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Coleman and comedian Al Franken (D) have finished the hand recount of their close Senate race, but the Minnesota secretary of State estimates there are more than 1,500 improperly rejected absentee
The highest prices go to Democrats who already have downtown experience and can bring with them a book of business or top aides on the plummest of committees the House and Senate commerce, tax-writing
trouble at home if the agenda of Senate Democrats and President-elect Barack Obama veers too far left.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) and fellow Silver Stater Sen. John Ensign (R) host an annual joint holiday party, and the gag gifts flow like eggnog.
Another change message will be hard for Democrats to sell with their strong majorities in the House and Senate.
Stevens, who would have been a shoo-in for re-election without his ethics problems (Democrat Mark Begich almost certainly would not have run), is over 80 years old and Im headed in that direction myself
was his unwillingness to go quietly into that good night, despite having been arrested for trying to solicit sex in a mens room in the Minneapolis airport and subsequently announcing he wouldnt seek re
Dorinda Moss, a fundraiser for Republican candidates and causes, will become finance director, and Brian Walsh, a Capitol Hill veteran who has been working in Cornyns Senate office, will become
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are working toward an agreement on the auto industry bailout measure that would clear the way for votes today
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) expressed guarded optimism that the Senate could vote tonight on a series of plans to bailout the troubled auto industry including a potential compromise based
Jon Porter (R-Nev.) lost in his bid for re-election and keyboard whiz Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.) ran unsuccessfully for governor. No word yet on a farewell tour.
No Democratic incumbents lost their Senate seats in this falls election. Vice President-elect Joseph Biden (D-Del.) will resign after more than three decades in the Senate.
If theres no agreement reached on [what to vote on], then we have danced this tune long enough, Reid said on the Senate floor.
Merkley released a fundraising letter on Thursday that encouraged supporters to donate to the re-election campaign of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D), a man who became a key ally of Merkley
President-Elect Barack Obama on Thursday handed full authority over his health care agenda to former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), not only naming him secretary of Health and Human Services
The Senate will not vote Wednesday on an automaker bailout bill as Democrats had hoped, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on the floor.
. One Senate GOP aide said supporters of the bailout were trying to win over Republican Senators who either are retiring at the end of this Congress or who lost their re-election bids this year.
A $15 billion automaker bailout appears headed toward defeat in the Senate, as Republicans in that chamber said it needs significant revisions before they will support it.
. One Senate GOP aide said supporters of the bailout were trying to win over Republican Senators who either are retiring at the end of this Congress or who lost their re-election bids this year.
Senate except listen to people who have encouraged me to run, he said.