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    Dodd's popularity slips in Connecticut (AP)

    In this Monday June 23, 2008 file photo, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., talks with the media in Danbury, Conn. before a business luncheon. If veteran Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd's trademark jaunty smile seems a bit forced these days, it's no surprise. The five-term Democrat's home-state popularity has slipped in the wake of his failed presidential bid and allegations he got cut-rate mortgages from a leading offender in the subprime mortgage meltdown. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey).AP - If veteran Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd's trademark jaunty smile seems a bit forced these days, it's no surprise.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:34:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Mortgage rescue plan draws Senate support (AP)
    AP - A mortgage rescue plan to save hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure drew overwhelming Senate support, inching toward passage despite Republican objections. -- read full article
    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:52:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts (AP)

    Rob Brant, owner of City Medical Services poses with liquid oxygen and oxygen tanks at his warehouse Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in North Miami Beach, Fla. Medicare is changing the way it pays for wheelchairs, oxygen tanks and other equipment in 10 regions, a move expected to eventually save $1 billion annually but has enraged many suppliers and threatened their existence. Brant was one of the losers. His seven-person company gets about 80 percent of its business from Medicare patients and didn't make the cut in the new bidding process. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.


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    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda (AP)

    In this Jan. 28, 2008 file photo, President Bush delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington as Vice President Dick Cheney and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi listen. The nation's psyche is battered and bruised, the sense of pessimism palpable. The Independence Day holiday is typically a time to honor all that we are as a nation, but the feeling is there's less to celebrate on this our 232nd birthday. Happy? It would seem not. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)AP - Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists.


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    Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:05:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts (AP)
    AP - Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts. -- read full article
    Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:07:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Iconic US conservative Jesse Helms dies (AFP)

    Former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, seen here in 2002, has died. The 86-year-old Helms served five terms in the US Senate.(AFP/File/Paul Richards)AFP - Jesse Helms, an iconic US conservative lawmaker known for hardline stances on foreign policy and civil liberties, died Friday at the age of 86, a spokesman said.


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    Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:11:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Jesse Helms: Polarizer, not a compromiser (AP)

    In this Aug. 22, 2001 photo, Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., gives the thumbs-up sign as he leaves WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday,  after taping a announcement that he will retire when his current term ends in 2003. Helms has died at age 86, the Jesse Helms research center says. (AP Photo/Grant Halverson, file)AP - "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement.


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    Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:36:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Iconic US conservative Jesse Helms dies (AFP)

    Former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, seen here in 2002, has died. The 86-year-old Helms served five terms in the US Senate.(AFP/File/Paul Richards)AFP - Jesse Helms, an iconic US conservative lawmaker known for hardline stands against Cuba and for UN reform, died Friday at the age of 86, a spokesman said.


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    Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:40:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Roger Wicker biography (AP)
    AP - NAME — Roger F. Wicker -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:20:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Ronnie Musgrove biography (AP)
    AP - NAME — Ronnie Musgrove -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:21:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Race for Trent Lott's old seat competitive (AP)
    AP - Roger Wicker leaned up against the rails of the oyster schooner Mike Sekul, enjoying the slight Mississippi Sound breeze and some scrumptious, bone-sucking ribs with his son McDaniel. -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:12:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Rep. Young taps campaign to pay aide's lawyers (AP)
    AP - With an election-year corruption investigation looming, Rep. Don Young has tapped his campaign war chest to pay not only his own million-dollar legal tab but also to hire lawyers for his campaign manager, who is also under FBI scrutiny. -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:53:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senator asks if nation's drivers should slow down (AP)
    AP - An influential Republican senator suggested Thursday that Congress might want to consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline and possibly ease fuel prices. -- read full article
    Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:27:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Obama says Jones mailer is not an endorsement (AP)

    Supporters wear campaign buttons supporting Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at Obama's campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Barack Obama's presidential campaign distanced itself Thursday from a mailer by Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Vernon Jones that shows them together under Obama's signature slogan: "Yes we can."


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    Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:37:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Rep. Young taps campaign to pay aide's lawyers (AP)

    In this August 7, 2007 file photo, Rep. Don Young R-Alaska  is shown in his Anchorage, Alaska office. With an election-year corruption investigation looming, Young has tapped his campaign war chest to pay not only his own million-dollar legal tab but also to hire lawyers for his campaign manager, who is also under FBI scrutiny. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)AP - With an election-year corruption investigation looming, Rep. Don Young has tapped his campaign war chest to pay not only his own million-dollar legal tab but also to hire lawyers for his campaign manager, who is also under FBI scrutiny.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:54:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
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