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    Obama, Clinton appeal together for party unity (AP)

    Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., takes the stage with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., at a campaign event in Unity, N.H., Friday, June 27, 2008, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended.  'Well, Unity is not only a beautiful place as we can see, it's a wonderful feeling isn't it? And I know when we start here in this field in unity, we'll end on the steps of the Capitol when Barack Obama takes the oath of office as our next president,' said Clinton. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a display of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended.


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    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:25:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    DNC delegate who'd vote for McCain in fight (AP)

    Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, listens to a question from Spencer Macke, 7, during an interview  in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Macke earned the admiration McCain by selling $4,000 worth of yellow ribbons to benefit troops abroad, so the first-grader and his younger sister were rewarded Thursday by getting to ask the Republican presidential contender a series of five questions. 'Were you ever in a tank,' Spencer asked. 'Did you ever use a M-16?' he asked again. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - A Democratic National Convention delegate pledged to Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hopes to fight off an attempt by Wisconsin Democrats to take away her credentials because of her past statement that she would vote for John McCain if Clinton wasn't the nominee.


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    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:41:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Housing rescue stalls in Senate (AP)
    AP - A foreclosure rescue plan that has broad bipartisan support stalled in the Senate on Wednesday in a dispute over taxes. -- read full article
    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:48:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Other Democrats Could Use Obama Money, Too (CQPolitics.com)

    Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama is broadening the playing field against his Republican White House rival John McCain with a nationwide trawl for votes that could, if successful, produce a landslide.(AFP/Getty Images/Laura Rauch)CQPolitics.com - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's move to help New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off her presidential campaign debt is making headlines, but there are a handful of other former Democratic primary rivals who could use his assistance, as well.


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    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:38:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Dems Get Ambitious in Louisiana (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - The Democrats didn't endure many disappointments in the 2006 mid-term elections -- their smashing successes included their biggest political gains in the U.S. -- read full article
    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:24:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Senate may pass mortgage aid plan as soon as today (AP)

    Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, accompanied by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2008, regarding the housing and mortgage crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A mortgage aid plan is on track for passage in the Senate as soon as today. The massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test yesterday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners.


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    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:38:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Senate Democrats Outraise GOP in May (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the political arm of the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, raised $5.9 million in May, according to a report it filed Friday. Its partisan counterpart, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), reported raising $4.9 million last month. -- read full article
    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:38:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Clinton returns to Senate to tears, cheers (Reuters)

    Former Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Hillary Clinton's fellow Senate Democrats embraced her on Tuesday with a pair of standing ovations, tears and cheers as she returned to the U.S. Capitol from her historic yet unsuccessful presidential bid.


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    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:51:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Report: Justice Dept. passed over Dems, liberals (AP)
    AP - Ivy Leaguers and other top law students were rejected for plum Justice Department jobs two years ago because of their liberal leanings or objections to Bush administration politics, a government report concluded Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:17:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    House fails to move gas pump price gouging bill (AP)

    High gas prices are seen on the pump at a Chevron gas station in San Bruno, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008. Oil prices rose Monday on disappointment over Saudi Arabia's modest production increase and concerns that output from Nigeria will decline. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, inched lower overnight, but appear unlikely to change much as long as oil prices stay in a trading range. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - House Democrats failed Tuesday to resurrect a bill to punish price gouging at the gas pump, while maneuvering to block Republican attempts to expand offshore drilling, an idea gaining in popularity amid $4-a-gallon gas prices.


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    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:50:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Housing rescue plan passes key Senate test (AP)

    Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, accompanied by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2008, regarding the housing and mortgage crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners.


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    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:52:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Housing aid bill clears key Senate hurdle (AP)

    A mailer from a moving company sits on a mailbox outside a recently sold foreclosed home still bearing holiday lights Monday, June 16, 2008 in Los Angeles. Foreclosures helped fuel the sharpest decline in California housing prices in at least 20 years last month, resulting in a surge in home purchases by many first-time buyers who had been priced out of the market or holding out for prices to bottom out. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A massive foreclosure rescue bill overwhelmingly cleared a key Senate test Tuesday, drawing broad support from Democrats and Republicans alike.


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    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:44:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Audit: Dems, liberals passed over for Justice jobs (AP)
    AP - A new audit concludes that rookie attorneys with Republican roots got interviewed for plum Justice Department jobs while their liberal-leaning counterparts got passed over. -- read full article
    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:20:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Former rivals to meet in Unity, N.H. (AP)

    In this April 13, 2008 file photo, then-Democratic presidential hopefuls, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., share the stage at the Compassion Forum held at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa. Obama's campaign announced Friday, June 20, 2008, that he will campaign with his former rival next week, a step toward unifying a fractured Democratic Party after a bruising primary fight. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - Former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to campaign together Friday in the small New Hampshire town of Unity, their first joint appearance meant to ease tensions over the closely fought Democratic primary.


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    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:01:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
    Obama, Hillary Clinton to campaign together on Fri. (AP)

    In this Feb. 26, 2008, file photo, Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stand together before the start of a Democratic presidential debate in Cleveland. Clinton needs Obama's donors to help retire her sizable debt. Obama, who's forgoing public funds for the general election, could use her donors to boost his ample fundraising. The two former Democratic presidential rivals filed their May fundraising reports Friday, June 20, 2008, hers awash in red ink, and his lacking the high-dollar sizzle of his previous monthly reports.  (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - Former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to campaign together Friday in the small New Hampshire town of Unity, their first joint appearance meant to ease tensions over the closely fought Democratic primary.


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    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:57:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party
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