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    Ohio Democrats to get pro-Obama message (AP)

    Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens to Democratic governors during a economic discussion June 20, 2008, at the Chicago History Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Obama has surged to a 15-point lead over Republican John McCain in the latest Newsweek poll out Friday, by far the biggest margin of any recent survey.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Haynes)AP - Democratic governors who won in states that twice backed George W. Bush have lessons to offer presidential nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama, one of those governors planned to tell Ohio Democrats on Saturday.


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    Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:03:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Democratic convention director of volunteers quits (AP)
    AP - The director of volunteers for the Democratic National Convention in Denver has resigned, saying she wasn't "empowered" to do her job. -- read full article
    Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:56:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Democrats, GOP agree to telecom immunity deal (AP)
    AP - House and Senate leaders have agreed to a compromise surveillance bill that would effectively shield from civil lawsuits the telecommunications companies that helped the government wiretap phone and computer lines after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks without court permission. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:31:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Ethics panel examines lawmakers' Countrywide loans (Reuters)

    Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) (L) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) are seen in a combination photo. (Larry Downing - L/Steve Marcus - R/Reuters)Reuters - A Congressional ethics panel is examining allegations that two Senate Democrats, including the sponsor of a major housing bill, received preferential loans by troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp, a member of Congress said on Thursday.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:34:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Democrat says Congress should examine lawmaker loans (Reuters)

    Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) (L) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) are seen in a combination photo. (Larry Downing - L/Steve Marcus - R/Reuters)Reuters - Congress should examine preferential loans to two Senate Democrats, including the sponsor of a major housing bill, by mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:32:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Dems, GOP agree to telecom immunity deal (AP)
    AP - House and Senate leaders have agreed to a new compromise surveillance bill that would effectively shield from potentially costly civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government wiretap citizens' phone and computer lines after the September 11 terrorist attacks without court permission. -- read full article
    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:58:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    House panel approves a paid-for AMT relief bill (AP)
    AP - The ideological divide over tax relief got a little wider in Congress Wednesday as House Democrats, over the protests of Republicans, advanced their latest plan to shield taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax. -- read full article
    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:56:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    DNC wants McCain investigated (AP)

    Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers a question about his meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari at his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va., Sunday, June 15, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Democratic Party officials plan to file a new lawsuit to compel federal regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain violated election laws by withdrawing from public financing.


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    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:14:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    DNC wants McCain investigated (AP)

    Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers a question about his meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari at his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va., Sunday, June 15, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Democratic Party officials plan to file a new lawsuit to compel federal regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain violated election laws by withdrawing from public financing.


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    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:57:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    US Senate primary recount: Conley to face Graham (AP)
    AP - Bob Conley, a Democratic newcomer to South Carolina politics, will take on Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in November after a recount Monday gave Conley a narrow victory over a primary opponent. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:34:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Dems face budget shortfall for convention (AP)

    Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., laughs as he shakes hands with workers at the GM Flint Engine South plant in Flint, Mich., Monday, June 16, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Facing an $11.6 million budget shortfall, organizers of the Democratic National Convention are cutting events while hoping Barack Obama's emergence as the likely presidential nominee will spur his vast army of donors to pony up.


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    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:39:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    US Senate race outcome rides on recount (AP)
    AP - South Carolina election officials conducted a recount Monday to settle a squeaker of a Democratic primary as two rivals sought the right to face U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in November. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:48:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    New York teacher gives Democrats radio address (AP)
    AP - Democrats tapped a teacher from upstate New York to make the case that their party will do more for working Americans than Republicans will. -- read full article
    Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:32:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Dem convention panel faces $15 million shortfall (AP)
    AP - The host committee for the Democratic National Convention faces a possible shortfall of $15 million, complicating logistics for the August event and forcing it to abruptly postpone a media walkthrough of the site scheduled for next week. -- read full article
    Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:35:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    House passes jobless benefits extension (AP)

    The U.S. unemployment rate jumped by the most in 22 years in May, reaching its highest level in more than 3-1/2 years and underscoring the recessionary risk the economy still faces. (Graphic/Reuters)AP - The House on Thursday approved an extra three months of jobless benefits for all unemployed Americans, knowing the plan's chances are slight in the Senate and almost nonexistent at the White House.


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    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:59:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
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