Seven Democratic senators represent states that Mitt Romney won in 2012.
Some of the members represent states that voted overwhelmingly for someone not named Mitt Romney during the primaries.
Portman and Murkowski were among the Republican senators who represent states that, according to a Guardian analysis, are suffering particularly badly from the decision to discontinue the benefits.
Some, like Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Senator Thomas R. Carper of Delaware, represent states that are the corporate home to major banks.
Mr. McConnell and Mr. Boehner, of Ohio, are both facing resistance from Republicans who represent states that have a mix of conservative and liberal voters.
Rural lawmakers, who represent states that would have been hard hit by the closings, also said they were generally pleased with the Postal Service's latest plans.
In a real sense, Mr. Sutton's dialogue with the court picked up where it left off almost exactly a year ago, when he represented states that challenged the application to the states of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
I always find it amusing that politicians who seem to be the most vociferous in their complaints about high taxes and wastefulness in the federal government so very often represent states that, like Alaska, take back significantly more in federal dollars than they provide to the Treasury.
Now that Brown has joined the 40 other GOP Senators from the Confederacy and the Wilderness states, they can essentially make sure that nothing happens in Congress this year even though they represent states that have just 20percentt of the population.
And with the game being dubbed the "Stoner Bowl" this year, with both teams representing states that have legalized marijuana, it's safe to assume the ads will give us enough water-cooler chatter to last for days.
