Senator LINCOLN CHAFEE (Republican, Rhode Island): The whole year of 2005, nothing was done.
Governor Chafee, an independent, encouraged supporters to contact their senators ahead of the vote.
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The younger Chafee faces Democrat Bob Weygand, a two-term congressman and former lieutenant governor.
Now the moderate group is down to a handful, most (like Mr Chafee) from New England.
Chafee was appointed to fulfill his father's term after his father, John Chafee, died in October 1999.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Saturday ordered all roads in the state closed to nonessential traffic.
Gov. Lincoln Chafee declared a state of emergency, and nonessential state workers were sent home Friday afternoon.
Those hopes died when a key Republican moderate, Senator Lincoln Chafee, said he would not back Mr Bolton.
Carcieri is a conservative, while Chafee was widely viewed as the leftmost candidate in a four-way race in 2010.
Chafee said if it would stop them from getting the majority, then he would "consider it" under certain circumstances.
The Chafee-Harkin-Graham bill is the first embraced by the White House that includes legal protections for the tobacco industry.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee Saturday ordered all non-emergency vehicles off the streets Saturday so snowplows could clear roadways.
Which is what would have happened if Laffey had defeated Chafee on Tuesday.
In May, 2007, Bob Bennett, a Utah Republican, who had been a sponsor of the Chafee bill, joined him.
And, again, one of the big results was that Lincoln Chafee won re-nomination for another Senate term from Rhode Island.
The amendment being crafted by Snowe, Jeffords and Chafee could be offered only after the first tabling vote on McCain-Feingold.
John Chafee (Rhode Island), Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), George Voinovich (Ohio), John Warner (Virginia), Peter Fitzgerald (Illinois) and Richard Lugar (Indiana).
Chafee had announced his retirement and his son, Lincoln Chafee, the Republican mayor of Warwick, was running for his seat.
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In 1993, Republican Senator John Chafee, of Rhode Island, adopted much of this plan, and his bill became the main G.
Mr. Chafee, the nation's only Independent governor, and a Brown alumnus, had stepped in to help Providence negotiate with the university.
So if Lincoln Chafee can find a billion dollars, it might work.
Lincoln Chafee is vying to be elected to a full six-year term.
The race is expected to be close but Chafee remains the favorite.
Chafee was elected to his fourth term in the Senate in 1994.
CNN: Chafee successor won't be named until at least next week
When Governor Chafee signs the bill into law, gay marriage will be legal in 10 states and Washington DC, the nation's capital city.
BBC: Rhode Island to legalise gay marriage after Senate vote
"I do have some concern that after Senator Jeffords left the party that the reasons that he left aren't sinking in, " said Chafee.
It may be easier for Democrats to rally behind Whitehouse, whatever his views may be, than for Republicans to be enthusiastic about Chafee.
In addition, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island voted with the Democrats, as his late father, John Chafee, whom he succeeded did last year.
After the Clinton bill, which called for an employer mandate, failed, Democrats came to recognize the opportunity that the Chafee bill had presented.
If Lincoln Chafee is named to replace his father, he would have to run for the seat in the November election in 2000.
CNN: Chafee successor won't be named until at least next week
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