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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Pat Roberts, Thad Cochran, Saxby Chambliss, Jon Tester, Richard Burr
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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: Executive Branch, Shelley Berkley, Jon Tester, Regional Authority, Timothy M. Kaine
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U.S. senators renew push against China currency 'manipulation' despite yuan's rise
ReutersBy Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday introduced legislation to give the United States new tools to fight currency manipulation, an effort aimed mainly at China, just days before President Barack...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Richard Burr, Lindsey O. Graham, Susan Collins, Chuck Schumer
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Time to break up the biggest Wall Street banks
TARP, the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008, is finally over. The Treasury Department recently announced it will soon be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors....
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Economy, Business and Finance, Jeb Hensarling, Federal Reserve, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Would you buy a used candidate from Karl Rove
No doubt who the big winners were on November 6. Two years ago, he was considered toast. But President Obama scored a decisive victory: winning the popular vote by three and a half million, racking up a 126 margin in the Electoral College, locking up...
Tags: Rick Perry, Al Gore, Jon Tester, Bill Nelson, Parties and Movements
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Election results have minor impact on House and Senate Ag Committees
With votes cast and ballots counted, the 2012 election is over. Though the majority of the focus during the 2012 election season focused on the presidential race, the results of key congressional races in the Nov. 6 election will have a small effect on...Tags: Elections, Richard Lugar, Tom Vilsack, Steve King, Bobby Schilling
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Democrats maintain control of Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats secured a majority in the Senate on Tuesday, snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back fierce, expensive challenges in Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin and Connecticut to maintain the...
Tags: Political Candidates, Regional Authority, John Barrasso, Chris Murphy, Olympia J. Snowe
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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: Political Candidates, Shelley Berkley, Jon Tester, Regional Authority, Los Angeles Times
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Dems fight for continued Senate control
WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Democrats fought Republicans for control of the Senate on Tuesday after a bitter campaign marked by roughly $1 billion in outside spending in competitive races from Virginia to Montana. Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who...
Tags: Olympia J. Snowe, Libertarian Party, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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Will Donnelly tone down Republicans' celebration?
South Bend TribuneINDIANAPOLIS -- Republicans working to move Indiana firmly back into the land of red states after its 2008 support of Democrat Barack Obama hope to have plenty to celebrate today, but a U.S. Senate seat that has been a lock for the GOP for nearly four...Tags: Elections, Lyndon B. Johnson, Evan Bayh, Voting, Joe Donnelly
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GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority...Tags: White House, Shelley Berkley, Executive Branch, Heather Wilson, Jon Tester
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Prop or problem? Well, neither
In 2007, I was finishing a book about my husband's race for the U.S. Senate in Ohio when my editor called with some changes. In the book, I had rattled off quite a list of all the wrongs, perceived and otherwise, visited on us during the campaign. Unfair...
Tags: Elections, Ann Romney, Authors, U.S. Senate, Journalism
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