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06/10/11 When Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada resigned last April for ethics violations, the Save Our Industries Act of 2011 or S. 105 or the Save Act became a casualty.
06/03/11 By Mark Waite Already two dozen candidates have filed to run in a September special election to replace Rep. Dean Heller, who was appointed by Gov. Brian Sandoval to finish the U.S. Senate term of John Ensign. The filing period is May 25 to June 30. Applicants will be awaiting the outcome of an appeal[...]
05/31/11 WASHINGTON -- The departure of disgraced former Sen. John Ensign has set off a political chain reaction that will weaken the clout of Nevada's small congressional delegation, analysts say.
05/29/11 Greg Brower was the first to file as a candidate for the Congressional seat vacated when Dean Heller took John Ensign's senate seat Wednesday morning at the Secretary of State's office in the Capitol building in Carson City. Clerk Jennifer Nash, left, oversaw the procedure.
05/12/11 This is a 2009 file photograph of John Ensign while he was a member of the U.S. Senate representing Nevada. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) / AP 3 p.m. update:WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Sen. John Ensign of Nevada broke federal law, made false statements to the Federal Election Commission and obstructed a Senate Ethics Committee's investigation into his conduct, the panel said Thursday in a ...
05/12/11 A Senate Ethics Committee report found John Ensign broke federal laws trying to cover up an affair. Read more...
05/01/11 U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., has broken no laws, violated no rules and run afoul of no standards of conduct in the U.S. Senate in relation to an affair with the wife of his former friend and aide.
04/28/11 If you thought Nevada senator John Ensign was conservative, compared to the embattled former politician's replacement, Dean Heller (pictured), he looks like Dennis Kucinich.
04/27/11 Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Wednesday that he is appointing Republican Rep. Dean Heller to replace John Ensign in the U.S. Senate, setting up a fall special election for the vacated House seat that could pit the woman who almost beat Sen. Harry Reid in a race against the GOP.
04/27/11 U.S. Rep. Dean Heller will enter next year's U.S. Senate race from the perch of incumbency after Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday named Heller to succeed John Ensign next month.
04/27/11 Las Vegas Sun political columnist Jon Ralston is reporting that Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval will appoint U.S. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Carson City, today to fill John Ensign's U.S. Senate seat.
04/24/11 U.S. Sen. John Ensign's decision this week to resign marked a mysterious change of heart for the Nevada Republican, raising questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has uncovered.
04/22/11 The Senate Ethics Committee said scandal-scarred Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign made the right decision to turn in a letter of resignation Friday
04/22/11 Calling it an "appropriate decision" for Sen. John Ensign to hand in his resignation, fellow lawmakers investigating the scandalized Nevada Republican are likely to put a stop to the probe once he leaves office.
04/22/11 A timeline of major events leading to the announcement Thursday by Republican U.S. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada that he will resign May 3:
04/22/11 Sen. John Ensign announced Thursday he's resigning May 3 after almost two years of investigations into his affair with his staffer's wife and his attempts to hide it. Though federal prosecutors have dropped their probe into the senator, Ensign was still facing a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into how helped the aide, Doug Hampton, get a lobbying job after Hampton found out his boss was ...
04/22/11 For someone who seemed, at the end, to have no friends in the party, on the books Sen. John Ensign is a master of close-call politics of the sort that the GOP could stand to mimic in the coming cycle.
04/22/11 Embattled Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) announced Thursday night that he will resign from office in early May, a move that comes amid an ethics investigation into his conduct.
04/22/11 LAS VEGAS -- The Senate Ethics Committee said scandal-scarred Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign made the right decision to turn in a letter of resignation Friday as he faced an unrelenting, but as yet unfinished, two-year probe of his conduct.
04/22/11 WASHINGTON - The Senate Ethics Committee's investigation into Sen. John Ensign's conduct related to his affair with a campaign aide will continue despite his decision to resign, the panel's leaders say.
04/22/11 The Nevada senator is resigning, but a Senate panel will continue its investigation into his conduct. Gov. Brian Sandoval says he'll appoint a successor by May 3. The Senate Ethics Committee's investigation into Sen. John Ensign's conduct related to his affair with a campaign aide will continue despite his decision to resign, the panel's leaders say. | 
