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LCV was among the first to call for Sen. Lincoln’s defeat this year by naming her first to LCV's 2010 "Dirty Dozen" list. She has a lifetime LCV score of 49%, the third lowest score among Democratic senators. [8]

lobbies for monsanto ?<a href="http://news.muckety.com/2014/08/21/blanche-lincolns-second-act-on-k-street/47471">http://news.muckety.com/2014/08/21/blanche-lincolns-second-act-on-k-street/47471</a>Blanche Lincoln’s second act, on K StreetBy Laurie BennettAugust 21, 2014 at 8:23amArkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln is one of those political candidates who profit more from loss than from victory.
After being defeated in her bid for a fourth Senate term in 2010, Lincoln started her own lobby firm, Lincoln Policy Group.
 View large map  |  View static map  |  Embed this map |  License Muckety technologyAs a seasoned member of Congress, with four years in the House and 12 in the Senate, she was well known to the nation’s biggest lobby clients. But her greatest allure was her service as chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Robert Holifield, her former staff director on the committee, is a co-founder of her firm.
Blanche LincolnBlanche LincolnIn less than four years, Lincoln has amassed an impressive client list, many of whom have a strong interest in agricultural policy.
Among them: Monsanto, a major producer of genetically-engineered seed; Wal-Mart, which relies heavily on the nation’s food stamp program; and CropLife America, a trade group representing the pesticides industry.
Data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics shows that the firm has already collected $1.26 million in lobbying fees this year, well ahead of the $810,000 it received in 2013.
Wal-Mart, headquartered in Lincoln’s home state, is the firm’s highest-paying client.

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The barrage of lawsuits against the EPA comes as an increasing number of lawmakers in Congress from both parties are moving to attempt to block the agency from cracking down on greenhouse gas emissions. Leading the charge is  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who, with the help of industry lobbyists, has filed a resolution of disapproval that, if signed into law, would nullify the endangerment finding. This rarely used parliamentary maneuver already has 40 cosponsors, including Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Ben Nelson (Neb.), and Mary Landrieu (La.). A bipartisan trio of representatives introduced the same measure in the House in late February.

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According to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Comptroller_of_the_Currency" title="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency">Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</a>, Bank of America is one of the five banks that hold 97 percent of total derivatives<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bank_of_America_Corp.#cite_note-13" title="">[14]</a> in the US, holding $206.2 trillion worth.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bank_of_America_Corp.#cite_note-14" title="">[15]</a> All of the largest derivative traders are banks that are considered too big to fail, so that their high risk derivative trading is done with the backing of taxpayers. Frank Partnoy, a former trader with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Morgan_Stanley" title="Morgan Stanley">Morgan Stanley</a>, has argued that the 2008 <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Financial_crisis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Financial crisis (page does not exist)">financial crisis</a> would not have been as extreme if not for the speculative derivative trades related to the housing market: “Without derivatives, the total losses from the spike in subprime mortgage defaults would have been relatively small and easily contained…Instead, derivatives multiplied the losses from subprime mortgage loans, through side bets based on credit default swaps. Still more credit default swaps, based on defaults by banks and insurance companies themselves, magnified losses on the subprime side bets.” <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bank_of_America_Corp.#cite_note-15" title="">[16]</a>

Although derivatives can be used to hedge risk, they can also produce extremely high profits or losses. Regulation of this aspect of the financial industry was central to proposed reforms so that derivative trading could not destabilize the entire economy again. According to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Washington_Post" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a> columnist Harold Myerson, Arkansas <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democrat" title="Democrat" class="mw-redirect">Democrat</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln" title="Blanche Lincoln">Blanche Lincoln</a>’s derivative reform proposal would have meant that “no longer would banks that our government backs up with deposit insurance and access to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve" class="mw-redirect">Federal Reserve</a>'s discounted interest rates be able to put taxpayers on the hook for their speculative bets: They could either continue as derivative-trading casinos or as government insured banks, but not both.”<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bank_of_America_Corp.#cite_note-16" title="">[17]</a>

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Blanche Lambert Lincoln, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Democrat" title="Democrat" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Democrat</a>, is a former U.S. Senator from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arkansas" title="Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Arkansas</a>, having served 1999 to 2011.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-WP-0" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#Record_and_controversies" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1 Record and controversies</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#S.3217_Restoring_American_Financial_Stability_Act_of_2010" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.1 S.3217 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#H.R.3590_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act.28health_care_reform.29" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.2 H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (health care reform)</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#H.R.1424.282008_Bailout_Bill.29" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.3 H.R. 1424 (2008 Bailout Bill)</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#2008_elections" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2.1 2008 elections</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#2010_elections" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">2.2 2010 elections</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#Money_in_politics" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3 Money in politics</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#Committees_and_affiliations" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4 Committees and affiliations</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#Committees" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4.1 Committees</a>

<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4.1.1 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#More_Background_Data" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5 More Background Data</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#Articles_and_resources" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6 Articles and resources</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#External_Articles" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6.1 External Articles</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#References" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">7 References</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">7.1 Local blogs and discussion sites</a></li>

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As the Senate began the debating the financial reform bill, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bank_Reform_Bill_2010" title="Bank Reform Bill 2010" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bank Reform Bill 2010</a> in May, Senator Lincoln decided to take an tough stance against banks regarding derivatives trading.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a> Lincoln initially had success getting language into the bill (Section 716) which geared toward separating traditional banking activity from speculative activity in the derivatives or "swaps" market and separating the speculative activity from the taxpayer guarantee. Her provisions which were rolled into the larger Senate financial reform bill, "will force the biggest banks to spin off their swaps (or derivatives) desks into a separate entity. That entity will be regulated and can remain part of the bank holding company, but it no longer has access to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Federal Reserve</a>'s flow of funds, FDIC insurance and the taxpayer guarantee. Supporters include legendary economists and public policy experts such as <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Reich" title="Robert Reich" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert Reich</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joseph_Stiglitz" title="Joseph Stiglitz" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Joseph Stiglitz</a>, Nouriel Roubini, and Michael Greenberger." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[3]</a> The derivatives measure in the bill will target the five largest banks that account for 90% of the these derivative measures. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[4]</a> " Lincoln's amendment will go right after the deals that <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Goldman Sachs</a> is now being officially investigated for and Lincoln's language is #1 on their hit list." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-4" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[5]</a> "These five bank-dealers can fund their swaps trading units with FDIC-insured deposits. They have access to the Federal Reserve's discount window, which allows them to borrow money for gambling in swaps at near-zero percent interest rates. But these government supports were created to reassure the public that their deposits are safe, and to protect banks from runs on their deposits –- not to help banks finance their own casinos."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-5" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[6]</a>

"The swaps business, which accounts for billions in bank profits, is so desirable that the banks have all but given up fighting other restraints on their derivatives business." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-6" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[7]</a> Lincoln's provision in the financial reform bill faces opposition from some big name officials. The chairman of the Federal Reserve and the Secretary of Treasury oppose the derivative measure, arguing that it goes too far. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-7" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[8]</a> Initially critical of the derivative provision, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_Volcker" title="Paul Volcker" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Paul Volcker</a> has changed his stance on the amendment. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-8" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[9]</a> However, many of Lincoln's supporters argue that the derivative measure in the bill correctly affirms bank's separate role in serving the public. If a bank is acting within its traditional role as a public lender to consumers, it is entitled to public protection such as backing from the FDIC. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-9" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[10]</a> Wray continues to frame Lincoln's bill in this manner: "Here is the choice she offers: you can continue with your derivatives, acting against the public interest, or you can be a bank. You cannot be both. Take your choice: blood-sucking vampire squid? Or, serve the public interest. If you go for squid, you lose all public protection. In that case, you go "free market" with all that entails-higher costs of borrowing, 100% downside risk, and prosecution when you lie and deceive." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-10" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[11]</a>

Lincoln's toughest challenge regarding the derivatives provision is that it is only included in the Senate Finance Regulation bill, not the House version. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-11" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[12]</a> "The banks have several strong allies on Capitol Hill when it comes to diluting the Lincoln provision. House Financial Services Committee chair Barney Frank is not in favor of the provision. Nor is Senate Banking Committee chair Chris Dodd. FDIC head Shelia Bair and Fed chief Ben Bernanke are also reportedly opposed." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-12" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[13]</a> In contrast, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) said Ms. Lincoln is now in a stronger position. "She returns as the chairman of the Agriculture Committee, running for re-election in November, which I think gives her a strong bargaining position." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-13" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[14]</a>

Without Senator Lincoln's efforts in addressing derivatives in the financial reform bill, there would be no other similar action. Congress has talked about getting tough with banks, but 18 months later, nothing has been done. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-14" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[15]</a> 97% of all swaps continue to be traded by five major banks. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-15" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[16]</a> "Lincoln's amendment doesn't end the trading. It does, however, force it onto a "transparent" market so everyone knows who's trading what and at what price. Also, it would give regulators an unrestricted view of it for the first time and force derivative-trading banks to do so through an arm's-length subsidiary so the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (and you and I) aren't left holding the banks' empty bags again."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-16" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[17]</a>

After House and Senate deliberating over merging the Senate and House versions of the bill, the final version of the Financial Reform Bill has watered down Lincoln's derivatives provision originally in the Senate version of the bill. The final version of the bill will include this provision regarding derivatives: "require banks to spin off only their riskiest derivatives trading operations into affiliates. Banks would be able to retain operations for interest-rate swaps, foreign-exchange swaps, and gold and silver swaps among others. Firms would be required to push trading in agriculture, uncleared commodities, most metals, and energy swaps to their affiliates." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-17" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[18]</a> This will tamp down speculation in important consumer commodities like gas and food, but do little to rein in speculation in other markets. The problem with the compromise is the fact that the credit derivative units that banks are allowed to keep comprise a great portion of the derivative business. Banks will be able to continue dealing interest rate and foreign exchange swaps, which make up the largest portion of derivative business. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-18" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[19]</a>

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On December 9, 2009, Senator Lincoln was one of ten Democratic Senators to reach what Senate Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Harry Reid</a> called a “broad agreement”<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30371.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[1]</a>on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dpc.senate.gov/dpcdoc-sen_health_care_bill.cfm/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.</a> The discussion focused on abandoning or greatly narrowing the public health insurance option. In exchange, people 55-64 would be able to buy in to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Medicare" title="Medicare" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Medicare</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Medicaid" title="Medicaid" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Medicaid</a> eligibility would be expanded to people within 150 percent of the federal poverty line. Senate Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Harry Reid</a>’s office released a statement on the compromise:

"I asked Senators Schumer and Pryor to work with some of the most moderate and most progressive members of our diverse caucus, and tonight they have come to a consensus.  It is a consensus that includes a public option and will help ensure the American people win in two ways: one, insurance companies will face more competition, and two, the American people will have more choices. I know not all 10 Senators in the room agree on every single detail of this, nor will all 60 members of my caucus. But I know we all appreciate the hard work that these progressives and moderates have done to move this historic debate forward. I want to thank Senators Schumer, Pryor, Brown, Carper, Feingold, Harkin, Landrieu, Lincoln, Nelson and Rockefeller for working together for the greater good and never losing sight of our shared goal: making it possible for every American to afford to live a healthy life. As is long-standing practice, we do not disclose details of any proposal before the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Congressional Budget Office</a> has a chance to evaluate it. We will wait for that to happen, but in the meantime, tonight we are confident." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/08/senate-sinks-abortion-ame_n_384846.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[2]</a>

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Lincoln voted for the 2008 Bailout Bill <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR1424:" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">[3]</a> in October 2008.

Lincoln voted for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq</a> in Oct. 2002.

<div style=" font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(220, 232, 248); border: 1px solid rgb(92, 121, 181); padding: 0.25em;">For more information see the chart of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Senate_votes_on_the_Iraq_War" title="U.S. Senate votes on the Iraq War" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Senate votes on the Iraq War</a>.</div>

Lincoln was born in September 30, 1960 in Helena, Arkansas. She graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1982. She studied law at the University of Arkansas.

Immediately after graduating, she became staff assistant to Congressman Bill Alexander and served in his office until 1984. Lincoln ran successfully against Alexander in the Democratic primary of 1992 and took his seat in the U.S. House. Lincoln served in the House until 1997.

In 1998, Lincoln returned to politics and ran for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Senate" title="U.S. Senate" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Senate</a> seat being vacated by incumbent Democrat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Bumpers" class="extiw" title="w:Dale Bumpers" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dale Bumpers</a>. She defeated her Republican opponent, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Boozman" class="extiw" title="w:Fay Boozman" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Fay Boozman</a>, by a margin of 55%-42%. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate at the age of 38.

Lincoln has concentrated primarily on rural and farm issues. She is one of the primary advocates of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Regional_Authority" class="extiw" title="w:Delta Regional Authority" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Delta Regional Authority</a> (DRA), which is designed to spur development in the lower Mississippi Delta region. She is also the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus.

She is considered to be a moderate or Centrist Democrat. Lincoln was among the minority of Democrats to support CAFTA and she is opposed to most protectionist trade measures. She has voted in favor restricting class action lawsuits and tightening rules on personal bankruptcy. She was one of the few Democrats in Congress to vote in favor of the tax cut passed in 2001, though she now advocates scaling back or eliminating the portions of that tax cut, and other tax cuts, that benefit those tax payers with incomes over $300,000. She supports the permanent elimination of the estate tax. Lincoln voted to ban partial-birth abortions and strongly supported the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to ban lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors.

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Before Hillary Clinton conceded the race, Blanche Lincoln, as a superdelegate, had endorsed her for President.

In 2010, Blanche Lincoln lost her senate seat to Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Boozman" title="John Boozman" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Boozman</a> (R-Ark.)<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_note-WP-0" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,Nutrition,and_Forestry" title="Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Nutrition and Food Assistance, Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, and General Legislation</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support - Chairman</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="Senate Committee on Finance" style=" text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Senate Committee on Finance</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" title="Senate Special Committee on Aging" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Senate Special Committee on Aging</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources" style=" text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Water and Power</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on National Parks</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Forestry Conservation and Rural Revitalization - Ranking Minority Member</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Research Nutrition and General Legislation</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="Senate Committee on Finance" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Senate Committee on Finance</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Edward Wyatt, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/us/politics/26regulate.html?pagewanted=1&hp" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"House and Senate in Deal on Financial Overhaul,"</a>, New York Times, June 25, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Damian Paletta, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/24/rep-mcmahon-to-vote-no-if-derivatives-plan-isnt-altered/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Rep. McMahon to Vote 'No' If Derivatives Plan isn't Altered,"</a>, Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Victoria McGrane, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328430427126018.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Major Provisions in the Financial Overhaul Bill,"</a>, Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mary Bottari, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://prwatch.org/node/9189" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Last Call on Financial Reform,"</a>, PR Watch, June 23, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mary Bottari, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://banksterusa.org/content/swap-till-you-drop-will-frank-protect-localities-wall-streets-ticking-time-bombs" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Swap Till You Drop,"</a>, BanksterUSA, June 22, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Phil Mattingly, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-22/lincoln-swaps-measure-s-essence-will-be-in-bill-frank-says.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Lincoln's Swaps Measure's Essence Will be in Bill,"</a>, Business Week, June 22, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/lincoln-duels-with-top-democrats-on-derivatives/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Lincoln Duels with Top Democrats on Derivatives,"</a>, New York Times, June 23, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Jim Kuhnhenn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g7ffRdswXTlfgaQS0FCOZmrvbwcAD9GFGVSO3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Dodd: Defending a Senate Bill Against All Comers,"</a>, Associated Press, June 21, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Damien Paletta and David Wessel, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703685404575307034252253118.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Financial Overhaul: A Look Behind the Regulatory Scenes,"</a>, Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1618348120100616" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Fed's Bullard Backs Lincoln Derivatives Amendment,"</a>, Reuters, June 16, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/more-signs-of-support-for-lincolns-derivatives-plan/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"More Signs of Support for Lincoln's Derivatives Plan,"</a>, New York Times, June 14, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Damien Paletta, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/08/lincolns-win-support-for-derivatives-plan-may-firm-up/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Lincoln's Win: Support for Derivatives Plan May Firm Up,"</a>, Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Brady Dennis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/17/AR2010061705793.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"New Democrat Coalition Opposed to Derivatives-Spinoff Plan,"</a>, Washington Post, June 18, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mary Bottari, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://banksterusa.org/content/blanche-lincolns-cross-gold-moment" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Blanche Lincoln's 'Cross of Gold' Moment"</a>, BanksterUSA, June 10, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mary Bottari, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://banksterusa.org/content/bank-fight-continues-now-it%E2%80%99s-lincoln-vs-obama" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Bank Fight Continues, Now it's Lincoln vs. Obama,"</a>, BanksterUSA, May 23, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mike Allen, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38384.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Lincoln Stands by Derivatives Language,"</a>, Politico, June 15, 2010.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Brady Dennis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061404979.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Sen. Blanche Lincoln's Derivatives-Spinoff Plan Gains Support in Congress,"</a>, Washington Post, June 15, 2010.</li>

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<li id="cite_note-WP-0" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-WP_0-0" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-WP_0-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.1</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Blanche_Lincoln" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Blanche Lincoln profile</a>, The Washington Post, accessed January 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Edward Wyatt, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/us/politics/16derivatives.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Blanche Lincoln Finds Few Allies on Derivatives Ban,"</a>,"New York Times," May 15, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Mary Bottari, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.banksterusa.org/content/midnight-massacre-pending-lets-whip-our-senators" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Midnight Massacre Pending, Let's Whip Our Senators,"</a>, "BanksterUSA," May 13, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-5" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Mary Bottari, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://banksterusa.org/content/no-more-gambling-taxpayer-money" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"No More Gambling with Taxpayer Money,"</a>, "BanksterUSA," June 9, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-6" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Edward Wyatt, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/us/politics/16derivatives.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Blanche Lincoln Finds Few Allies on Derivatives Ban,"</a>, "New York Times," May 15, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-8" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Tom Braithwaite, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7ba2476-774b-11df-ba79-00144feabdc0.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Wall Street Faces Defeat in Push to Retain Swaps Desks,"</a>, "Financial Times," June 14, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-9" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> L. Randall Wray, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/l-randall-wray/senator-blanche-lincolns_b_547752.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Senator Blanche Lincoln's Derivatives Reform Bill Must Pass,"</a>, "Huffington Post, April 22, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-11" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-11" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> John Carney, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/37598933/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Blanche Lincoln's Victory May Kill Derivatives Limit in Financial Regulation Bill,"</a>, "CNBC," June 9, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-13" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-13" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Michael R. Crittenden and Victoria McGrane,<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704575304575296700673194736.html?mod=WSJ_Markets_MIDDLETopNews" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Win By Lincoln Rejuvenates Overhaul Effort,"</a>, "Wall Street Journal," June 10, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-14" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-14" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Alan Guebert, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://columbustelegram.com/news/opinion/columnists/article_82698cc0-7d3b-11df-b5c3-001cc4c03286.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Arkansas Senator has Mettle to Change Derivatives,"</a>, "Columbus Telegram," June 21, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-17" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-17" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Victoria McGrane, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328430427126018.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Major Provisions in the Financial Overhaul Bill,"</a>, "Wall Street Journal," June 25, 2010.</li>

<li id="cite_note-18" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blanche_Lincoln#cite_ref-18" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> Shahien Nasiripour, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/financial-reform-bill-pas_n_625191.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Financial Reform Bill Passes,"</a>, "Huffington Post," June 25, 2010.</li>

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Ranking Member On:

</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Caucuses:

</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Committees:</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">110th Congress</th></tr><tr><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Leadership Position:

Chair of Rural Outreach</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Committees Chaired:

</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Committees,

Ranking Member On:

</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Caucuses:

</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Committees: Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry/Subcommittee on Nutrition and Food Assistance Sustainable and Organic Agriculture and General Legislation, Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry/Subcommittee on Production Income Protection and Price Support, Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry/Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization Conservation Forestry and Credit, Senate Special Committee on Aging, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources/Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources/Subcommittee on National Parks, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources/Subcommittee on Water and Power, Senate Committee on Finance, Senate Committee on Finance/Subcommittee on Energy Natural Resources and Infrastructure, Senate Committee on Finance/Subcommittee on Health Care, Senate Committee on Finance/Subcommittee on International Trade and Global Competitiveness</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Congressional Career</th></tr><tr><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">First Elected to Current Office:

November 3, 1998</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">First Took Current Office:

January 6, 1999</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Next Election:

November 2, 2010</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Term Ends:

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No</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Previous Political Work?

U.S. House, 1993-96,Co-founder, Blue Dog Coalition,</td><td colspan="2" style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">Other Party Membership:</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Contact: Kate Geller, (202) 785-8683 or kate_geller@lcv.org 01 Jun 2010  |  Jay Natoli

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<p style=" margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">LITTLE ROCK, AR – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to turn environmental values into national priorities, today launched an aggressive ad campaign aimed at turning out Arkansas voters to defeat Senator Blanche Lincoln in next week’s run-off. The integrated media campaign will include targeted TV and web ads, phone and email communications.

“Blanche Lincoln is among the biggest winners when it comes to Big Oil’s campaign cash, but next week Arkansas voters can make her the biggest loser,” said Gene Karpinski, LCV Action Fund President. “The Gulf Coast disaster is proof enough that Big Oil can’t be trusted with our nation’s energy future and Arkansas families deserve better than a senator who sides with BP and other oil companies at the expense of a more sustainable, secure economy and a cleaner, safer environment.”

LCV Action Fund’s TV ad “Gusher” will be featured on both broadcast and cable stations in Little Rock and highlights Sen. Lincoln’s Big Oil money and continued efforts to side with the corporate polluters filling her campaign coffers. Complementary web ads will simultaneously target Arkansas voters online. LCV was among the first to call for Sen. Lincoln’s defeat this year by naming her first to LCV's 2010 "Dirty Dozen" list on January 28th.[1] LCV also endorsed Sen. Lincoln’s challenger Bill Halter early in the campaign on April 21st .[2]

“LCV named Blanche Lincoln first to our 2010 Dirty Dozen because it’s clear she cares more about protecting Big Oil’s profits than creating clean energy jobs in Arkansas,” said Karpinski. “Her current efforts to undermine the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to protect public health and hold the biggest polluters accountable demonstrate she is more interested in putting the special interests ahead of the public interests.”

This cycle Sen. Lincoln has taken more oil and gas money than any other U.S. Senator.[3] She has taken over $550,000 from the Oil & Gas industry over the course of her entire career, including $12,000 from BP’s political action committee since the 2001-02 election cycle.[ 4,5] She opposes comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation, despite the fact that it will create new energy jobs, reduce our dangerous dependence on oil and curb harmful carbon pollution.[6] Sen. Lincoln also co-sponsored Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s resolution, largely written by Washington energy lobbyists, designed to block the Environmental Protection Agency's finding that carbon pollution endangers public health and welfare.

The TV ad can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.bigoilblanche.com/" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;">http://www.bigoilblanche.co</a>

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Contact: Kate Geller, (202) 785-8683 or kate_geller@lcv.org 06 May 2010  |  Jay Natoli

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<p style=" margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">WASHINGTON, DC - The League of Conservation Voters (LCV), which works to turn environmental values into national priorities, today called on Sen. Blanche Lincoln to return campaign contributions she received from oil giant British Petroleum, the corporation responsible for the oil rig currently spewing hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil per day in to the Gulf of Mexico.

"Given BP's role in the economic and environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it would be highly irresponsible and inappropriate for Senator Lincoln to continue to finance her campaign in these final days before the primary with BP's tainted oil money," said Tony Massaro, LCV’s Senior Vice President for Political Affairs. "LCV calls on Senator Lincoln to return her BP bucks and either get on board or out of the way as Congress works to pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation that would increase energy independence, create new energy jobs and reduce the risk of man-made disasters like the BP oil spill."

In the past decade, Sen. Lincoln has been among the top three recipients of BP PAC money in the Senate, having received $12,000 from the oil company's political action committee since the 2001-02 election cycle.[1] This election cycle alone, in which she has co-sponsored legislation that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing regulations to reduce harmful pollutants[2], Sen. Lincoln has received $4,000 in campaign cash from BP's PAC. [3]

Sen. Lincoln's Big Oil record:

·  Sen. Lincoln voted for the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act in 2006, which ended protections for Florida’s Gulf Coast and opened up 8 million acres off the coasts of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana for oil drilling. [4]

· Sen. Lincoln currently opposes comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation, despite the fact that it will create clean energy jobs, reduce our dangerous dependence on oil and make polluters pay their fair share.[5]

· Sen. Lincoln has taken more than $1 million in campaign cash from Big Oil and other energy interests, with oil and gas companies being among the top 5 industries that have contributed to her campaign this cycle.[6]

· Sen. Lincoln has been inconsistent in supporting efforts to make cars run further on a tank of gas, voting to oppose increases in fuel efficiency standards in 1999, 2002 and 2005. [7]

LCV was among the first to call for Sen. Lincoln’s defeat this year by naming her first to LCV's 2010 "Dirty Dozen" list. She has a lifetime LCV score of 49%, the third lowest score among Democratic senators. [8]

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