overhaul Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Scott Brown pushed sweeping financial legislation to the edge of final passage Monday, both announcing that they intend to support the regulatory overhaul despite initial misgivings. Mrs. Snowe of Maine and Mr. Brown of Massachusetts joined Susan Collins of ...
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GOP's Brown to back banking bill
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Brown says he will vote for financial reform bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts helped move sweeping financial legislation closer to passage Monday, announcing that after some misgivings he will support the regulatory overhaul after all. Mr. Brown joins Sen. Susan Collins of Maine as two crucial Republican votes for the legislation. Democratic leaders were ...
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Sen. Brown to Offer Critical Support for Banking Overhaul Bill
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown moves the financial regulations bill closer to passage, saying removal of the $19 billion bank tax makes the legislation palatable enough to accept.
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An about-face on 'backroom deals'?
Republican Scott Brown owes his election in part to the public furor over the so-called "Cornhusker Kickback," the backroom deal that Sen. Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, struck for his vote to pass the health care bill. Now he is following Mr. Nelson's example, winning concessions in the financial-overhaul bill on ...
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Brown remains uncommitted after fix to bank bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite lawmakers' last-minute change to win his vote, Republican Sen. Scott Brown said Wednesday he needs more time to study a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations before committing his vote. His stance leaves Democrats short, for now, of the 60 votes they need to overcome procedural hurdles ...
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Wall St. reform winners and losers
It's good news for Citigroup and Sen. Scott Brown, and bad news for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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The GOP's closer
Scott Brown is part of a special class of recent celebrity senators, but he's carving his own path.
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Dems: Brown broke his word
Democrats charged Wednesday that Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts reneged on his guarantee to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to vote in favor of cloture Wednesday, setting off a chain reaction that ultimately resulted in Democrats failing to clear a key test vote on Wall Street reform.
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Strategy group helps Republicans by targeting campaigns of GOP foes
DES MOINES, Iowa | An Iowa-based group with members who helped produce some of the most effective political ads against Democrats in decades - Willie Horton in 1988 and Swiftboat Veterans for Truth in 2004 - is in the middle of Republican family feuds in Kentucky and California. The 3-year-old American Future Fund made a big splash last winter by spending $1 million to aid Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, and it's now active in at least 30 states, including Kentucky, which has its primary Tuesday. Nick Ryan, a veteran Republican activist who heads the Des Moines ...
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Massachusetts Senator Brown Stumps for GOP in Murtha Race
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown went to western Pennsylvania Friday to help a fellow Republican do the same thing he did in January: win control of a federal lawmaker's seat long held by a powerful Democrat.
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Kagan gets chance to sway senators
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan won praise from skeptical senators in both parties Thursday, building momentum toward what for now appears a smooth road to confirmation this summer. Ms. Kagan, in her second full day of private one-on-one meetings on Capitol Hill, scored points for candor with one-time critic Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Democrat, and convinced Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts that she's a strong supporter of the military, despite her move as law school dean to bar its recruiters from Harvard's campus. Neither senator committed to voting for Ms. Kagan, the solicitor general who President Obama has tapped ...
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Third party roils Mass. governor's race
BOSTON | In a tough year for Democrats, the political fate of Obama pal Deval Patrick is on the line in his bid for a second term as Massachusetts' governor. His popularity already battered by a series of gaffes and the state's economic woes, Mr. Patrick found himself jolted again in January by Republican Scott Brown's victory in the race for the late Edward M. Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat amid voter anger at Democrats in Washington and the Statehouse. Now his re-election may hinge on the odd dynamics of a three-way contest and the presence of a former Democrat in ...
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Voting party line: Specter, yes; Brown, no
Despite pledging not to be an automatic vote for Democrats, in the nearly one year since he switched parties, Sen. Arlen Specter has been all but that, repeatedly supporting his new party when they needed to head off Republican filibusters. The senator from Pennsylvania has voted with fellow Democrats 39 times to cut off filibusters, while just once has he voted against his leaders when he joined an effort to block the confirmation of Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to a new term. Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, Sen. Scott Brown has so far made ...
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Sunday talk show tip sheet
Michelle Obama appears on Telemundo; Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) on CBS.
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Scott Brown Tries Balancing Act as Tea Party Favorite in a Blue State
Sen. Scott Brown drew cries of betrayal this week after it came out that he did not plan to attend the Tea Party rally being held Wednesday in Boston, a day before Tax Day.
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