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Norm Coleman
United States Senator
from Minnesota
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 7, 2003
Serving with Amy Klobuchar
Preceded byDean Barkley
Succeeded byIncumbent (2009)
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLaurie Coleman
Alma materHofstra University

Norman Bertram "Norm" Coleman, Jr. (born August 17, 1949) has served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2003, serving in the 108th, 109th, and 110th congresses. He served as the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1994 to 2002. Previously a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Coleman switched to the Republican Party of Minnesota in 1996. In 1998 he lost a bid for Governor of Minnesota against former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura, a member of the Reform Party of Minnesota, and DFL candidate Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III.

Biography

Coleman was born in Brooklyn, New York to Beverly and Norman Bertram Coleman, Sr. He is married to Laurie Coleman (née Casserly), an actress and model, who currently resides at the couple's home in St. Paul. They have two children, Jacob and Sarah. Two other children died during infancy (Adam, 1983; Grace, 1992) from a rare genetic disorder known as Zellweger syndrome.[1]

Coleman is a graduate of James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York and Hofstra University on Long Island. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law. New York Senator Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, attended high school with Coleman; newly elected Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is a graduate of the same school.

During his time at college, Coleman was an active member of the counterculture of the 1960s.

Coleman celebrated his 20th birthday at Woodstock.[2]

Coleman is also a Freemason, having been made a Mason at sight in 2003 by then GrandMaster of Masons in Minnesota, Neil Neddermeyer.[2]

Mayor of St. Paul

Coleman spent 17 years working for the Minnesota Attorney General's office, prosecuting cases all over the state and getting involved in a wide variety of public policy matters, including drug abuse and civil rights.

In 1993 Coleman was elected mayor of St. Paul as a Democrat. In 1996, he joined the Republican Party and was reelected in 1997 as the first Republican mayor in St. Paul in over 25 years, receiving nearly 60% of the vote.

During his 8 years in office, he led the city through an economic rebuilding, during which time, St. Paul received its first 'AAA' bond rating. In 1997 Coleman led an effort to secure a National Hockey League franchise for the city, the Minnesota Wild, which began play in September 2000 at a new state-of-the-art $175 million arena, named the Xcel Energy Center.[citation needed]

While he was Mayor of St Paul, Coleman stumped for Michele Bachmann.[3]

2002 Senate election

Main article: United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2002

Coleman campaigned in 2002 for the United States Senate, after being persuaded by Karl Rove to channel his electoral efforts from a second race for governor to a race for the senate seat against incumbent Senator Paul Wellstone. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, narrowly defeating former Vice President and former U.S. Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN), who entered the race as the Democratic candidate after Senator Wellstone died in a plane crash on October 25, 2002. Polls had shown Coleman to be in statistical dead heat with Senator Wellstone.[4] Coleman succeeded Dean Barkley, appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura to serve the remaining two months of Wellstone's term.

Criticism

Some, including Al Franken and Senator Harry Reid, criticized the Coleman campaign for politicizing the death of Paul Wellstone. Coleman made numerous television appearances in order to, according to Franken, take "every possible opportunity to show voters that he was not exploiting Wellstone's death for political gain." Harry Reid said that "Mr. Coleman is campaigning, and that's why he's on CNN's Inside Politics." Franken also alleges that the Coleman campaign "dispatched" Newt Gingrich to criticize Wellstone's replacement in the race, Walter Mondale. Harry Reid said of Gingrich's attacks, "I just think this is so classless."[5] Al Franken has confirmed that he will run against Norm Coleman in the 2008 Election.

Coleman in the Senate

Coleman is a member of four Senate committees including the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He is also Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. In 2004 Coleman campaigned for the chairmanship of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (N.R.S.C.), but was narrowly defeated for the post by North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole in a 28-27 vote. Coleman's Northstar Leadership PAC made over $200,000 worth of contributions to other Republican senators that were up for reelection during his campaign for the NRSC chair.[6] Along with fellow Minnesota senator, Amy Klobuchar, Coleman opposed President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq in January, 2007. However he continued to vote against all efforts to change policy in Iraq.[7]

A November 2007 poll has his approval rating at 53% with 40% disapproving.[3]

Coleman's politics

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Norm Coleman (on the left) hanging an anti-war flag at an anti-Vietnam War rally
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Norm Coleman campaigning at Hofstra University for Student Senate President

Coleman's politics have changed dramatically throughout his political career. In college, Coleman was a liberal Democrat and was actively involved in the anti-war movement of the early 1970s. He ran for student senate and opined in the school newspaper that his fellow students should vote for him because he knew that "these conservative kids don't fuck or get high like we do (purity, you know)... Already the cries of motherhood, apple pie, and Jim Buckley reverberate thorough the halls of the Student Center. Everyone watch out, the 1950s bobby-sox generation is about to take over."[1]

He was once suspended from Hofstra University on New York's Long Island for participating in a sit-in protest against student exclusion from the University faculty club.[citation needed]

When first elected mayor of the City of Saint Paul in 1993, Coleman was a member of the DFL and considered left-of-center politically, but gradually shifted to much more conservative positions on many issues during his tenure.[citation needed]

While running for Mayor of Saint Paul in 1993, Coleman wrote in a letter to the City Convention Delegates: "I have never sought any other political office. I have no other ambition other than to be mayor." He goes on in the same letter to say:

I am a lifelong Democrat. Some accuse me of being the fiscal conservative in this race — I plead guilty! I'm not afraid to be tight with your tax dollars.

Yet, my fiscal conservatism does not mean I am any less progressive in my Democratic ideals. From Bobby Kennedy to George McGovern to Warren Spannaus to Hubert Humphrey to Walter Mondale — my commitment to the great values of our party has remained solid.

In December 1996 Coleman announced he was leaving the DFL party to join the Republican Party. Coleman cited his views on abortion and homosexuality as factors in the switch. He also cited his frustrations with the Democratic Party and his belief that the Republican Party offered the best chance to continue his efforts to hold the line on taxes and grow jobs. [4]

Some of Coleman's critics in Minnesota speculated that his switch was motivated by his known aspirations for statewide office — something that would have been difficult considering distrust of him by DFL party leaders. As an abortion opponent, a frequent adversary of public employee unions and a close ally of entrepreneurs, Coleman’s positions put him at odds with the DFL Party in Minnesota and aligned him more closely with Republicans. In a letter to supporters announcing the switch, Coleman wrote that “while the political party to changes, nothing about how I govern or what I believe changes at all.”[8]

Coleman was re-elected in 1997, with nearly 60% of the vote.

Ironically, prior to becoming a Republican and running against him in 2002, Coleman chaired Paul Wellstone's Senate re-election campaign in 1996. While making the Wellstone nomination speech at the 1996 state DFL convention, Coleman stated: "Paul Wellstone is a Democrat, and I am a Democrat." At this point in time, tensions were so high between Coleman and the DFL party that a number of delegates at the convention were loudly booing Coleman's speech.[9]

Coleman is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. In March 2007, National Journal ranked Coleman the fourth most liberal Republican in the Senate.[10] GovTrack, an independent tracking website, also describes Coleman as a "moderate Republican" based on their own bill analysis.[11]

He received a 14% progressive rating from Progressive Punch[12] And he scored a 73% conservative rating by the conservative group, SBE Council.[13] In contrast, the Class 1 senator of Minnesota at the time, Democrat Mark Dayton, received a score of 90% progressive and 9% conservative by the same groups.[12][13] Coleman’s record in the Senate has consistently shown him to be one of the most independent Senate Republicans in each of his four years in office, according to Star Tribune reporter Eric Black.[14]

Positions on abortion, stem-cell research, and Schiavo case

Senator Coleman has campaigned as a pro-life candidate since at least 1993.[8] Coleman attributes his position on abortion to the death of two of his four children in infancy from a rare genetic disease. He supports limiting stem cell research to adult stem cells and stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood, and, in July 2006, he voted against lifting restrictions on federal research dollars for new embryonic stem cell lines.[15][16] Senator Coleman voted in favor of efforts to prolong the life of severely brain-damaged Floridian Terri Schiavo.[17][18][19]

Position on gay rights issues

Coleman opposes the legal recognition of same-sex marriages or civil unions by either the federal or state governments.

  • As mayor of St. Paul, Coleman voted against an effort to repeal a city law that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation.
  • For the eight years he was Mayor of Saint Paul, Coleman failed to sign a city proclamation celebrating the annual gay pride festival, even though his two predecessors and both of his successors have signed the proclamation.[20]

However, in 1998, Coleman hired a transgendered person, Susan Kimberly, to be his deputy mayor. [8] (pdf) Kimberly also worked as Coleman’s Minnesota Senate Office as State Director.

  • While running for Governor of Minnesota in 1998, Coleman's campaign ran radio ads that attacked his DFL opponent Skip Humphrey for his support of same-sex marriage.
  • While running for Governor in 1998, Coleman used an anti-gay flyer at the Republican Party of Minnesota convention.[21]
  • Coleman opposes adoptions by gay and lesbian individuals.[21]
  • In his 2002 Senate campaign, Coleman pledged support for a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would ban any state from recognizing either same-sex marriage or similar civil unions.
  • In 2004, Coleman voted to end a bipartisan filibuster on that proposed amendment to the Constitution (Senate vote 155, July 14, 2004). The vote failed 48-50. He voted again with proponents of a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage in June 2006.[22]
  • Coleman has employed a transsexual woman, Susan Kimberly, as his Deputy Mayor in St. Paul, and more recently as the State Director of his United State's Senate office. Kimberly used to be Robert Sylvester, a St. Paul city councilman.[23]

Position on marijuana issues

Coleman recently made this statement about marijuana legalization: "I oppose the legalization of marijuana because, as noted by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, marijuana can have serious adverse health affects on individuals. The health problems that may occur from this highly addictive drug include short-term memory loss, anxiety, respiratory illness and a risk of lung cancer that far exceeds that of tobacco products. It would also make our transportation, schools and workplaces, just as examples, more dangerous."[24] According to Coleman's former college classmate Norm Kent, Coleman smoked marijuana regularly in his college years and was an outspoken opponent of drug busts.[25]

Relationship to the Bush administration

In 2002, the Bush Administration persuaded Coleman to run against Paul Wellstone for Senate rather than try for the governor's chair.[26] Critics of Coleman argue that he campaigned on using bipartisan efforts to "get things done" in the Senate,[27] but in his first year in office he voted with President Bush's position on bills 98 percent of the time (according to Congressional Quarterly statistics).

In April 2003, Coleman caused quite a stir when he told a Capitol Hill reporter that he was a "99% improvement" over the late Senator Paul Wellstone because he had a better working relationship with the White House. Many supporters of Wellstone were offended and felt that this was deeply insulting, and at least one member of Congress urged Coleman to apologize.[28]

Coleman became a lead Senate Republican defender of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove amid allegations that he illegally leaked the name of formerly covert CIA operative Valerie Plame. In December 2005, Coleman voted for a budget bill that cut funding from a number of programs, but kept funding for sugar beet farmers in Minnesota after Rove advocated the change. Coleman told Congress Daily that he would not vote for a bill that cut sugar beet funding but, "Karl Rove called me and asked what I wanted. A few hours later it was out of the bill."[29]

On March 14, 2006 Senator Coleman called on President Bush to replace or reorganize his staff, stating that they did not sufficiently have their "ears to the ground" on matters like Hurricane Katrina, Harriet Miers' failed Supreme Court nomination, and the Dubai Ports World controversy and accusing the administration of having a "tin ear."[30] He stated that they showed inadequate "political sensitivity" in their handling of the issues.

On January 22, 2007 Coleman, along with fellow Republican Senators John Warner and Susan Collins, joined the bipartisan opposition to President Bush's planned troop increase in Iraq.[31]

Position on CAFTA

Picture of Coleman, President Bush, and others at CAFTA signing

Senator Coleman expressed reservations about supporting CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement) unless the interests of the domestic U.S. sugar industry (including Minnesota's sugar beet industry) were accommodated.[32][33][34]

He voted in favor of CAFTA after obtaining quotas imposed on foreign sugar until 2008. He stood behind President Bush on August 2, 2005, as the trade agreement was signed into law.[35] "This is a 3 year insurance policy that I have purchased for my sugar farmers..." he said.[36]

Position on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

On December 11, 2005 Senator Coleman voted in favor of invoking cloture on, thus advancing, a defense appropriations bill that included oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) after having pledged in 2002 to oppose such drilling. He stated that he did so because although he planned to vote against the bill, he didn't believe that a filibuster was warranted. In spite of this, many environmental advocacy groups (most notably the Sierra Club)[37] viewed his vote as a betrayal of his promise. His vote notwithstanding, the filibuster held, and Coleman voted to strip the ANWR provision from the bill in a subsequent vote.[38][39][40][41][42]

Stance in Social Security debate

Coleman supports allowing workers to divert a portion of their Social Security contributions to the creation of individual accounts to be invested in the stock market, a variation of a general plan referred to by supporters as "personal accounts," referred to historically as "privatization."[43][44][45] He agrees with President Bush's statements that the contribution changes would apply to those 55 and younger.[46]

Investigations Subcommittee and Galloway testimony

In December 2004 in connection with his position of Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Coleman called for United Nations Secretary-general Kofi Annan to resign because of the "UN's utter failure to detect or stop Saddam's abuses" in the UN's Oil-for-Food program and because of fraud allegations against Annan's son relating to the same program. In May 2005 Coleman's subcommittee held hearings on their investigation of abuses of the UN Oil-for-Food program, including oil smuggling, illegal kickbacks and use of surcharges, and Saddam Hussein's use of oil vouchers for the purpose of buying influence abroad. These hearings covered certain corporations and several well-known political figures, but are much remembered for the appearance of British Member of Parliament George Galloway, a member of the RESPECT The Unity Coalition (Respect), a then-new British political party, in which the MP denied the allegations:

"We have your name on Iraqi documents, some prepared before the fall of Saddam, some after, that identify you as one of the allocation holders," Coleman accused. "I am not now nor have I ever been an oil trader" retorted Galloway, stating that the charges were false and part of a diversionary "smoke screen" by pro-Iraq war U.S. politicians to deflect attention from the "theft of billions of dollars of Iraq's wealth... on your watch" that had occurred not during the Oil-for-Food program but under the post-invasion Coalition Provisional Authority by "Halliburton and other American corporations... with the connivance of your own government." Galloway claimed that the subcommittee's dossier was full of distortions and rudimentary mistakes, citing, for example, the charge that he had met with Saddam Hussein "many times" when the number was two.[47] This unusual appearance of a British MP before a US Senate committee drew much media attention in both America and Britain.[48]

The Majority Staff of the subcommittee prepared a subsequent report pertaining to Galloway, which was released in October, 2005. It elaborates on allegations and evidence of the committee and includes disputed [49] testimony from former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz. It also alleges that another officer of Mariam Appeal, Galloway's then-wife, received $150,000 in oil kickbacks, which she denies.[50][51] Senator Coleman transmitted these reports to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Manhattan DA, the Washington DC and New York federal prosecutors, the UK Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, and the Charity Commission.[52][53] None saw fit to pursue charges. On June 2, 2006, Senator Coleman responded to criticism that he had insufficiently investigated the Australian Wheat Board for sanctions busting, saying that there were legal and cost hurdles.[citation needed][54]

Coleman and government infrastructure

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On February 10, 2006 in a meeting of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of which Coleman is a member, during testimony of former FEMA director Michael D. Brown, Coleman attacked Brown for poor leadership during Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts, "you didn't provide the leadership, even with structural infirmities." Coleman went on, "you're not prepared to kind of put a mirror in front of your face and recognize your own inadequacies" and "the record reflects that you didn't get it or you didn't in writing or in some way make commands that would move people to do what has to be done until way after it should have been done."[55] Brown responded combatively, "well, Senator, that's very easy for you to say sitting behind that dais and not being there in the middle of that disaster, watching that human suffering and watching those people dying and trying to deal with those structural dysfunctionalities"[56] and implored Coleman to stick to questions.[57] He later likened Coleman's charges to a "drive-by shooting."[58] Brown had recently stated that he notified Department of Homeland Security and the White House of the tremendous scale of Katrina flooding earlier than had been previously reported.[59]

On March 14, 2006 Senator Coleman introduced a bill that would ban foreign companies from operating ports in the United States. (S.2410, 3/14/2006: A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit foreign control of investments in certain United States critical infrastructure).

In March 2007, Coleman filed legislation (S. 754[60]) to kill the Defense Travel System,[61] a program intended to automate the purchasing of travel services by the U.S. Department of Defense, which accounts for more than half of the federal government's total outlays of around $11 billion annually for travel, including transportation, lodging, and rental cars. Shortly after he filed the legislation, Coleman received a generous contribution from the CEO of The Carlson Companies, which owns Carlson Wagonlit Travel, a business travel management firm whose CW Government Travel unit provides travel management services for some federal agencies. The Carlson Companies is based in Minnesota. Over the years, Coleman has received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from people connected with The Carlson Companies.[62]

2008 reelection bid

Main article: Minnesota United States Senate election, 2008

Senator Coleman is running for reelection in 2008. Al Franken announced on February 14, 2007 on his Air America Radio show that he will run against Senator Coleman in the 2008 election.[63] In March, 2007 Coleman's support among likely voters in Minnesota was 46%, with 36% supporting Franken.[64]

The other announced candidate is Minneapolis attorney Mike Ciresi, who formally announced on April 18, 2007 that he was seeking the DFL Nomination for the seat held by Coleman. Ciresi previously ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000, spending $5 million of his own money in the Democratic primary before placing second behind Mark Dayton.

Other Democrats are looking at the race, including Nobel Prize winning chemist Peter Agre. State Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL - Inver Grove Heights) considered the race, but announced on June 1, 2007, that he wouldn't run. [5]

Possible Independence Party candidate to enter the race is Former Governor Jesse Ventura who previously defeated Coleman in his run for the governorship.

Electoral history

Minnesota U.S. Senate Election 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Norm Coleman 1,091,253 49.5
Democratic Walter Mondale 1,029,982 47.3
Independent Jim Moore 43,892 2.0
Minnesota Gubernatorial Election 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jesse Ventura 768,356 37
Republican Norm Coleman 713,410 34
Democratic Hubert Humphrey III 581,497 28
St. Paul Mayoral Election 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Norm Coleman (incumbent) 58.7
Democratic Sandy Pappas 40.8
St. Paul Mayoral Election 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Norm Coleman 54.7
Democratic Andy Dawkins 44.3



See also

References

  1. ^ a b Norm's Conquest — City Pages, 2/11/98
  2. ^ The Minnesota Mason January-February 2006 Vol. 53 No. 5
  3. ^ "Michele Bachmann heads an all-star cast of GOP Christian flat-earthers in the Sixth District" — City Pages 2/23/2005
  4. ^ Zdechlik, Mark (September 18, 2002). "Wellstone, Coleman race remains tight, poll says". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2007-04-04. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Franken, Al (September, 2003). Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. Dutton. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Northstar Leadership PAC FEC disbursements
  7. ^ Diaz, Kevin (2007-01-08). "Minnesota delegation offers cool response". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
  8. ^ a b Star Tribune, 18 December, 1996, "Coleman to leave DFL: Kemp, Carlson to welcome St. Paul mayor" Cite error: The named reference "pro" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  9. ^ Coleman could get boost from Bush in Senate bid — Minnesota Public Radio 2/11/02
  10. ^ "The Centrists", National Journal, 3 March 2007
  11. ^ GovTrack: Norm Coleman
  12. ^ a b "Leading with the Left". Progressive Punch. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
  13. ^ a b "Congressional Voting Scorecard 2005" (pdf). SBE Council’s Congressional Voting Scorecard 2005. Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. June, 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Norm Coleman: Independent Republican?" The Minneapolis Star Tribune Big Question Blog, 14 May 2007
  15. ^ Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 vote record 7/18/06
  16. ^ "Coleman To Vote Against Stem Cell Bill". Associated Press. 2006-07-12.
  17. ^ Timeline: Terri Schiavo case &mdsash; BBC News updated Thursday, 31 March, 2005
  18. ^ COLEMAN COMMENDS BIPARTISAN SENATE EFFORT TO SAVE TERRI SCHIAVO — Norm Coleman official website 3/20/05
  19. ^ Congress passes Schiavo measure - Washington Post 21 March, 2005
  20. ^ All the people should be equal under the law — Star Tribune, 5/4/94
  21. ^ a b Text Copy of Anti-Gay Flyer from Norm Coleman's 1998 Campaign
  22. ^ On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. J. Res. 1 ) vote record 6/7/06
  23. ^ [1]
  24. ^ http://www.celebstoner.com/content/view/243/34/
  25. ^ Senator, You Used to Be a Pot Head -- Now You're Talking Like a Narc — alternet, 7/6/07
  26. ^ Campaign 2002 — Minnesota Public Radio
  27. ^ Penny, Coleman, Bly eye finish line — Manitou Messenger Online, 11/1/02
  28. ^ "Coleman Should Apologize for Wellstone Remark, Congresswoman Says" — Minneapolis Star-Tribune 04/08/03
  29. ^ When the Cutting Is Corrupted — Washington Post 12/27/05
  30. ^ Coleman: Shake up White House staff — KSTP News 3/15/06
  31. ^ Key GOP senator opposes Bush's Iraq plan — CNN 01/22/07
  32. ^ COLEMAN FEELING HEAT ON CAFTA — The Hill 4/27/05
  33. ^ SUGAR DADDY NO MORE — City Pages 7/27/05
  34. ^ CAFTA HAS LITTLE SUPPORT AMONG MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS — Kare11 5/9/05
  35. ^ Bush Signs Trade Accord with Central America, Dominican Republic usinfo.state.gov 8/2/05
  36. ^ COLEMAN JOINS BIPARTISAN MAJORITY IN PASSING CAFTA AFTER BROKERING AGREEMENT TO FULLY PROTECT U.S. SUGAR INDUSTRY — Norm Coleman website 6/30/05
  37. ^ Senator Coleman breaks promise on oil drilling — Minnesota Sierra Club 12/21/05
  38. ^ Coleman votes in favor of debating ANWR provision in defense bill — KARE News 12/21/05
  39. ^ On the Concurrent Resolution (S. Con. Res. 74 ) senate role call
  40. ^ STATEMENT BY SEN. NORM COLEMAN: SENATE CLOTURE VOTE ON DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL — Norm Coleman website 12/21/05
  41. ^ ANWR STRIPPED FROM DEFENSE BILL BY 48-45 VOTE — Norm Coleman website 12/21/05
  42. ^ Coleman Votes Against Filibuster Of ANWR — cco.com 12/21/05
  43. ^ Norm Coleman on Social Security — On The Issues 2003
  44. ^ Wary Words On Social Security — Washington Post 5/10/02
  45. ^ PROJECT ON SOCIAL SECURITY PRIVATIZATION — CATO Institute
  46. ^ SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM — Norm Coleman website Feb 2005
  47. ^ Galloway tongue-lashes Coleman; committee documents show Bush political friends and family paid Oil-for-Food kickbacks to Saddam Hussein — Online Journal 5/21/05
  48. ^ Media react to blistering hearing — BBC News 5/17/05
  49. ^ Aziz denies naming British MP in oil probe — ABC News Online 10/30/05
  50. ^ REPORT CONCERNING THE TESTIMONY OF GEORGE GALLOWAY BEFORE THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS — MAJORITY STAFF OF THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS 10/25/05
  51. ^ UN team links more oil cash to Galloway wife's bank account — Times Online 10/28/05
  52. ^ Department of Justice to investigate George Galloway 10/30/05
  53. ^ Galloway hit by US criminal investigation — news.scotsman.com 10/29/05
  54. ^ Inquiry into certain Australian companies in relation to the UN Oil-For-Food Programme — Australian Attorney General's Department 11/10/05
  55. ^ New York Times 2/11/06 (requires login)
  56. ^ Report Blasts Gov’t Failures and ‘Fecklessness’ Before and After Katrina blackamericaweb.com 2/13/06
  57. ^ Following the Brown testimony on Katrina = USA Today Online Feb 2006
  58. ^ Self-righteous scapegoat — Chicago Tribue 2/10/06
  59. ^ Ex-FEMA Head Blames Bosses for Shortfalls — The Ledger 2/11/06
  60. ^ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.00754: Senate Bill 754 - The Defense Travel Simplification Act of 2007
  61. ^ Defense Travel System
  62. ^ A $5 Billion Earmark? — ElephantBiz.com 7/12/07
  63. ^ Grossberg, Josh (2007-02-02). "Mr. Franken Goes to Washington?". E! Entertainment Television. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
  64. ^ "Results of Rasmussen Reports Survey of Likely Voters". Rasmussen Reports. 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-03-28.

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