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    Bush misused Iraq intelligence: Senate report (Reuters)

    President George W. Bush speaks about the benefits of his 2003 tax relief act in Washington June 2, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush and his top policymakers misstated Saddam Hussein's links to terrorism and ignored doubts among intelligence agencies about Iraq's arms programs as they made a case for war, the Senate intelligence committee reported on Thursday.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:23:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Mass. sen. not seeking re-election amid sex case (AP)
    AP - A state senator accused of attempting to grope one woman and of making lewd comments to another said Thursday he would not seek re-election in the fall. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:43:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Legislator pleads not guilty to attempted groping (AP)
    AP - Prosecutors described a longtime state legislator as a "danger to his community" and "out of control" Wednesday after a third woman in as many months accused him of making inappropriate sexual advances. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:25:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate confirms Preston as HUD secretary (AP)
    AP - The Senate late Wednesday confirmed President Bush's new housing secretary, elevating Small Business Administration Administrator Steven Preston to be the president's point man on the slumping housing market and the subprime lending crisis. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:34:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate confirms Preston as housing chief (Reuters)
    Reuters - The U.S. Senate confirmed Steve Preston as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) late on Wednesday. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:07:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    N.M., N.J. voters pick Senate nominees (AP)

    N.M. Republican Senate candidate Steve Pearce talks to the media with his wife Cynthia by his side as they await final election results. Albuquerque N.M. Tuesday June 3, 2008. In the race for the GOP nomination for Senate, Rep. Steve Pearce held a slim lead over Heather Wilson. Pearce had 51 percent in unofficial returns with 92 percent of precincts reporting. (AP Photo/Randy Siner)AP - Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce and Democrat U.S. Rep. Tom Udall won their parties' nominations for New Mexico's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat, while New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg strolled past primary opposition in his bid to join the winner on Capitol Hill.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:18:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    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: Politics - U.S. Senate
    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: Politics - U.S. Senate
    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: Politics - U.S. Senate
    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: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senator Kennedy undergoes 'successful' brain surgery (AFP)

    US Senator Edward Kennedy, seen here in April 2008, underwent AFP - US Senator Edward Kennedy underwent "successful" brain cancer surgery Monday, his doctor said, as the political icon vowed a return to work and to campaigning for presidential hopeful Barack Obama.


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    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Republicans Pull No Punches in New Mexico Senate Race (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Just two days before the primary in New Mexico, Rep. Steve Pearce is leading Rep. Heather A. Wilson in the battle for the Republican nomination to replace Republican Sen. Pete V. Domenici. -- read full article
    Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:47:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Kennedy's brain surgery 'successful': doctor (AFP)

    US Senator Edward Kennedy, seen here in April 2008, underwent AFP - US Senator Edward Kennedy underwent "successful" surgery Monday on a malignant brain tumor and should have no lasting side-effects, his doctor said in a statement.


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    Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:28:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senator Kennedy undergoes 'successful' brain surgery (AFP)

    US Senator Edward Kennedy, seen here in April 2008, underwent AFP - US Senator Edward Kennedy underwent "successful" brain cancer surgery here Monday, his doctor said, and will follow up with chemotherapy as the political icon vowed a return to work and to campaigning for presidential hopeful Barack Obama.


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    Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:45:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Cost drives Senate climate debate (AP)

    In this July 10, 2007 file photos, the coal-fired Plant Schereris in operation at Juliette, Ga.  Plant Scherer has for several years been the nation's single largest source of carbon dioxide, which most scientists believe contributes to global warming.  The economic cost of confronting global warming - from higher electricity bills to more expensive gasoline -  is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress. The Senate begins considering legislation Monday that for the first time would mandate a reduction in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from power plants, refineries, factories and transportation, in hopes of cutting heat-trapping pollution by two-thirds by mid-century.  (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)AP - From higher electric bills to more expensive gasoline, the possible economic cost of tackling global warming is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:57:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
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