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    When the Ticket Splits From Within (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Back in July, Barack Obama dropped by the Senate to cast a vote that was deeply unpopular with his party's base. The Illinois senator, who had just wrapped up the Democratic presidential nomination, supported a rewrite of the nation's electronic surveillance rules that, in the eyes of its critics, gave the president more power than the 1978 foreign surveillance law ever intended him to have. -- read full article
    Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:14:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate attack on bailout lacks explicit threat (Reuters)

    Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) take their seats as they arrive to testify at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee hearing on turmoil in US credit markets, on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 23, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - Many members of the Senate blasted the Bush administration's Wall Street bailout plan on Tuesday, but no senator has come forward so far with an explicit pledge to kill the $700 billion proposal.


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    Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:09:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Franken advises 'SNL' on sketch ridiculing McCain (AP)
    AP - Senate candidate Al Franken provided his old "Saturday Night Live" boss with the inspiration for a comedy sketch that lampooned Republican presidential candidate John McCain. -- read full article
    Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:37:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Sen Reid says no "rubber stamp" for bailout (Reuters)
    Reuters - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday that congressional Democrats accept the need to move quickly on legislation to stabilize the markets and tackle the housing crisis, but a $700-billion Bush administration bailout plan is just "a starting point." -- read full article
    Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:13:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Big Early Bankroll Spurred August Payout in Dems' Senate Campaign (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - August typically brings a summer slowdown for the national party committees, on the spending as well as the fundraising side. But that rule didn't apply this year to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), which flexed its bulky financial muscles last month in its ongoing efforts to make substantial gains among the 35 Senate elections that will be on Nov. 4 ballots. -- read full article
    Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:41:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate to vote on extending energy tax credits (Reuters)

    Solar photovoltaic panels are seen at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada in this picture taken August 1, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. Senate will vote on Tuesday on legislation to extend tax breaks for using renewable energy sources and taking steps to save energy.


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    Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:52:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Franken helps craft McCain 'SNL' skit (Politico)
    Politico - Al Franken, the former "Saturday Night Live" star now running in a high-profile Senate race in Minnesota, helped craft the opening sketch mocking John McCain that kicked off the NBC comedy show Saturday, according to two well-placed sources inside the network. -- read full article
    Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Franken helps craft McCain 'SNL' skit (Politico)
    Politico - Al Franken, the former "Saturday Night Live" star now running in a high-profile Senate race in Minnesota, helped craft the opening sketch mocking John McCain that is slated to kick off the NBC comedy show tonight, according to two well-placed sources inside the network. -- read full article
    Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate to vote next week on energy tax credits (Reuters)
    Reuters - The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote next week, possibly as early as Tuesday, on legislation that would extend tax breaks for renewable energy production and energy-efficiency measures. -- read full article
    Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:18:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Stevens Gets OK for Legal Expense Fund (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - The Senate Ethics Committee has given Sen. Ted Stevens permission to set up a legal expense fund, which will provide another source of revenue to pay for the Alaska Republican's upcoming federal corruption trial. -- read full article
    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:40:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Palin expects Biden to be a 'great debater' (AP)

    Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, addresses supporters during a during a rally, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she expects a challenging debate next month when she faces a Democratic opponent who was elected to the Senate when she was 8 years old.


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    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:32:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate Ethics Approves Craig's Request To Form Legal Expense Fund (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - Sen. Larry E. Craig said Thursday that the Senate Ethics Committee has approved his request to form a legal expense fund to help pay the costs associated with his effort to withdraw his guilty plea on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. -- read full article
    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:58:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Miss. gov agrees to move Senate race up on ballot (AP)

    Gov. Haley Barbour warns against Gulf Coast residents letting their guard down as several other tropical depressions or storms gather in the Atlantic Ocean, following an aerial tour of the Mississippi coast to review the damage caused by Hurricane Gustav, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, in Gulfport, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Republican Gov. Haley Barbour agreed Thursday to move a special election for Trent Lott's old Senate seat to near the top of the November ballot, ending a dispute that had threatened to delay the start of absentee voting.


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    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:40:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    US Congress asked to approve Indian nuclear deal this month (AFP)

    US Senator Chris Dodd, seen here, has called for a fast track endorsement this month of a landmark nuclear agreement with India as lawmakers launched a series of meetings to consider the controversial deal(AFP/File/Edgar Quintana)AFP - A senior US senator has called for a fast track endorsement this month of a landmark nuclear agreement with India as lawmakers launched a series of meetings to consider the controversial deal.


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    Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:28:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    AIG Bailout Causes More Jitters on Capitol Hill (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - The Senate made plans to keep the chamber in pro forma session to address the nation's worsening financial crisis, as lawmakers from both parties started raising pointed questions about the Bush administration's economic strategy. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:44:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
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