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A group of eight Democrats today asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the health care reform bill to be posted online for 72 hours before a vote on the measure and once again before a vote on the conference report that will meld the House and Senate versions. The senators told Reid that health care reform should be more transparent and easier for their constituents to understand. A CBS poll released last month showed that two-thirds of Americans say the issue is confusing and just 31 percent say they have a clear understanding of what reform will mean for...

KENTUCKY. US Senator Jim Bunning (R) is already expected to face a tough fight for reelection next year, as leading Bluegrass State Democrats are lining up to run. Over the weekend, Bunning helped to contribute to his reputation for making erratic comments. Speaking at a Lincoln Day event over the weekend, Bunning said that US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg will be dead from pancreatic cancer within the next nine months. Bunning also complained the NRSC isn't doing enough financially to help him and other embattled conservative incumbents. In related news, The Hill reports that State Senate President David...

Phone number: 202-224-4343 United States Senate, Washington, DC Friday, September 26, 2008 Thank you, Mr. President. I rise to speak about the current economic situation and the bailout bill that will soon be coming to the Senate floor. Let me start by saying that I am just as concerned about what is going on in the financial markets and the economy as everyone else. I know there are extreme tensions in the credit markets and those problems could soon have an impact on businesses and individuals who had nothing to do with the mortgage mess. However, I do not agree...

Delivered to the United States Senate, Washington, DC, on Tuesday, July 17, 2007.Mr. President, I rise tonight to play my small part in this pointless political play put on by the Senate Majority Leader. It is an insult to the brave men and women in our Armed Forces and to the American taxpayers that we are here tonight for no other reason than for a publicity stunt. Instead of following the script written by "Move On" like my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I want to be honest and frank with the American people. I hear Democrats...

A Republican senator from Kentucky says the so-called "comprehensive immigration reform" bill is completely unnecessary because there are already laws on the books the government has yet to enforce that will stop illegal aliens at the border. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is reportedly unsure whether he will support the immigration bill that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. McConnell tells Associated Press, "the bill on the merits is a mixed bag," and he won't decide how to vote on the measure until a series of amendments have been considered. But fellow Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning is...

...Time spoke to dozens of academics, political scientists and current and former Senators...

The sports world needs to take illegal steroid use serious. Sports officials are again on Capitol Hill since sports are not taking the problem seriously. The ill effects of steroid use can be fatal. Unfortunately, athletes are being pressured to use steroids to remain competitive. Senator John McCain has sponsored the "Clean Sports Act," which is companion to a House Bill presented by Tom Davis. Both call for a 2 year suspension for first time offenders of steroid use and a lifetime ban for a second offense. It's time to put these measures into law before more athletes destroy themselves...

The Republicans won almost every challenger contest, except perhaps one they could have. And incumbents? Most of the Senators who were on the “watch list,” such as Kit Bond of Missouri, in the end had no problem. Then there is Jim Bunning. The Kentucky Senator, who was the only player to have pitched a no-hitter in both the American and National Leagues, seemed to have no problem being re-elected. Democrats, deprived of their scandal-ridden former Governor Paul Patton, who had intended to run, put up an obscure State Senator as the sacrificial candidate. Then Bunning, whom I personally admire a...

Fueled by polling that shows a tightening race between GOP incumbent Sen. Jim Bunning and Democratic state Sen. and physician Dan Mongiardo, Kentucky has quickly become the most talked about Senate contest in the country among political insiders. Could it be that a race that wasn't on anyone's radar screen three weeks ago is suddenly on par with Alaska or South Dakota? Or, is this simply an effort to expand the field of competitive races? Or, are the media and Senate race watchers just bored with the same eight races that have dominated the landscape for months? In truth, it's...

Poll shows Bunning lead at 51% to 40%

Bunning calls Mongiardo a 'Medicaid millionaire' BUT MONEY CAME OVER 13 YEARS By John Cheves HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has launched a statewide televised attack on his Democratic opponent that accuses him of "growing rich on our tax dollars," but relies on misleading evidence.The commercial, which debuted Monday, refers to Hazard surgeon Daniel Mongiardo as "Dr. Dan, the Medicaid millionaire," and says he "billed taxpayers more than $3 million for Medicaid reimbursements."But it fails to explain that the $3 million covered a 13-year period of care for low-income patients, and about 60 percent of the money paid...

Fort Wright, KY - Citizens for Bunning today announced a new independent and non-partisan poll showing U.S. Senator Jim Bunning’s lead in the U.S. Senate race strengthening. The SurveyUSA poll of 679 likely Kentucky voters (+/-3.8%) conducted Aug. 13 – Aug. 15 has Senator Bunning leading his opponent 57% to 33% with 11% undecided. This same non-partisan poll done three weeks ago had Senator Bunning beating his opponent by 18 points, and now its most recent poll shows his commanding lead growing to 24 points. Senator Bunning leads among conservatives, moderates, and independents, yet liberals and John Kerry supporters overwhelmingly...

<p>Sens. Jim Bunning, Kentucky Republican, and Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, introduced the bill before the Easter recess to force the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to implement the Federal Flight Deck Officer program the way Congress intended.</p> <p>Mr. Bunning said the legislation "will take down the barriers TSA has thrown up, and will help make our skies more secure."</p>

<p>C-J file photos Former Gov. Louie B. Nunn rode in his inaugural parade in Frankfort in 1967.</p> <p>From left, Steven, Jennie Lou and Beula Nunn, Louie B. Nunn's son, daughter and wife, respectively, stayed warm during the governor's inauguration in December. The day started chilly and gray, but thousands gathered for the event.</p>

<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. — When he was a Major League pitcher, Jim Bunning had more pluck than luck. As a U.S. Senate candidate and senator, the reverse appears to have been true, as we are likely to see again Tuesday, the filing deadline for major party candidates in this year's elections.</p>

Bunning and Wilson Set to Knock Down Hurdles to Arming Pilots Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22151 (703)321-8585 Friday, January 23, 2004 For two years in a row, Congress has overwhelmingly passed legislation to allow armed pilots to use firearms to protect their crews and passengers -- and innocent victims on the ground. Tragically, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) -- which has no problem scrambling fighters to shoot down passenger airplanes -- continues to drag its feet at the common-sense notion that American citizens should be allowed to defend themselves, rather than being shot...

<p>The only Democrat running an active campaign for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky has won the endorsement of organized labor but lost two experienced staff members.</p> <p>The Kentucky State AFL-CIO endorsed state Sen. Daniel Mongiardo of Hazard yesterday, sending another signal that no other Democrat is likely to mount an active effort to unseat first-term Republican Sen. Jim Bunning.</p>

<p>Louisville lawyer Fred Cowan pulled out of the race for the U.S. Senate yesterday, saying Democrats' loss of the governorship had made it impossible for him to unseat first-term Republican Sen. Jim Bunning next November.</p> <p>Cowan's withdrawal leaves state Sen. Daniel Mongiardo of Hazard as the only Democratic candidate, but state Treasurer Jonathan Miller said he is still considering the race and other key Democrats mentioned other potential candidates.</p>

WASHINGTON -- Fred Cowan abruptly ended his campaign for U.S. Senate on Friday, saying it would be impossible to raise the money needed to beat Republican incumbent Jim Bunning after the Democrats' devastating loss in this year's governor's race. "Democrats around the state are understandably dispirited, and the party is going through a rebuilding phase," Cowan said. "In this atmosphere, and with a new Republican governor coming into office, I do not believe I can mount a successful campaign against Mr. Bunning." Cowan, a Louisville attorney and former state attorney general and legislator, was one of only two Democrats...

The deposed Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein had an estimated foreign debt of $150 billion, not counting $200 billion in reparations owed to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia dating from the Persian Gulf War. The U.S. Treasury Department estimates Saddam's major creditors were Saudi Arabia ($25 billion), United Arab Emirates and Qatar ($17.5 billion), Kuwait ($12.5 billion), Russia ($9 billion), France ($8 billion), Japan ($6 billion) and Germany ($4.3 billion). Last week, the U.S. Senate passed an amendment to President Bush's $20-billion aid proposal for Iraq that would convert $10 billion of that aid to a loan unless other nations forgive...

WASHINGTON - Correspondent Peter Arnett should be "tried as a traitor" for remarks he made in an interview with Iraqi state television, Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., said Tuesday. Arnett, a New Zealand native and naturalized U.S. citizen, said in the Sunday interview that Washington's "first war plan has just failed because of Iraqi resistance. ... Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces." NBC and its related network, for which the longtime war reporter had been covering the conflict from Baghdad, dismissed Arnett despite his apologies Monday. Later the same day, London's anti-war Daily Mirror hired...

Filed at 5:23 p.m. ET Steve Largent understands a basic rule: Athletes making the jump to politics hold one big advantage -- name recognition. ``They start with something that costs a lot of money,'' said Largent, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Republican candidate for governor in Oklahoma. The former University of Tulsa and Seattle Seahawks star is one of several sports figures up for election Tuesday. Others include Salt Lake City Olympics organizer Mitt Romney, a Republican running for governor of Massachusetts; and runner Jim Ryun (Kansas) and former Cornhuskers football coach Tom Osborne...