Republican opponents of the plan called it "a financial gimmick" to manipulate the Congressional Budget Office deficit projections for the PPACA, while Democratic Senator Kent Conrad called it a "Ponzi scheme," because
Sand ran for the United States Senate in North Dakota on the Republican ticket in 2000 against incumbent Kent Conrad of the Democratic-Nonpartisan League, and was called for duty after the election in 2001.
Bob Van Heuvelen was professionally acquainted with United States Senator Kent Conrad, and mentioned the symphony to him; Conrad in turn contacted Senator Carl Levin, who as Chairman of the Armed Services Committee and a connoisseur of classical music, requested a copy of the recording.
She was not a candidate for election to the rest of the term, and retired to Fargo upon the election of Kent Conrad to the office.
On January 31, 2006, Conrad was one of only four Democrats to vote in favor of confirming Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
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Together, they had two daughters, Emily is a lawyer with the Cook County, Illinois Public Defender's Office, while Mary is the legislative director for Kent Conrad.
Rick Berg, a member of the Republican Party who was first elected to represent the at-large district in 2010, has announced that he will not seek re-election, but will instead run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kent Conrad.