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23 Oct 2015, 11:06 am
Don’t judge till you’ve walked One point six kilometers In his granite shoesBrilliant. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 7:48 am
Lincoln Chafee refused a request to transfer murder suspect Jason Pleau to federal officials last month on the grounds that doing so would expose Pleau to the possibility of the death penalty. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 6:05 am
Lincoln Chafee asked a U.S. appeals court Wednesday to rule that he doesn’t have to surrender state custody of an inmate who could face the death penalty if tried and convicted in federal court. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 10:53 am
Third, Jason Pleau is the subject of a tug of war between Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee and the federal government. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 5:25 pm
**VIA REUTERSBy Zach HowardState-run medical marijuana dispensaries will not be coming to Rhode Island after Governor Lincoln Chafee scrapped the plan for fear it was illegal under federal law.Chafee, who had earlier vowed support for the measure, said he decided the state's planned dispensaries could violate superseding federal law and become a target of federal law enforcement efforts. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 5:12 am
Columbia University law professor Michael Dorf points to the Senate race in Rhode Island where moderate Republican Lincoln Chafee was ousted, and to the Pennsylvania and Virginia races, in which relatively conservative Democrats were voted in. [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 7:10 pm
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16 May 2012, 2:07 pm
Lincoln Chafee issued an executive order on Monday that requires the state to recognize same sex marriages performed out-of-state. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 5:54 pm
Here is the entire list of Senators and their votes: YEAs —64 Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Breaux (D-LA) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Byrd (D-WV) Campbell (R-CO) Carper (D-DE) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) Daschle (D-SD) DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC)… [read post]
15 Oct 2011, 3:21 am
Lincoln Chafee decided that he wasn't going to sign. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 1:11 pm
” Just a few days on the job, Democrat Lincoln Chafee wasted no time issuing executive orders to accommodate illegal aliens, assuring that “Rhode Island can grow economically by being a tolerant place to do business. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
Lincoln Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island is facing public backlash after dubbing his 17 foot spruce a “holiday tree. [read post]
8 May 2012, 8:57 am
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee must surrender a state prisoner to federal authorities to potentially face the death penalty on charges of killing of a gas station manager, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. [read post]
1 May 2014, 2:16 pm
In June of 2012, Governor Lincoln Chafee signed into law the so-called "Domestic Anti-Strangulation" bill calling for significant enhanced penalties for those convicted of domestic assault by strangulation. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 9:00 pm
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee's proposed budget calls for elimination of the state's film tax credit which would have paid out an estimated $1.4 million in 2012. [read post]
11 May 2012, 8:28 am
The Associated Press (via the Boston Globe) reports that Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island will seek Supreme Court review of a recent en banc decision by the First Circuit; at issue in the case is a dispute between Rhode Island and the federal government over whether the state must surrender an inmate in its custody under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act to face a possible federal death penalty case. [read post]
8 Jun 2015, 6:29 am
Council Candidate Fined for Fraudulent Bid for Matching Funds” by Jean Merl for Los Angeles Times Ethics California: “Industry Sues Former Mayor, Alleging ‘Extensive Public Corruption’” by Frank Shyong for Los Angeles Times New York: “A Political Survivor under Investigation” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union Oregon: “Ethics Reform: House OKs bill declaring governor’s partner a public official” by Denis Theriault for Portland Oregonian… [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 9:36 am
These Senators voted to not filibuster the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court: Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Baucus (D-MT)Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO)Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN)Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX)Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC) Domenici… [read post]
18 Feb 2008, 1:23 am
Since 1998, only four Republican senators have had worse ACU scores than John McCain -- and none were from Goldwater country: Lincoln Chafee, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 9:08 am
The Rhode Island House passed an earlier version of the bill, and Governor Lincoln Chafee has said that he’ll sign the measure into law. [read post]
