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    Biden calls for $1 billion in emergency aid to Georgia (Politico)
    Politico - Fresh off a trip to the Republic of Georgia, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden said he will ask for $1 billion in emergency aid for the war torn country. -- read full article
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:31:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    FBI had, then tossed anthrax type used in attacks (AP)

    Mourners enter St. John's Catholic church for a memorial service for Dr. Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008 in Frederick, Md. Ivins, 62, died of an apparent suicide late last month after being informed by the FBI that charges likely were being brought against him in connection with the 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/Gail Burton).AP - FBI scientists early on had — but destroyed — the unique strain of anthrax used in the deadly 2001 attacks that years later would lead them to Dr. Bruce Ivins, the government's top suspect in the nation's biggest bioterror case.


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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:18:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senators seek to delay new rules in terror probes (AP)
    AP - New rules on FBI investigations of national security cases should be delayed, top Senate Judiciary Committee members said Monday, raising concerns that ethnic or racial groups could be targeted despite no evidence of wrongdoing. -- read full article
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:15:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Illinois politician who mentored Obama to retire (AP)
    AP - Emil Jones, a product of the Chicago Democratic machine who helped Barack Obama reach the U.S. Senate and has been Gov. Rod Blagojevich's staunchest ally, said Monday he will retire from the Illinois Senate, of which he is president. -- read full article
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:28:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senator: Illinois Senate President Jones retiring (AP)
    AP - The president of the Illinois Senate, a product of Chicago's political machine and one of Barack Obama's first political mentors, is retiring, a high-ranking state senator said Monday. -- read full article
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:38:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Daschle says there are still questions on anthrax (AP)

    Mourners enter St. John's Catholic church for a memorial service for Dr. Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008 in Frederick, Md. Ivins, 62, died of an apparent suicide late last month after being informed by the FBI that charges likely were being brought against him in connection with the 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/Gail Burton).AP - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle — one of the targets of the 2001 anthrax attacks — said Monday that FBI evidence against Army scientist Bruce Ivins is convincing, but he is not completely persuaded that the investigation focused on the right person.


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    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:21:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    US Senator Biden to visit Georgia for crisis talks (AFP)

    Democratic Senator Joseph Biden, who has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for White House hopeful Barack Obama, said on Saturday he would visit Georgia this weekend.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - Democratic Senator Joseph Biden, who has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for White House hopeful Barack Obama, said on Saturday he would visit Georgia this weekend.


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    Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:55:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Forces align against Republicans in Senate races (AP)

    In this July 8, 2008, file photo Republican Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy, joined by his wife Becky and son Preston, settle aboard their campaign bus after Kennedy he announced in Kenner, La., that he will challenge Louisiana Democratic, Sen. Mary Landrieu, in the fall elections. Strategists in both parties have long expected that the race for the  Democrat U.S. Senate seat, held by Landrieu, who has never drawn more than 52 percent of the vote, will be very close.  (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)AP - Even the top Republican in charge of the party's Senate campaigns concedes that the GOP will lose seats this year — the only question is how many.


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    Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:03:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate races to watch as Dems seek to expand edge (AP)
    AP - Democrats appear all but certain to expand their 51-49 Senate majority this year. Republicans are defending 23 Senate seats, including five left open by GOP retirements, while Democrats have just 12 senators up for re-election and no departures. -- read full article
    Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:04:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Who Bush is stumping for (AP)
    AP - Since January 2007, President Bush has raised money for the Republican Party and GOP candidates in 12 House races, 12 Senate races and one governor's race. -- read full article
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:48:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    'Chameleon' Reid looks to 2010 election (Politico)

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addresses the media during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)Politico - As the leader of Senate Democrats looking to expand their majority in November, Harry Reid has become a darling of the left, bashing President Bush, confabbing with liberal bloggers and relishing his role as a national target for conservative ad campaigns.


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    Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:45:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Al Franken seeks to get back more US Iraqi funds (AP)
    AP - Senate candidate Al Franken called on the U.S. to rescind $7.1 billion that's committed but not yet obligated to Iraqi reconstruction, and spend it instead on highway infrastructure improvements in the United States. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:07:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Al Franken seeks to get back more US Iraqi funds (AP)
    AP - U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken called on the U.S. to rescind $7.1 billion that's committed but not yet obligated to Iraqi reconstruction, and spend it instead on highway infrastructure improvements in the United States. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:16:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Non-senator wields fast gavel in 30-second session (AP)
    AP - What happens if the Senate is supposed to meet and there aren't any senators around? -- read full article
    Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:41:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate Standstill to Let Obama or McCain Tip Balance on Courts (Bloomberg)
    Bloomberg - Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- An election-year standstill in Senate confirmation of George W. Bush's judicial nominees will give the next president a chance to tip the ideological balance of U.S. appeals courts that decide such issues as job discrimination, national security and pollution-cleanup disputes. -- read full article
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
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