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    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
    Senate Stall to Let Next President Tip Court Balance (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 15:21:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Daschle criticizes FBI's handling of anthrax probe (AP)

    A hazardous materials unit worker is hosed down on Capitol Hill in this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001 file photo where worked continued inspecting buildings and offices for anthrax contamination. A top U.S. biodefense researcher, Bruce E. Ivins, 62, apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax mailings that traumatized the nation in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Los Angeles Times reported in their Friday Aug. 1, 2008 editions. (AP Photo/Ron Thomas, FILE)AP - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, whose office was a target of the anthrax attacks in 2001, said Sunday the suicide of the government's main suspect does not mean the case is over.


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    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:19:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate approves Great Lakes compact (AP)
    AP - The Senate voted Friday to ratify a compact to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes, quickly approving legislation sought by the region's governors worried that thirsty places would covet one of the world's largest sources of fresh water. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:04:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate OKs envoy to South Korea after rights pledge (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Senate confirmed a new American ambassador to South Korea on Friday, after a senator dropped his objections upon getting promises the Bush administration would urge North Korea to improve human rights. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:50:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Bipartisan group unveils energy compromise bill (Reuters)
    Reuters - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers unveiled legislation on Friday aimed at forging a compromise between Democrats and Republicans deadlocked in the Senate over energy issues. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:08:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Bipartisan group broker energy deal in Senate (Reuters)
    Reuters - A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working on another comprehensive energy bill to try to break the Congressional deadlock over how to contain the price of gasoline, which looming as one of the biggest issues in U.S. elections, a Democratic aide said on Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:31:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Republican Smith cites another Democrat in new ad (AP)
    AP - Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is crossing over the political fence again to boost his re-election campaign. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:46:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Bipartisan group broker energy deal in U.S. Senate (Reuters)
    Reuters - A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working on another comprehensive energy bill to try to break the Congressional deadlock over how to contain the price of gasoline, which looming as one of the biggest issues in U.S. elections, a Democratic aide said on Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:26:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    McCain spokeswoman: Stevens' woes linked to 'pork' (AP)

    Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, right, listens to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., left, during a committee markup on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Stevens was indicted Tuesday on charges that he lied about gifts from an oil company on a Senate disclosure form. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Presumptive GOP nominee John McCain distanced himself from Sen. Ted Stevens Wednesday, a day after his longtime rival was indicted on charges of lying about more than $250,000 in gifts he got from an oil services company.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:55:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate, deadlocked on energy, grinds to halt (Reuters)
    Reuters - A partisan election-year battle over high gasoline prices and a Republican push to open more U.S. coastal waters and federal land to oil and gas drilling has brought work in the U.S. Senate to a halt. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:47:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Mass. state senator charged with groping woman (AP)
    AP - A court clerk-magistrate on Wednesday charged a state lawmaker with groping a woman in a case the district attorney declined to prosecute because it lacked evidence. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:17:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Indictment of Stevens adds to bleak GOP prospects (AP)

    Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, right, listens to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., left, during a committee markup on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Stevens was indicted Tuesday on charges that he lied about gifts from an oil company on a Senate disclosure form. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Several GOP colleagues of indicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens distanced themselves politically on Wednesday by donating campaign contributions from him to charity, while other Republicans declined to comment on whether they support his decision to remain in office.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:23:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    China plans to spy on Olympic hotel guests: US senator (AFP)

    US Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, seen here in April 2008, on Tuesday said China is planning to spy on guests who stay at foreign-owned hotels during the Olympic Games, which begin next month.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - A top Republican US senator on Tuesday said China is planning to spy on guests who stay at foreign-owned hotels during the Olympic Games, which begin next month.


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    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:02:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
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