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    Bush congratulates Obama for nomination (AFP)

    US President George W. Bush speaks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, June 2, 2008 during a meeting on the economy and tax cuts. Bush congratulates Democratic Senator Barack Obama on becoming the first black major party White House nominee and believes his win shows the United States AFP - US President George W. Bush congratulates Democratic Senator Barack Obama on becoming the first black major party White House nominee and believes his win shows the United States "has come a long way," the White House said Wednesday.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:20:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Quick Roundup of Tuesday's Primary Results (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Though dominated by the presidential primaries in Montana and South Dakota and Barack Obama's clinching of the Democratic presidential nomination, yesterday's vote could have been called the "Super Tuesday" of the 2008 congressional primary season. Seven states with 83 congressional districts held primary elections on Tuesday, and all but California also are hosting a Senate election this year. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:34:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senate approves stand-pat Democratic budget plan (AP)
    AP - The Senate Wednesday approved a $3.1 trillion election-year Democratic budget blueprint that leaves to the next president the task of sorting out a host of fiscal problems. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:27:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Kennedy walking hospital halls after brain surgery (AP)

    In a May 21, 2008 file photo Sen. Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass., is followed by his son Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.,outside Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.  Sen. Kennedy was recovering Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Duke University Medical Center, In Durham, N.C., a day after undergoing risky surgery that experts said was designed to reduce his brain tumor and give chemotherapy and radiation treatments a chance to work.  (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds/file)AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy enjoyed "a restful night's sleep" and was walking hospital hallways on Tuesday, one day after undergoing an aggressive brain surgery aimed at slicing away at a cancerous tumor to give chemotherapy and radiation treatments a chance to work.


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    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:20:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House promotes telecommuting for civil servants (AP)
    AP - Congress thinks the federal government would work better if more civil servants just stayed home. -- read full article
    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:31:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Clinton Says She Will Make `No Decision' Now on Next Steps (Bloomberg)
    Bloomberg - June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Hillary Clinton, her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination at an end, said she is making ``no decision tonight'' on her next steps. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:02:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    No decision yet on White House bid: Clinton (AFP)

    Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton thanks supporters following her election night rally in New York. Clinton said on Tuesday she would not make an immediate decision on the future of her White House campaign after her rival Barack Obama clinched the Democratic party nomination.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - Senator Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she would not make an immediate decision on the future of her White House campaign after her rival Barack Obama clinched the Democratic party nomination.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:55:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Lautenberg Gets Incumbent Nod in New Jersey Senate Primary (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Four-term Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg flexed his political muscles once again in New Jersey's Democratic primary Tuesday, easily deflecting a challenge from longtime U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews -- and rebuffing the contention by supporters of the 50-year-old Andrews that the 84-year-old incumbent should step aside to make way for new leadership. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:09:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Environmental activist to serve 2 years under deal (AP)
    AP - An environmental activist and former fugitive who once won thousands of votes in a congressional election pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges under a deal that would send him to prison for two years. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:18:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Alabama GOP Faces Runoffs for Two Key House Races (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Tuesday's Republican House primaries for two key open-seat races did not produce outright winners -- and the resulting campaigns for the party's July 15 runoffs will force the GOP to place a six-week hold on its plans to stage strong bids for both seats. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:23:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    3rd-oldest senator wins nomination for 5th term (AP)
    AP - Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the chamber's third-oldest member at 84, easily won nomination for a new term Tuesday over a challenger who sought to make an issue of his age. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:10:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Mass. state senator arrested after chase (AP)
    AP - A state senator was arrested Tuesday on charges he attempted to sexually touch a woman in a park, just weeks after prosecutors said there wasn't enough evidence to press charges when another woman claimed he assaulted her. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:49:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Inside and Out in Key Jersey GOP House Primary (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Leonard Lance, a state senator, and public relations consultant Kate Whitman, the daughter of a former governor, are the front-runners in the seven-candidate field for Tuesday's Republican primary in New Jersey's open 7th Congressional District -- a key contest that pivots on whether the district's GOP voters favor political experience or a fresh face. -- read full article
    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:03:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Iowa congressman hopes Nader is on voters' minds (AP)

    In this  May 29, 2008 file photo, Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader speaks during a news conference outside of the Nuclear Energy Institute in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)AP - It's been eight years, but many Democrats still bristle at the thought of Ralph Nader's 2000 run for the presidency. And they're not especially forgiving toward anyone who helped him, either.


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    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:44:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Clinton Campaign Disputes Report She Will Concede Tonight (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign denied an Associated Press report today that the New York senator plans to concede tonight that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has enough delegates to win the Democratic Party's nomination following the final two contests in South Dakota and Montana. -- read full article
    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:06:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
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