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    Dems' Success Drawing Members' Money A Growing GOP Sore Spot (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - The Democrats are strongly favored to make gains in this year's Senate elections that will bolster the fragile majority the party won in the 2006 elections. And one big reason is that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has greatly outraised its counterpart, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). -- read full article
    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:19:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Biden wages 2 campaigns at once (AP)

    Democratic vice presidential running mate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., jogs out to meet Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as they appear together outside the Old State Capitol Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Sen. Joe Biden will pursue two campaigns at once this fall: his race for the White House as Barack Obama's running mate and his quest for re-election to the Senate.


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    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:14:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Obama unveils veteran Biden as VP pick (AFP)

    Delaware Senator Joe Biden delivers a speech at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Democratic presidential candidated Barack Obama Saturday unveiled Biden as his running mate for the White House, calling him an all-American leader as Biden lost no time in furiously baiting their Republican adversary John McCain.(AFP/Getty Images/Frank Polich)AFP - Barack Obama Saturday unveiled veteran Senate colleague Joseph Biden as his running mate for the White House, calling him an all-American leader as Biden lost no time in furiously baiting their Republican adversary John McCain.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:46:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Obama-Biden pairing not the first all-Senate team (AP)
    AP - To find the last time a presidential ticket consisted of two senators, you have to go all the way back to ... 2004. -- read full article
    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:43:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Obama names veteran Biden as VP choice (AFP)

    Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (left) shakes hands with Joe Biden before a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April 2008. Obama has named Biden as his vice presidential running mate.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Barack Obama Saturday named veteran Senate colleague Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate, adding foreign policy heft -- but also a loose tongue -- to his ticket in the battle against Republican John McCain.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:58:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate GOP hurting for campaign money (AP)
    AP - Republican prospects in U.S. Senate races this November grew grimmer Friday, as the head of the party's campaign arm announced he must reduce its budget because GOP senators are raising too little money. -- read full article
    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:05:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Louisiana Republicans Bet on Ex-Democrat to Gain a Senate Seat (Bloomberg)
    Bloomberg - Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The best hope for Republicans in this year's Senate elections is a former Democrat with a familiar Democratic name: John Kennedy. -- read full article
    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    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
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