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    An aging Senate contends with time and illness (AP)

    In this May 15, 2008 file photo Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., presides over the committee's hearing on markup of the 2008 supplemental appropriations bill, which included spending in Iraq, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Edward M. Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Arlen Specter, fighters and history-makers all. Their battles with age and illness are the hallmarks of the nation's oldest-ever Senate and reminders of the fragility of power. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)AP - Edward M. Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Arlen Specter — fighters and history-makers all. Their battles with age and illness are the hallmarks of the nation's oldest-ever Senate and reminders of the fragility of power.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 07:09:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Obama says White House nod within reach (AFP)

    Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks during a town hall meeting on May 20. The contours of a McCain-Obama general election took on clearer definition as the veteran Arizona senator returned to attacking his Democratic rival's relative inexperience in foreign policy.(AFP/Getty Images/Eric Thayer)AFP - Barack Obama's camp Wednesday celebrated a potent milestone on the road to the Democratic presidential nomination after sharing the spoils with Hillary Clinton in the two latest contests.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 13:12:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Democratic Party Favorite to Face Oregon's Smith in Senate Race (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Oregon's House Speaker Jeff Merkley narrowly defeated political activist Steve Novick early Wednesday for the chance to unseat moderate incumbent Gordon H. Smith, the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 10:05:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Ky., Ore. voters choose US Senate candidates (AP)

    U.S Senate candidate Jeff Merkley celebrates after winning the primary election against Steve Novick in Portland, Ore Tuesday May 20, 2008 At his side is wife Mary Sorteberg. (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)AP - With the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination secure, the speaker of the Oregon House is turning his attention to defeating the sole GOP senator on the West Coast this fall.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 10:37:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Oil executives defend size, profits before Senate (AP)
    AP - Senators told oil executives Wednesday that high oil prices cannot be explained by supply and demand and the oil industry's concentration — and OPEC price collusion — is contributing to the costs facing consumers. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 14:43:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House takes up $50 billion in tax breaks, energy incentives (AP)
    AP - The House on Wednesday took up a wide-ranging tax bill including more than $50 billion in incentives to promote renewable energy sources and financial relief for millions of parents, teachers, homeowners and businesses. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 14:52:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senate panel votes to overturn EPA on Calif. waiver (AP)
    AP - A Senate panel voted narrowly Wednesday to overturn EPA's decision blocking California and more than a dozen other states from limiting greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 16:05:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Congress approves missing children program (AP)
    AP - Congress has renewed and approved a bigger budget for a joint private-public program that has helped rescue more than 100,000 missing children since it was created in 1984. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 16:09:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Kennedy leaves hospital and returns to Cape Cod (AP)

    Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., walks out of at the Massachusetts General Hospital after he was released in Boston, Wednesday morning, May 21, 2008 with his wife, Vicki, right, and niece Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, center right. Kennedy was diagnosed at the hospital with a malignant brain tumor. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy gave a thumbs up to well-wishers and kisses to relatives as he walked out of the hospital Wednesday, a day after learning he has a cancerous brain tumor.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 16:53:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Upbeat Kennedy leaves Boston hospital (AFP)

    US Senator Edward Kennedy (C), D-MA, leaves Massachusetts General Hospital with his son US Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-RI, and wife Vicki in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy left hospital Wednesday giving a thumbs up to waiting supporters a day after doctors announced he had a malignant brain tumor.(AFP/Getty Images/Darren Mccollester)AFP - Veteran US Senator Edward Kennedy left hospital Wednesday giving a thumbs up to waiting supporters a day after doctors announced he had a malignant brain tumor.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 16:59:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    New Foreign Affairs chair shirks spotlight (AP)

    In this April 9, 2008 file photo, House Foreign Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., listens to Gen David Petraeus, and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's hearing on the status of the war in Iraq. The new House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman has carefully nurtured self-sufficiency over his 13 terms in Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Rep. Howard Berman keeps a big Thermos behind his desk. That way, he never has to ask anyone to fetch coffee for him.


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    Mon, 19 May 2008 13:47:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Lawmakers reach agreement on housing bill (AP)
    AP - Two powerful senators announced Monday they had reached an agreement for a homeowner rescue package that could help a half-million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages. -- read full article
    Mon, 19 May 2008 22:36:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Kennedy not expected to return to Senate this week (AP)

    U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., arrives at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Monday, May 19 2008, where his father, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass., is hospitalized. Sen. Kennedy is undergoing tests at the hospital to determine the cause of a seizure he suffered Saturday, May 17. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is not expected back at work in the Senate this week, his office said Monday as doctors searched for the cause of a weekend seizure that sent the 76-year-old lawmaker to the hospital.


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    Tue, 20 May 2008 01:07:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Sources: NY Rep. Fossella won't run again (AP)
    AP - New York Rep. Vito Fossella will not seek re-election after a series of damaging revelations about a child from an extramarital affair, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 03:01:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Highlights of Senate Iraq war funding bill (AP)
    AP - Highlights of a Senate bill to pay for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. The House passed companion legislation last week after an unusual coalition of anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy with domestic add-ons combined to kill $163 billion to fund the war. -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 07:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
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