Jim Jeffords
Will Snowe fall in Maine?
...political culture almost vanished with the departures of Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords and Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays. These truly independent Republicans...
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Snowe facing chilly wind from Maine voters
...political culture almost vanished with the departures of Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords and Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays. Now hardly a day goes by in which...
Senator James Jeffords said that the "Congress can't do much about individual extremists committing crimes in the name of ELF or ALF, but we can act to significantly enhance the safety of communities across the nation...ELF and ALF may threaten dozens of people each year, but an incident at a chemical, nuclear or wastewater facility would threaten tens of thousands." On January 20, 2006, as part of Operation Backfire ", the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against nine American and two Canadian activists calling themselves the "family,"
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Open thread 3/18
...control of the House but the Senate split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats. In May 2001, Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont switched parties from Republican to Independent and...
Winner's Curse
...Rasmussen, but other polls show the same thing, with a smaller gap.) This has gotten me thinking about Jim Jeffords, who switched parties to much fanfare, even writing a memoir with the...
Profiles/Harry_M._Reid
...open Senate seat in 1986. In 2001, he led the successful effort to convince Vermont's then-GOP Sen. Jim Jeffords to become independent and caucus with the Democrats by offering him...
No Democrat-Controlled Congress Has Balanced Federal Budget in 40 Years; No Republican President Has Balanced Federal Budget in 50 Years
...of the House but the Senate split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats. In May 2001, Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont switched parties from Republican to Independent and began...
DC Notebook: Bennett's '94 vote makes him arrogant, online editor says
...the idea. Even Barbara Boxer voted in favor of letting the public in. Arlen Specter, Jay Rockefeller, Jim Jeffords, Bob Packwood, Chris Dodd, and Bob Bennett -- that's classy...
Bob Bennett Must Go
...idea. Even Barbara Boxer voted in favor of letting the public in. Arlen Specter, Jay Rockefeller, Jim Jeffords, Bob Packwood, Chris Dodd, and Bob Bennett - that's classy company.
Letters: On Ukraine, health care, financial risk, Texas, the euro, computers
...decade or so later. A telling event illustrative of the forces set in motion was the switch by Senator Jim Jeffords from Republican to independent in 2001 on the ground that the...
Profiles/Mitch_McConnell
...to capture any Senate seats in 1998, Republicans lost four seats in 2000 and ceded the majority after Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) left the party in May 2001. Since coming to...
Centrists, Principles and Men of the Earth
...who happen to have ancestral ties to the Grand Old Party. Chafee fit that bill; so did former Senator James Jeffords of Vermont, who amassed a distinctly left-wing record after he...
Quote of the Day
...Bush's judicial S.Ct. appointees?) Remember what Republicans were preparing for Sen. Jeffords (R-VT) when he switched parties? Voters gave Democrats 60 votes in the Senate and what...
