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Reid urges cooperation as Democrats expand Senate control
CNNSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Republicans to cooperate with an expanded Democratic majority Wednesday, a day after the Democrats picked up at least one more seat in the chamber. "It is better to dance than to fight," said Reid, D-Nevada....Tags: Republican Party, Peter Hoekstra, George W. Bush, Polls, Todd Akin
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Democrats Hold onto Narrow Majority in U.S. Senate
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...Tags: John McCain, Keith Poole, Joe Lieberman, Herb Kohl, Chuck Hagel
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Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate
WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...
Tags: Keith Poole, Republican Party, Olympia J. Snowe, Mitt Romney, Government
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Controversies dim GOP hopes to take over Senate
CNNEven before a second Republican Senate candidate tripped over incendiary comments about rape, GOP leaders in Washington knew that their once promising chances of winning control of the Senate had diminished. Whether Richard Mourdock of Indiana can move...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Republican Party, Chris Murphy, Olympia J. Snowe, Richard Lugar
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GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward remark — that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" —...
Tags: Incest, Republican Party, Richard Lugar, Mitt Romney, Richard Mourdock
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McManus: A Rove 'money bomb'?
Here's a short list of Democrats who secretly hope Mitt Romney gets his presidential campaign turned around fast and gives President Obama a run for his money: Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic Senate candidate in North Dakota; Jon Tester, the Democratic...
Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Political Fundraising, Democratic Party, Mitt Romney
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Mikulski touts role of women in Congress
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, the self-styled dean of the Democratic women in Congress, urged support of female candidates in an address to her party's national convention Wednesday that came as both presidential campaigns sought to court women voters. As...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Republican Party, Nikki Haley, Mitt Romney, Barbara A. Mikulski
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The 50 richest members of Congress
CNN MoneyThe Hill, a political newspaper, unveiled its annual list of the 50 richest lawmakers on Tuesday. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, held on to the top slot with a cool $290.5 million. "McCaul remains in the stratosphere of the very richest...Tags: Scott Rigell, John A. Yarmuth, Herb Kohl, Republican Party, Mark R. Warner
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Lobbyist tied to top Democrat Sen. Harry Reid pleads not guilty campaign violation allegations
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A former developer and lobbyist with ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada’s political elite pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges involving campaign contributions. Harvey Whittemore, leg chains...
Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Federal Election Commission, Public Officials
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Democrats court Ricardo Sanchez for Texas Senate seat
Eager to expand the electoral map in their effort to maintain control of the Senate, national Democrats are recruiting Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, to run for the open seat in Texas in 2012.
Sanchez, a retired Army...Tags: John McCain, Republican Party, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Dallas, Government
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Is the Obama tax cut deal with Republicans fraying out of control already?
Top of the TicketHouse Democrats reject the deal in after an expletive-punctuated caucus.... -
34 wild horses died in recent Nevada roundup, Bureau of Land Management says
L.A. UnleashedRENO, Nev. â Federal officials confirmed Wednesday that 34 wild horses died or were euthanized during a roundup of animals from parched rangeland in Nevada, sparking fresh criticism from horse protection advocates pressing the Obama administration to...
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