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Washington - Backers of immigration reform worked Tuesday to pump life into dying compromise legislation as President Bush made a rare Senate visit a read more »
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Pillows, cots, and toothbrushes are all part of a Senate sleepover in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night. This, as Democrat leaders push Republicans to read more »
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WASHINGTON, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. Democratic senator said on Sunday that he was planning to introduce legislation to censure President George W. read more »
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As rescuers drilled a final hole into a Utah mountain Thursday to search for six missing coal miners, the U.S. Senate added its voice to a growing ch read more »
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BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his read more »
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Nine months after a brain hemorrhage brought him close to death, Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) returned yesterday to the Senate floor, where he basked in read more »
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WASHINGTON—Democrats' efforts to challenge President Bush's Iraq policies were dealt a demoralizing blow Wednesday in the Senate after they failed read more »
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Senate on Thursday approved a proposed expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program in the face of rep read more »
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Two FCC commissioners showed up to a Senate hearing yesterday and argued that the US is in dire need of a "national broadband strategy" that would read more »
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 — The Senate gave final approval on Thursday to a health insurance bill for 10 million children, clearing the measure for Presid read more »
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Today's Downsizer-Dispatch . . .

Quote of the Day:

"Frankly, it is too easy to pass bills. Bills flow through this body like water."
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After a stalemate of over two years, the Senate passed the 2008 Intelligence Authorization bill Wednesday, with Democrats ceding a key provision rega read more »
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With a last-minute vote by the Senate on Oct. 15, the U.S. Congress has designated the third week of October (Oct. 15 to 21 this year) as "National read more »
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(10-19) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- A bipartisan group of senators, borrowing heavily from California's efforts to fight climate change, fired the sta read more »
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So, Rush is selling a letter on E-Bay received by the chairman of Clear Channel, Mr. Mark Mays from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. This was the l read more »
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved Michael Mukasey as U.S. attorney general despite concerns about the r read more »
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Michael Mukasey for attorney general to the Senate floor Tuesday read more »
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WASHINGTON – Iraq-war funding stalled in the Senate this morning as competing Democratic and Republican proposals each failed to get the 60 vote supe read more »
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