Read more John Kerry stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/839/john-kerry.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-12T01:55:40http://www.newser.com/story/82542/dem-senators-lift-ban-on-gay-blood-donors.htmlJohn Kerry and 17 other Senate Democrats are calling on the FDA to end the 27-year-old ban on blood donations by gay men. The policy barring any man who has had sex with another man since 1977 dates to the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. It “was once considered medically...http://www.newser.com/story/82542/dem-senators-lift-ban-on-gay-blood-donors.html2010-03-05T18:08:00http://www.newser.com/story/82005/climate-change-the-time-is-now.htmlWouldn't it be great if you woke up this morning, opened the newspaper , and read all about how climate-change deniers were right all along? Al Gore thinks so, but instead, you'll find his op-ed piece in the Times , warning that while climate deniers might've gotten a chuckle over leaked emails,...http://www.newser.com/story/82005/climate-change-the-time-is-now.html2010-02-28T12:30:00http://www.newser.com/story/81962/cap-and-trade-gets-radical-overhaul-in-senate.htmlSo long, cap-and-trade. The idea is all but dead in the Senate, with Joe Lieberman, John Kerry, and Lindsey Graham working on what the Washington Post calls a "radical, behind-the-scenes overhaul" of the bill to curb greenhouse gases. It's expected to be unveiled next month. Though cap-and-trade has passed the...http://www.newser.com/story/81962/cap-and-trade-gets-radical-overhaul-in-senate.html2010-02-27T17:00:12http://www.newser.com/story/81920/mag-names-most-liberal-conservative-lawmakers.htmlNational Journal 's rankings of the most liberal and conservative lawmakers confirm that President Obama's first term has had little effect on the partisan atmosphere in Congress. Most members stick to the ideological positions they've staked out for most of their careers, with Sherrod Brown, John Kerry, and Chris Dodd...http://www.newser.com/story/81920/mag-names-most-liberal-conservative-lawmakers.html2010-02-26T23:10:35http://www.newser.com/story/79025/bernanke-nom-builds-steam.htmlAmid gathering clouds over his reconfirmation parade, Ben Bernanke's chances have appeared to turn around, with Tim Geithner joining key banking committee senators Chris Dodd and Judd Gregg in saying he is "very confident" the Fed chair would succeed. A White House aide further confirmed to Politico that President Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/79025/bernanke-nom-builds-steam.html2010-01-24T15:05:31http://www.newser.com/story/78518/blame-kennedy-for-coakley.htmlMassachusetts Democrats are cursing Martha Coakley, a candidate so bad she might just lose Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat and scuttle the party's filibuster-proof supermajority. “Not since Grady Little gave away the American League pennant in 2003 has New England witnessed this level of ineptitude,” writes Jason Zengerle in New York...http://www.newser.com/story/78518/blame-kennedy-for-coakley.html2010-01-18T17:44:20http://www.newser.com/story/76834/kerry-mulls-iran-visit.htmlJohn Kerry is weighing plans to become the highest-ranking American emissary to visit Iran in over 30 years. White House officials won't oppose the visit, aimed at brokering an agreement on Iran's nuclear program. "This sounds like the kind of travel a chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee would—and...http://www.newser.com/story/76834/kerry-mulls-iran-visit.html2009-12-24T07:21:25http://www.newser.com/story/76778/teresa-heinz-fighting-cancer-urges-mammograms.htmlTeresa Heinz, wife of Sen. John Kerry, is being treated for breast cancer discovered in her annual mammogram. The 71-year-old will undergo radiation treatment next month to raise her chances of survival to 95%. Heinz says she believes younger women should continue getting annual mammograms, despite the US Preventive Services...http://www.newser.com/story/76778/teresa-heinz-fighting-cancer-urges-mammograms.html2009-12-23T11:39:17http://www.newser.com/story/76714/health-care-acrimony-could-kill-climate-bill.htmlKey GOP senators are warning that the bitter health care battle could spill over into the climate change bill, delaying it or scuttling it outright. Normally clubby senators are nursing wounds and blaming Democrats for the fiercely partisan wrangling. “It makes it hard to do anything because of the way...http://www.newser.com/story/76714/health-care-acrimony-could-kill-climate-bill.html2009-12-22T15:03:36