Profile of Scott Brown, victor in Massachusetts Senate race

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Democrats Won’t Rush to Pass Senate Bill
In the wake of Tuesday’s upset, House Democrats appeared to rule out the idea of quickly approving a health care bill..

House Dems largely reject idea of passing Senate health care bill
Despite knowing Senate Democrats will lose their filibuster-proof majority after Tuesday night’s political upset in Massachusetts, House Democrats across the political spectrum largely rejected the idea of passing the Senate health care bill..

Republican wins Senate race in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) – Republican Scott Brown won a bitter Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday, dealing a stunning blow to President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda and casting doubt on the fate of his sweeping healthcare overhaul..

Republican wins U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) – Republican Scott Brown won a bitter U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday, dealing a stunning blow to President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda and casting doubt on the fate of his sweeping healthcare overhaul..

Republican wins Mass. Senate race
Republican Scott Brown defeats Democrat Martha Coakley for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts in an election being called an epic upset for the Democratic Party..

Scott Brown wins Mass. Senate race
In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of….

Brown wins Massachusetts Senate race
Republican Scott Brown won a major upset victory in Tuesday’s special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy..

In Epic Upset, GOP’s Brown Wins Massachusetts Senate Race
Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the seat held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy..

Republicans win key seat in Senate
Scott Brown becomes 41st Republican in Senate after defeating Democrat Martha Coakley in historically liberal stateRepublican Scott Brown has captured the US Senate seat held by liberal champion Edward Kennedy for nearly a half century, leaving President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office.Brown’s defeat of once-favored Martha Coakley for the Massachusetts seat is an embarrassment for the White House after Obama went to Boston on Sunday to try to save her candidacy. Her defeat signaled big political problems for the president’s party in November when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot.More immediately, Brown will become the 41st Republican in the 100-member Senate, which could allow the Republicans to block the president’s health care legislation and the rest of Obama’s agenda. Democrats needed Coakley to win for a 60th vote to thwart Republican procedural maneuvers to block votes on legislation.Brown led by 52% to 47% with all but 3% of precincts counted.He will finish Kennedy’s unexpired term, facing re-election in 2012 and will be the first Republican senator from Massachusetts in 30 years.Addressing an exuberant victory celebration on Tuesday night, Brown declared he was “ready to go to Washington without delay” as the crowd chanted, “Seat him now.” Democrats indicated they would, deflating a budding controversy over whether they would try to block Brown long enough to complete congressional passage of the health care plan he has promised to oppose.Turnout was exceptional for a special election in January, with light snow reported in parts of the state. More voters showed up at the polls on Tuesday than in any non-presidential general election in Massachusetts since 1990.The election transformed reliably Democratic Massachusetts into a battleground state. Just 14 months ago, Obama carried the state by 26 percentage points over Republican John McCain.One day shy of the first anniversary of Obama’s swearing-in, it played out amid a backdrop of animosity and resentment from voters over persistently high unemployment, industry bailouts, exploding federal budget deficits and partisan wrangling over health care.For weeks considered a long-shot, Brown, a little-known state senator, rode that wave of bitterness to draw even with Coakley, the state attorney general, in the final stretch of the campaign. Surveys showed his candidacy energised Republicans while attracting disappointed Democrats and independents uneasy with where they felt the US was heading.”I have no interest in sugarcoating what happened in Massachusetts,” said Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the head of the Senate Democrats’ campaign committee.

In Epic Upset, GOP’s Brown Wins Mass. Senate Race
Suddenly close Mass. race threatens national Dems.

News Media

House Democrats Back Off Plan to Pass Senate Bill – New York Times (blog)
House Democratic leaders appear to be backing away from a plan to ask their rank-and-file to approve the Senate version of major …

Senate panel: Americans in Yemen may be getting al Qaeda training – CNN
… Islam in prison have traveled to Yemen, "possibly for al Qaeda training," according to a new report prepared by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. …

More action on health care – Washington Post
What the Obama administration and Senate Democrats have neglected to factor into their political calculus is the element of time. …

Senate GOP: Cut All Public Workers’ Pay, Benefits – ABC News
It's unclear if either measure could get the two-thirds vote needed in both the Democrat-controlled House and GOP-led Senate by early June to get on the Aug …

Harold Ford Jr. Takes Work Leave to Focus on NY Senate Bid – ABC News
As Harold Ford Jr., shown in this file photo, contemplates a Senate run in New York State, he’s taking a provocative tack in the Democratic primary: He’s …

Kansas Senate again looks at abolishing state’s death penalty – Kansas City Star
TOPEKA | The Kansas Senate is again looking at abolishing the state's death penalty, unused since 1965. But some lawmakers said they did …

Indiana Senate sends property tax caps to voters – Indianapolis Star
The Indiana Senate took another politically popular step Tuesday toward reining in what had been spiraling property tax increases. …

Dems. Lose Mass. Senate Race in Epic Upset – Kansas City Star
In a stunning defeat, Democrat Martha Coakley lost the race to occupy the senate seat long held by liberal icon Edward M. Kennedy. …

Utah Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack resigns from Senate – Deseret News
Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack resigned from the Legislature Saturday, the day after his arrest on suspicion of driving under …

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