Senate Floor Offers Refuge for Embattled Ensign

By John Stanton and John McArdle
Roll Call Staff

July 9, 2009, 10:46 p.m.

Sen. John Ensign’s (R-Nev.) political future remained unclear late Thursday while his Senate colleagues largely avoided questions over revelations that Ensign’s father paid nearly $100,000 to the family of his former mistress after her husband discovered the relationship.

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