http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bayh/ en-us Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:14:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275292/posts Washington—With one in three children in the United States living apart from their biological fathers, Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) are renewing their efforts to promote healthy families and support American fathers who are trying to earn a livable wage and take a more active role in the lives of their children. Bayh today introduced his Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009, a bill cosponsored by then-Senator Barack Obama in the last Congress. Bayh’s bill is co-sponsored by Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AK) and Roland Burris (D-IL). The Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275292/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:14:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273125/posts Washington—Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued the following statement in response to the disputed Iranian election: “I am deeply disturbed by reports from Iran of widespread electoral fraud and the violent suppression of peaceful protests. I join with free people throughout the world in calling on the Iranian regime to cease arresting and harming innocent Iranians whose only crime is to call for free and fair elections. The Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273125/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:33:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260107/posts KOKOMO, IND.—Appearing at an afternoon news conference today with the White House auto czar and the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Senator Evan Bayh and Congressman Joe Donnelly today (May 28, 2009), strongly endorsed the administration’s decision to open up a major new source of credit for Indiana dealerships that sell cars, recreational vehicles, boats and manufactured homes. The Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260107/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 21:17:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243177/posts Washington – Senator Evan Bayh, a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today praised the Small Business Administration (SBA) for expanding the agency’s largest lending program, a decision that will expand access to capital for more than 70,000 additional American small businesses—including many RV and automobile dealerships across Indiana. Earlier today, the SBA announced an expansion of its 7(a) loan program, effective next week through September 30, 2010. The temporary 7(a) loan size standard will allow businesses to qualify based on net worth and average income. The Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243177/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 14:23:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242980/posts INDIANAPOLIS - The 10-year $3.5 trillion budget blueprint of President Obama passed both the U.S. House and Senate on his 100th day in office Wednesday, though it didn’t garner a single Republican vote or that of Democratic U.S. Sens. Evan Bayh or Arlen Specter. Sen. Bayh with candidate Barack Obama at Purdue University in July 2008. (HPI Photo by Ryan Nees) The bill passed the U.S. House by a 233-193 vote and 53-43 in the U.S. Senate. The budget has a $1.2 trillion deficit. While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed it as a “great day” for America, House Minority Leader... http://www.howeypolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242980/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 00:50:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236977/posts U.S. Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Bob Casey (D-PA) have introduced legislation to require an annual comprehensive report on the status of U.S. efforts and the level of progress achieved to combat and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates under the Global War on Terrorism. Currently, no single report by the Executive Branch effectively assesses the ongoing status of efforts against al Qaeda and the overall battle against violent extremism. The Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236977/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:45:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227532/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – The shipping company whose captain is being held hostage by Somali pirates said the US Navy saw him alive Sunday, as a top senator said the United States is "not going to give in to blackmail." Maersk Line, operators of the Maersk Alabama which was briefly hijacked by armed pirates this week before its captain was taken captive, said the navy told them they "had sight contact of Captain Richard Phillips" Sunday. Intense negotiations are ongoing off the coast of Somalia where the small band of pirates have held Phillips in a lifeboat since Wednesday, closely shadowed... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227532/posts#comment Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:40:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219376/posts Moderate Senate Democrats voiced concerns about President Obama's budget Tuesday in a meeting with Budget Director Peter Orzag. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., hosted the meeting, which was the second time moderate Democrats expressed concern over the budget. "I think there's a common concern about getting spending under control and making sure that there's a budget that doesn't have unsustainable requirements in it far into the future," said Sen Ben Nelson, D-Neb., who was one of twelve members at the meeting. Nelson has called the group the "Mod Squad." Sen Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., who also attended the meeting, said the group... Fox News / Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219376/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:31:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209181/posts Republicans aren’t the only people growing disenchanted by Hope and Change through Incompetence, it seems. Evan Bayh, who got passed over as Obama’s running mate, has formed a new Gang of 15 in the Senate, only this gang is exclusively Democrats. They want to put some speed limits on Obama’s agenda: Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209181/posts#comment Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:26:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2209049/posts Announced on Morning Joe. Morning Joe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2209049/posts#comment Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:44:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204021/posts Washington – Senator Evan Bayh today voted to reject a bloated $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government because of the inclusion of $7.7 billion worth of earmarks and an unaffordable eight percent increase in discretionary spending at a time of deepening deficits. “The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 is a sprawling, $410 billion compilation of nine spending measures that lacks the slightest hint of austerity from the federal government or the recipients of its largess,” Bayh wrote in a March 4 Wall Street Journal op-ed. “The national debt now exceeds $10 trillion. Our nation's current fiscal... Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204021/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:36:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202981/posts Nuclear Terror: Some Obama advisers have a dubious strategy to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran: Present "a common front" including Russia and China and "demonstrate U.S. respect" for the Islamofascist regime.It may be judged the most astonishingly naive analysis of Tehran's nuclear ambitions ever unveiled. Last week, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) — a think tank founded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and which should know better — released a report titled "Preventing a Cascade of Instability: U.S. Engagement to Check Iranian Nuclear Progress." Among the paper's signatories: Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.; House Middle East... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202981/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:31:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199280/posts Moderate and conservative Democrats in the Senate are starting to choke over the massive spending and tax increases in President Barack Obama’s budget plans and have begun plotting to increase their influence over the agenda of a president who is turning out to be much more liberal than they are. A group of 14 Senate Democrats and one independent huddled behind closed doors on Tuesday, discussing how centrists in that chamber can assert more leverage on the major policy debates that will dominate this Congress. <snip> Sen. Evan Bayh, the Indiana Democrat who assembled Tuesday’s skull session, added that he... SeeBS news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199280/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:58:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185251/posts PER CSPAN THE BILL ONLY HAVE 57 VOTES, THESE THREE SENATORS HAVE NOT VOTED YET. TIME 6.36 PM EASTERN TIME http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2_wm.aspx NEW YORK SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND - DEMOCRAT DC PHONE: (202) 224-4451 DC FAX: (202) 228-0282 ALBANY PHONE: ALBANY FAX: (518) 561-3362 INDIANA SENATOR EVAN BAYH - DEMOCRAT DC PHONE: (202) 224-5623 DC FAX: (202) 228-1377 INDIANAPOLIS PHONE: (317) 554-0750 INDIANAPOLIS FAX: (317) 554-0760 OHIO SENATOR SHERROD BROWN - DEMOCRAT DC PHONE: (202) 224-2315 DC FAX: (202) 228-6321 COLUMBUS PHONE: (614) 469-2083 COLUMBUS FAX: (614) 469-2171 Cspan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185251/posts#comment Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066486/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine have been told by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign they will not be his vice presidential choice, NBC News reported on Friday quoting sources. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066486/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:40:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066178/posts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama prepared to name his running mate, perhaps as early as Friday, from a small field o0f candidates that included at least one dark horse. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066178/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:33:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066413/posts Andrea Mitchell said at the opening of the show that both Kaine and Bayh were told by the Obama campaign that they were not the V-P. She also intimated that it would be Biden and that Biden had yet to be told no. Hardball 7:00 p.m. Edition http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066413/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:40:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066370/posts OBAMA DRAMA: Prepares to name mate... FLASH: Fri Aug 22 2008 17:52:03 ET /// KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reports a company in Kansas City, which specializes in political literature, has been printing Obama-Bayh material... MORE... Gill Studios, would not confirm information about the material. They would not deny it either. At least three sources close to the plant's operations reported the Obama-Bayh material was being produced... Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066370/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:24:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066363/posts LENEXA, Kan. -- After weeks of speculation and days of intense rumors, the answer to who Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would name as his running mate may have come down to a bumper sticker printed in Lenexa. KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported that the company, which specializes in political literature, has been printing Obama-Bayh material. That's Bayh as in U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana. Word leaked out about the material as it was being printed up by Gill Studios of Lenexa. The Obama campaign had said it would make the announcement by text message on Friday. Gill Studios, would... KMBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066363/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:07:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065058/posts NashvillePost.com has learned that senior campaign officials from the Barack Obama Presidential campaign are being dispatched from various locations around the country and are converging in Indianapolis for a “major event” to take place on Saturday. Saturday is the same day that Obama is expected to make his first public appearance with his yet to be announced vice presidential running mate. Indiana is the home state of Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, widely considered to be on the short list of Democratic vice presidential contenders. Sources in Denver, the site of next week's Democratic National Convention, say that individuals responsible for... nashvillepost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065058/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:12:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064671/posts THE website which claimed to have caught out the Barack Obama campaign in a gigantic blunder has admitted the story was most likely a hoax. Political rumourmonger site The Free Republic posted an item showing what appeared to be a story from CNN.com about the Obama campaign naming the candidate's vice-presidential pick early by mistake. The article claimed the Obama camp's plan to name the senator's running mate by sending an email and SMS to supporters had backfired when an aide preparing the announcement his "send" on a draft instead of "save". The article claimed the name of the running... The Voice of Tasmania http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064671/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:32:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2064101/posts Why should Obama choose Evan Bayh for VP? The name Birch Evans Bayh III makes Barack Hussein Obama sound almost normal. Bayh is to married a former Miss Southern California beauty queen. Obama is married to a woman who wants to be queen. Bayh doesn't use drugs so Barack's stash will be safe. Bayh was born with a tiny silver spoon in his mouth. Obama had a tiny silver spoon on his neckchain. They both have secret pasts. Obama's past is secret because he shredded the records. Bayh's is secret because nobody cares. The Barack Obama Jokes Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2064101/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:27:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064089/posts Only Sen. Barack Obama knows who he is going to pick for his vice president. Well, that is probably not exactly true. The two Davids’ (Axelrod and Plouffe) and wife Michelle probably know as well. The Drudge Report is suggesting that Obama's pick might become public as early as Tuesday, Aug. 19. In celebration of that event, Drudge is running a poll for readers to guess who that nominee will be, with Sen. Evan Bayh, Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. John Kerry, Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn and a wild card making the Drudge short... The Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064089/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:54:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064081/posts AIDE'S MISTAKE REVEALS OBAMA'S VP PICK EARLY (PULLED FROM CNN) It's Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana. Original link is dead. This is a screenshot courtesy of roses of sharon. CNN (link dead) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064081/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:32:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063997/posts Obama Appears Ready to Announce His Running Mate By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama has all but finalized his choice for a running mate and set an elaborate roll-out plan for his decision, beginning with an early morning alert to supporters, perhaps as soon as Wednesday, followed by a trip to swing states by the new Democratic ticket, aides said. Mr. Obama’s deliberations remain remarkably closely held. Aides said perhaps a half-dozen advisers were involved in the final discussions in an effort to enforce a command that Mr. Obama issued to staff: that his decision... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063997/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:26:31 GMT