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| Former KBR electricians criticize contractors work
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|  AP - KBR Inc. used employees with little electrical expertise to supervise subcontractors in Iraq and hired foreigners who couldn't speak English, former KBR electricians told a Senate panel investigating electrocutions of 13 Americans.
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| Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:50:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Challenges to Sen. Landrieu, Rep. Jefferson Top Louisiana Election Lineup
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| CQPolitics.com - Democrats will augment their slender U.S. Senate majority in an election year in which CQ Politics rates nine seats held by Republicans among the 10 most vulnerable to takeover by the challenging party. But that raises the stakes in the one exception: conservative-leaning Louisiana, where two-term Democratic Sen. Mary L. Landrieu is facing a competitive challenge. -- read full article |
| Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:47:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Congress wrangles over bill to help homeowners
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| AP - A long-stalled mortgage rescue inched Thursday toward Senate passage, only to be sent back to the House for more votes and intense negotiations to resolve disputes that are delaying help for hundreds of thousands of homeowners. -- read full article |
| Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:59:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Senate OKs promotions of Iraq generals
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|  AP - Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the top commander in the Middle East and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to replace Petraeus as the chief military officer in Iraq.
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| Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:54:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Kennedy returns to say ‘aye’
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| Politico - Terrorist surveillance and Medicare legislation cleared Congress in back-to-back votes on Wednesday that captured all the politics of this election year — and one wild and crazy day in the Senate. -- read full article |
| Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:52:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Senate OKs promotion of Iraq generals
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|  AP - The Senate has confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the top commander in the Middle East and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno to replace Petraeus as the chief military officer in Iraq.
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| Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:51:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Senators probe DoJ politics, potential profiling
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|  AP - Democratic senators cited concerns Wednesday about political meddling and policies likened to racial and ethnic profiling in urging Attorney General Michael Mukasey to ensure the Justice Department abides by the laws it is supposed to enforce.
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| Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:33:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Senate roll call on terrorist surveillance bill
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| AP - The 69-28 roll call by which the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday overhauling controversial rules on secret government eavesdropping. The bill would protect telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans. -- read full article |
| Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:03:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Senate passes doctor reimbursement bill
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| AP - The Senate, with Democrat Ted Kennedy casting a crucial vote, approved legislation by a veto-proof margin Wednesday that would void a 10.6 percent pay cut for doctors treating Medicare patients. -- read full article |
| Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:14:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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