ALITO MEETS WITH SEN. BUNNING
Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito (R) meets with Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) in his office in Washington on January 24, 2006. Bunning gave Alito a signed baseball. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Rand Paul, a political newcomer and son of libertarian U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, was projected the winner Tuesday in the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky.
WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- Democrats said they expect a backlash against Republican senators who, for a second time in March, are blocking a quick extension to U.S. jobless benefits.
WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- A year after cancer surgery and Sen. Jim Bunning's remark she'd have nine months to live, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is "alive and in good health."
WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., Tuesday dropped his one-man blockade against extending unemployment benefits and the Senate voted to approve the extension.
WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., Monday defended his tactic in blocking a bill to extend benefits due to expire for hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- About 1.2 million of the jobless stand to lose unemployment benefits if the U.S. Senate fails to approve an extension by Sunday, officials say.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate confirmed Ben Bernanke's second term as head of the Federal Reserve Bank Thursday by a 70-30 vote margin, a slim victory for a bank chairman.
WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., citing a lack of funding, said he would not seek re-election in 2010.
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., has collected $20,000 by capitalizing on his career as a baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, records indicate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Republican leaders are pressuring Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky to give up his seat when his term ends in 2010, observers say.
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