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    Reid Says Congress Won't Act Because `No One Knows What to Do' (Bloomberg)
    Bloomberg - Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Congress is unlikely to pass new legislation to overhaul financial regulations this year ``because no one knows what to do,'' Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters today. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:16:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    AIG Bailout Causes More Jitters on Capitol Hill (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he would keep the chamber in pro forma session after it finishes other work for the year so it is ready to address the nation's worsening financial crisis. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:43:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Reid Says `No One Knows What to Do' to Solve Crisis (Bloomberg)
    Bloomberg - Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Congress is unlikely to pass new legislation to overhaul financial regulations this year because ``no one knows what to do,'' Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:32:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Top Republican: Palin boosts GOP Senate chances (AP)
    AP - John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate has boosted Republican chances of holding key Senate seats and denying Democrats a filibuster-proof majority next year, the GOP's Senate campaign chief said Wednesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:45:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Leahy: Suspect had help in anthrax attacks (AP)

    Bruce Ivins, seen in this photograph taken during an award ceremony at a Pentagon ceremony March 14, 2003. (USAMRIID/Handout - UNITED STATES/Reuters)AP - The chairman of the of Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday he does not believe that Dr. Bruce Ivins acted alone in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:46:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Justice Department asked to examine Miss. ballot (AP)

    House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., questions FBI Director Robert Mueller on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, during the committee's hearing on FBI oversight. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A top congressional Democrat asked the Justice Department Tuesday to block Mississippi's Republican governor from putting a special election for Trent Lott's old Senate seat near the bottom of the November ballot.


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:35:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate Republican says Bush sending mixed signals (AP)
    AP - The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee says the Bush administration doesn't appear to have a set policy for deciding when to support private-sector bailouts. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:07:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Cash-poor Obama says no to Reid (Politico)

    Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a rally at the Colorado State Fair Grounds in Pueblo, Colo., Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Politico - Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a personal appeal to Barack Obama: Help me grow the Democrats’ Senate majority by sharing some of the $77 million you’ve got in the bank.


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:41:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    GOP: Democrats' plan leaves most oil off limits (AP)
    AP - House Republicans attacked a Democratic offshore drilling plan Friday for including a 50-mile coastal buffer that they said would leave untouched most of the 18 billion barrels of oil in waters now off-limits to energy companies. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:35:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Montana governor's election comments draw fire (AP)

    Democrat Jon Tester, right, and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer celebrate as Tester declares victory in his election battle for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumbent Republican Conrad Burns in Great Falls, Mont., in this Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006 file photo. On Thursday Sept. 11, 2008, GOP Secretary of State Brad Johnson asked Attorney General Mike McGrath to investigate a citizen complaint over Schweitzer's comments in a speech this summer that he tampered with Montana's 2006 U.S. Senate race to help a fellow Democrat, Schweitzer apologized and said he was joking. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - When word surfaced this week that Gov. Brian Schweitzer suggested in a speech this summer that he influenced Montana's 2006 U.S. Senate race to help a fellow Democrat, Schweitzer apologized and said he was joking.


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    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:54:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate leader says consensus building on energy (AP)
    AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he sees "increasing consensus" about what to do next to tackle the country's energy problems. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:05:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Top Senate leader to push India deal (AP)
    AP - The Senate's top Democrat will press for passage this year of a U.S.-Indian civil nuclear cooperation accord, his spokesman said Thursday, boosting prospects for the landmark agreement to be ratified before President Bush leaves office. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:53:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Scrappy Reid Grabs Every Opening to Jab at McCain (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - The presidential election is less than two months away, and it's clear that as far as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is concerned, the gloves have come off. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:49:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Alaskan 'Road to Somewhere' Would Provide Airport Access, Run Through Wetlands (CQPolit
    CQPolitics.com - While the controversy over the infamous "bridge to nowhere" plays out in the presidential race, a Senate committee is set to approve a bill that would allow construction of a new road across miles of wilderness to connect two tiny Alaskan communities. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:30:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    GOP bristles at Ensign's 'truth' (Politico)
    Politico - Sen. John Ensign says he has no interest in serving another term as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. For some of his Republican colleagues, the feeling is mutual. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:27:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
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