Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Kelly A. Ayotte (born June 27, 1968) is the junior United States Senator from New Hampshire and a member of the Republican Party.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney on Friday criticized a restored 19th century bridge as another "Bridge to Nowhere" and a fresh symbol of the waste he says is rampant in President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.
From the parking lot of a Ford dealership, Romney pointed to the nearby stone bridge that straddles the Contoocook River and called it a boondoggle. The town of Hillsborough received $150,000 in federal stimulus money to repair the Sawyer Bridge as part of a new park project designed to put people to work installing new benches, lights and visitor parking.Those additions have not happened."This is the absolute Bridge to Nowhere if there ever was one. That's your stimulus dollars at work. A bridge that goes nowhere," Romney said.The so-called Bridge to Nowhere rose to prominence as a symbol of wasteful Washington spending. Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash in 2010, set aside funding for a bridge to a remote island that local officials didn't ...For a certain swath of the Washington elite, 2010 was to be the year when economic issues dominated the political scene in the Republican Party . Relegated to the su...
Eight years after telling parishioners that his role in Boston's church sex abuse scandal clouded his future in New Hampshire, Bishop John B. McCormack is stepping d...
Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell, a perennial candidate with no government experience, soundly defeated veteran politician Mike Castle for the Republican Senat...
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New Hampshire has certified former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte as the winner of the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.Ayotte was endorsed by former Alaska G...
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Former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, a conservative Republican endorsed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin , has defeated Democratic Congressman Paul Hodes , to keep...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An array of rivals at Utah's GOP convention Saturday are lining up against Sen. Bob Bennett — a potential first victim in a national effort by ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah has lost his bid to serve a fourth term after failing to advance past the GOP state convention.Attorne...
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Sen. Marco Rubio charged Sunday that President Obama has lost his political touch, accusing the incumbent of employing a "divisive" and "cynical" style that now pits...
"… of course, I'd be very interested."-- Gov. Bob McDonnell , R-Va., talking to the Richmond Times Dispatch in August 2011 about a hypothetical request from his part...
A Pentagon official signaled on Wednesday that the Army could lay off as many as 24,000 enlisted personnel and up to 5,000 officers within five years to meet a proje...
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