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FEC nominee withdraws name
AP - President Bush's contentious nominee for the Federal Election Commission has yanked his name from consideration, potentially ending a broader confirmation deadlock in the Senate.
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AP - President Bush's contentious nominee for the Federal Election Commission has yanked his name from consideration, potentially ending a broader confirmation deadlock in the Senate.
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West Virginia, Nebraska Voters Pick Favorites in Congressional Primaries
CQPolitics.com - Nebraska Republican Mike Johanns, President Bush's former Agriculture Secretary, was overwhelmingly nominated in a primary election Tuesday for a Senate seat in the state he once governed.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 04:32 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
CQPolitics.com - Nebraska Republican Mike Johanns, President Bush's former Agriculture Secretary, was overwhelmingly nominated in a primary election Tuesday for a Senate seat in the state he once governed.
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Johanns wins Neb. Republican US Senate primary
AP - Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns easily wins in Nebraska's Republican U.S. Senate primary.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 02:40 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns easily wins in Nebraska's Republican U.S. Senate primary.
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Top Democrat announces budget agreement
AP - Democrats controlling Congress are leaving difficult decisions on automatic tax increases to the next president and the newly elected Congress under a freshly negotiated House-Senate blueprint for the upcoming budget year.
Yahoo! – May 13, 2008 9:18 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - Democrats controlling Congress are leaving difficult decisions on automatic tax increases to the next president and the newly elected Congress under a freshly negotiated House-Senate blueprint for the upcoming budget year.
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Senate renews flood insurance program
Reuters - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to extend until 2013 a federal program that insures millions of homes against floods and to forgive $17 billion in debt the program built up during Hurricane Katrina.
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Reuters - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to extend until 2013 a federal program that insures millions of homes against floods and to forgive $17 billion in debt the program built up during Hurricane Katrina.
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Senate panel set for housing vote Thursday: source
Reuters - The Senate Banking Committee is due on Thursday to vote on legislation that would greatly expand a federal housing program and create a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a committee source said on Monday.
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Reuters - The Senate Banking Committee is due on Thursday to vote on legislation that would greatly expand a federal housing program and create a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a committee source said on Monday.
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Lobbyist defends work in run for SenateAP - The revolving door between former members of Congress and lucrative lobbying firms usually leads one way. But Jim Slattery is trying to make a U-turn.
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College prof no walkover for Franken in Minn. Senate run
AP - On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration.
Yahoo! – May 11, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration.
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US Senate demands Myanmar junta allow foreign aidAFP - The US Senate has passed a resolution demanding that cyclone-devastated Myanmar's military rulers lift restrictions on delivery of foreign relief aid, congressional aides said Thursday.
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Senate ethics panel dismisses Vitter complaint
Reuters - The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday dismissed a complaint against Sen. David Vitter, a suspected patron of a prostitution ring headed by a woman who killed herself last month.
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Reuters - The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday dismissed a complaint against Sen. David Vitter, a suspected patron of a prostitution ring headed by a woman who killed herself last month.
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