Byron Dorgan

Who will take radical steps to stop the transition to clean energy?  That’s the question that underlies “Blowout,” the new book by retired Senator Byron Dorgan and David Hagberg.  Because the answer is so straightforward (hint: it’s ...  

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan is to speak this week at a symposium in Grand Forks on civil public discourse. GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan is to speak this week at a symposium in Grand Forks ...  

GRAND FORKS – In a May 1 address to lawyers and judges in Nevada, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy urged the use of “rational, quiet, thoughtful, respectful discussion and debate,” to improve the tone of public discourse in ...  

He decided to spend time on a less grim endeavor than “Blowout”: POLITICO’s latest “Answer This” interview, conducted by email. Tell us your favorite joke. My hometown is so small that when they have the Fourth of July Parade ...  

Democracy NowFormer Labor Sec. Robert Reich on Clinton's Errors of Crippling Welfare to ...Democracy NowIn this clip from before the 1999 vote, Senator Byron Dorgan of South Dakota predicted how the repeal would be remembered on its 10th anniversary. SEN. BYRON DORGAN: We are, with this piece of legislation, moving towards greater risk.and more »  

The Drudge Retort has been sponsored this week by The Blowout, a new thriller by former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and David Hagberg: "America is on the brink of crisis. Unless we can curb our dangerous appetite for foreign oil, petroleum-rich countries and speculators will bring our economy to its knees ... long before CO2 emissions will devastate our ecosystem. The President has answered the call with the Dakota District Initiative, a top...  

Byron Dorgan. "In my judgment, this pipeline will be built. The question is when is the decision made," Dorgan said during an American Petroleum Institute-hosted event. Obama deferred a decision on the project because his liberal base is against it ...  

Former North Dakota senator Byron Dorgan led the effort for the Navy to name a new USS North Dakota. According to a news release that his office issued in 2009, Dorgan invited Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., now former representative Earl Pomeroy and other ...  

Former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), a politician who may have his skull split into the widest left-hand sided part we’ve ever seen, is the victim subject of Politico Patrick Gavin‘s “Answer This” interview that published late last night. A few things that jumped out at us: Dorgan does not go cheap on white tennis shoes or brown licorice, nor does he go all “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue” about his late mother. An excerpt: “No haiku … but to...  

At the same point in the 2010 election for the Senate seat left open when Byron Dorgan retired, then-Gov. John Hoeven, a Republican, had raised $1.5 million, and Tracy Potter, the Democrat Hoeven handily defeated, had raised $18,625. In the ...  

FARGO – Longtime North Dakota senator and best-selling author Byron Dorgan will celebrate the launch of his latest book, “Blowout,” at 7 p.m. Monday at the Barnes & Noble store here at 1201 42nd St. S. FARGO – Longtime North Dakota ...  

We’re used to Byron Dorgan the author. North Dakota’s former senator hit bestseller lists with his book “Take this Job and Ship It.” So it’s not a total surprise the retired politician has another book out, though it is unexpected to ...  

To lessen the crunch, he said, in 2008 they worked with Sen. Byron Dorgan to establish Fargo as a Tier 1 Hub instead of drivers having to go to Alexandria, Minn. Alexandria is about 108 miles from Fargo. He said a Tier 1 facility has priority when the ...  

Chuck Schumer of New York said on the Senate floor. Just eight senators voted against the repeal, including Democrat Byron Dorgan of Nebraska. The former senator tells weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz that at the time, he warned ...  

Former North Dakota Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, a leading voice in his party on energy issues during his 30 years in Congress, said Tuesday that he believes the massive Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline will eventually be built ...