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Rep. Tom Udall visited NM Tech in Socorro on Wednesday, August 6th to visit the Homeland Security Training Center. While there, he learned more about how terrorists make car bombs and witnessed a test detonation of a car bomb. He was also briefed on other major research centers and projects at New Mexico Tech. http://www.TomUdall.com

A conversation on the week's news in Canada from our Canadian correspondent, Vaughn Palmer, political correspondent for the Vancouver Sun. Then, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell takes your questions this hour. The Washington legislator talks about her busy year: fighting offshore drilling, cracking down on oil speculators, dealing with the Iraq War. Find out what she has to say on health care, politics, energy, the environment and being Washington's second female senator. Email Weekday or call during the show at 800 289 KUOW

There's one less person in the race for U.S. Senate in Oregon. Independent candidate John Frohnmayer dropped out of the race today (Tuesday). Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman has more.

How Dole Helped Deliver First and Only Statewide Immigration Enforcement Plan for North Carolina.

http://mccaskill.senate.gov/multimedia/042208mccaskill.flv On Tuesday, which was Equal Pay Day, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill joined several of her female colleagues in speaking on the Senate floor in favor of legislation that clarifies laws related to pay discrimination. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831), which is expected to receive a vote later this week, would overturn a 2007 court decision that drastically limited victims’ ability to file claims of pay discrimination based on gender, race, age, religion, disability, or nation of origin. “We need to unite behind this legislation. This is not going to be onerous for employers out there. It s fair. It s fair, and it s what we pledge allegiance to every day in this room – equal justice for all,” McCaskill said today in the Senate chamber. Motivated by a 2007 United States Supreme Court decision, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act restores a reasonable time limit in which people can file pay discrimination claims. After nearly twenty years as an employee at a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company factory, Lilly Ledbetter filed a pay discrimination claim based on the Eqaul Pay Act of 1963. However, the United States Supreme Court ruled against her claim because she had not filed it within 180 days of the day that Goodyear decided to pay her a discriminatory wage, even though she did not learn of the pay disparity for years. McCaskill, in her floor speech, contended it is unreasonable to expect people to know how much their colleagues earn relative to their own wages within 180 days of their first paycheck, especially in environments where discussing salaries is taboo, or even forbidden by their employers. “There is no way women in the workplace can look at their paycheck and immediately determine that they ve been discriminated against. Do you know why? They don t know what anybody else is making,” McCaskill said. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would essentially clarify current law and put the nation right back where we were before the Ledbetter case to allow victims to file claims within 180 days of any discriminatory paycheck, giving Americans a realistic opportunity to file any necessary claims of wage bias.

Spot had a terrible camera angle, but you'll still enjoy the speech. Jack talks about the reasons for his run for the Senate.

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer and Al Franken are competing for the Minnesota Democratic Party s endorsement for US Senate. Here s video of Nelson-Pallmeyer at the Senate 41 DFL Convention, shot by Spotty of The Cucking Stool blog. Here is Al Franken s stump speech to a Senate District convention in Eagan, a Twin Cities suburb. Franken won most of the delegates at this particular convention. Bookmark It Hide Sites

Jim Neal is a Democrat running for US Senate in North Carolina.

Al Franken doesn't want to debate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer for the DFL endorsement for the US Senate. Why?

http://jimnealforsenate.com/ Jim Neal is running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. Hear Jim talk about the issues.

Jim Neal speaks to a group of supporters in Chapel Hill, NC on December 9, 2007

Video highlights of speeches given by Senate Candidates Jim Cohen, Mike Ciresi, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer and Al Franken

iPod/Quicktime Download Joe Bodell of Minnesota Campaign Report and Minnesota Monitor talked with former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey about Iraq and why the Senator supports Al Franken for US Senate. Read the full story here and here. The UpTake Video coverage by Kyle Potter