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Blagojevich names Obama successor anyway

Posted on December 30, 2008. Filed under: senate | Tags: , |

Despite it all, embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has named a replacement for President-elect Barack Obama’s senate seat.  Blagojevich reportedly has named former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris (D) to the open seat. 
Mr. Burris was the first African-American elected to Illinois state office when, in 1978, he was elected to the first of three terms [...]

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It’s “ITC”

Posted on July 2, 2008. Filed under: energy, senate | Tags: |

Chairman Bingaman (D, NM), ranking member Domenici (R, NM), and Senator Sanders (D, VT) held a field hearing on the topic of concentrating solar power today in Albuquerque, NM. 
There were six witnesses, from Public Service Company of NM (PNM), Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Sandia National Laboratories, Abengoa Solar, Schott Solar, and Mesa del Sol.  As [...]

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