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That has opened the way for the ninth- and 10th-most-senior Senators, Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.), as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader
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That has opened the way for the ninth- and 10th-most-senior Senators, Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.), as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader
The event was organized in part by conservative advocacy groups, including the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks, which oppose Hatch’s re-election bid.
With millions of dollars in the bank and no challenger, the path to re-election looks like a freshly paved freeway for some Senate incumbents.
Democratic firm Public Policy Polling reported Rehberg taking 47 percent and Tester 45 percent, further evidence that this is one of the most competitive Senate races in the country.
The provision would allow experts at the patent office to re-examine the types of business-method patents the Patent and Trademark Office believes to be of the poorest quality.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn’t on the ballot in 2012. But the fate of his leadership position in Washington and his influence in Nevada politics are.
The DNC raised $10.5 million last month, including a $6.5 million transfer from the Obama Victory Fund — a joint fundraising account split between the DNC and President Barack Obama’s re-election
Deschamps Is Champ in Montana Montana Republican Party Chairman Will Deschamps was re-elected easily Saturday to another two-year term.
He chaired the redistricting committee in the [state] Senate 10 years ago, and this is payback, if you will,” state Democratic Party Executive Director Jay Parmley said.
Before being elected to the state Senate, Lowenthal, a retired psychology professor at California State University, Long Beach, represented the area for six years in the state Assembly and six years
“Now is the time to re-evaluate and revisit these laws and bring our information delivery system into the 21st century.”
Senate appropriators followed suit soon thereafter. And that change in the congressional culture has already changed the balance sheets on K Street as much as anything else.
A “gentlemen’s agreement” reached by Senate Democratic and Republican leaders earlier this year to head off a change to filibuster rules was supposed to usher in a new era of open debate and help clear
Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who declared her candidacy for president on Monday, decides not to run for re-election, there are plenty of candidates who are leaving their options open to run in her 6th district
The Senate passed patent reform by a vote of 95-5. And the House Judiciary Committee reported H.R. 1249 by a vote of 32-3.
He said the list of GOP politicians living in the district is long: state Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, Senate President Michelle Fischbach, 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Emmer and Anoka
Michele Bachmann will not run for re-election for Congress while she is campaigning for president.
Indeed, redistricting will complicate the re-election plans of many Members this cycle, although operatives do not expect the decennial process to lead to an avalanche of House retirements.
The Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Center faces fresh scrutiny following the departure of the communication war room’s most senior aide to Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Katherine Archuleta has been named political director for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign.