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    US senator opposes Pakistan militant talks (AFP)

    Democratic senator Russ Feingold, seen here in 2007, said that Pakistan should not negotiate with Taliban or Al-Qaeda militants near the Afghan border and should limit peace talks to tribal elders.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - A top US Senator on Wednesday said that Pakistan should not negotiate with Taliban or Al-Qaeda militants near the Afghan border and should limit peace talks to tribal elders.


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    Wed, 28 May 2008 14:38:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senators want detailed credit card fee info (Reuters)
    Reuters - Several U.S. senators want Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, the dominant electronic payment companies, to break down detailed costs associated with transactions called interchange fees, according to letters obtained by Reuters on Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 20:32:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senator Kennedy in sailing regatta week after cancer biopsy (AFP)

    Veteran US Senator Edward Kennedy, pictured in April 2008, took the helm of his yacht Monday in a sailing regatta just a week after doctors performed a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Veteran US Senator Edward Kennedy took the helm of his yacht Monday in a sailing regatta just a week after doctors performed a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer.


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    Mon, 26 May 2008 23:44:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Democrats Keep Edge in Senate Fundraising Despite GOP Gains in April (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) raised slightly more money in April than the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), according to updated campaign finance reports that the political organizations filed this week. But the April figures are not reflective of the Democratic edge in fundraising for Senate races this election cycle. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 22:34:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    A quick Senate session blocks Bush appointees (AP)
    AP - The Senate is famed for its longwinded debates, but on Friday it took Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown just seconds to stop Republicans in their tracks. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 20:26:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate deals Bush a defeat on Iraq war spending (AP)

    Senator Robert Byrd, L, (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and ranking member Sen. Thad Cochran, R, (R-MI) talk with Charles Kieffer, majority staff director, during a committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington May 15, 2008. The committee met to discuss a supplementary budget bill that would continue to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES)AP - In a stunning vote that illustrated President Bush's diminished standing, the Senate on Thursday ignored his veto threat and added tens of billions of dollars for veterans and the unemployed to his Iraq war spending bill.


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    Thu, 22 May 2008 21:54:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    White House names final FEC nominee (AP)
    AP - The White House nominated a senior Republican Senate aide Thursday to fill a seat on the Federal Election Commission, replacing a nominee who withdrew in the face of Democratic opposition. -- read full article
    Thu, 22 May 2008 20:56:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate Republicans rebuke Bush on Iraq veterans (AFP)

    Sen. John Warner (R-VA) speaks while flanked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (L) D-NV, Sen. Chuck Hagel (2nd L) R-NE, Sen. Jim Webb (2nd R) D-VA and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Today the Senate approved the war spending bill to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AFP - Republicans in the US Senate on Thursday rebuked President George W. Bush and joined majority Democrats to pass a bill offering a fully-paid college education for Iraq and Afghan war veterans.


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    Thu, 22 May 2008 21:28:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate passes Iraq war funding bill with add-ons (AP)

    Senator Robert Byrd, L, (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and ranking member Sen. Thad Cochran, R, (R-MI) talk with Charles Kieffer, majority staff director, during a committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington May 15, 2008. The committee met to discuss a supplementary budget bill that would continue to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES)AP - Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to help Democrats add support for veterans and the unemployed to a bill paying for another year of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


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    Thu, 22 May 2008 18:32:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate Republicans rebuke Bush on Iraq veterans (AFP)

    Sen. John Warner (R-VA) speaks while flanked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (L) D-NV, Sen. Chuck Hagel (2nd L) R-NE, Sen. Jim Webb (2nd R) D-VA and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Today the Senate approved the war spending bill to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AFP - Republicans in the US Senate on Thursday rebuked President George W. Bush and joined majority Democrats to pass a bill offering education benefits to Iraq and Afghan war veterans.


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    Thu, 22 May 2008 18:38:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate panel to quiz proposed housing chief (Reuters)

    Construction workers are seen at a townhouse complex for sale from the low $200,000s in a Denver, Colorado suburb May 16, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled on Thursday to question President George W. Bush's nominee to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 19:06:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    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 19:49:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Without Kennedy, Senate quieter, emptier (Reuters)
    Reuters - Without its most powerful orator and liberal giant, the U.S. Senate was suddenly quieter and emptier on Wednesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 20:21:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Bill would require ships to burn cleaner fuel in US ports (AP)
    AP - Dangerous air emissions from giant cargo ships would be sharply reduced under legislation that passed a Senate committee Wednesday despite objections from Republicans. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 20:44:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    House, Senate debate Democratic budget plan (AP)
    AP - The Democratic-controlled Congress began debate Wednesday on a stand-pat, election-year fiscal blueprint that relies on automatic tax increases to claim a balanced budget while boosting spending on defense, education and many other programs. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 20:54:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
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