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  • October 2008

    • Senate Version of Bailout Grows Sweeter, Fatter

      Politico  |  Oct 1, 08 3:31 PM CDT

      Senate Version of Bailout Grows Sweeter, Fatter

      (Newser) - The Senate version of the bailout bill has ballooned to more than 400 pages as legislators flesh out details in hopes of gaining passage as soon as tonight, Politico reports. The marquee measure boosts FDIC coverage of individual accounts from $100,000 to $250,000, with numerous lower-profile provisions intended to speed passage and increase pressure on the House to get moving. More »

  • September 2008

    • Obama Won't Share Funds With Senate Dems

      Politico  |  Sep 16, 08 10:06 AM CDT

      Obama Won't Share Funds With Senate Dems

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has rejected an appeal from the Senate Democrats to kick some campaign money their way, Politico reports. Obama raised a record $66 million in August, but is currently outmatched by the combination of John McCain and the Republican National Committee. With 23 GOP-held seats being contested, Senate Dems had looked to Obama to help finance a rare opportunity to boost their majority. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Harry Reid  • Senate Democrats  • Charles Schumer  • US Senate

  • May 2008
  • February 2008

    • GOP Senators Try to Outflank Dems on Iraq Funding Bill

      Associated Press  |  Feb 27, 08 10:41 AM CST

      GOP Senators Try to Outflank Dems on Iraq Funding Bill

      (Newser) - After months of blocking Democrat-sponsored anti-war bills, Senate Republicans changed course sharply yesterday, agreeing to advance a bill that cuts off funding for combat in Iraq after 120 days. GOP senators made the switch on grounds that a debate over conditions in Iraq allows them time to hail progress in the war, giving them the upper hand, the AP reports. More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Harry Reid  • Iraq war spending  • Senate Democrats  • Mitch McConnell  • Senate GOP

  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • Senator, on the Mend, Returns to SD

      ABC News  |  Aug 29, 07 9:21 AM CDT

      Senator, on the Mend, Returns to SD

      (Newser) - Tim Johnson will be back in the Senate next week, and yesterday he returned to South Dakota to declare, "I am back!" What's more, in a series of interviews during his recovery from the brain hemorrhage that threw the control of the Senate into question, he told ABC's Bob Woodruff, "I expect to run and to win" in 2008. More »

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      Congress  • Senate Democrats  • South Dakota  • brain hemorrhage  • hemorrhage  • Tim Johnson

    • Maliki Must Go: Senator

      Washington Post  |  Aug 21, 07 1:49 AM CDT

      Maliki Must Go: Senator

      (Newser) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki must go, says Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin, who yesterday called on the nation's parliament to replace him with a "more unifying" leader if Maliki can't quickly forge political peace among rival factions. Maliki's current talks with Iraqi leaders is the "last chance" to turn around the crisis in Iraq, Levin warned.  More »

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      Iraq  • Senate  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • Shiite  • Iraq government  • Senate Democrats  • Carl Levin

    • Dems Should Throw Joe Overboard

      New York Observer  |  Aug 4, 07 6:20 PM CDT

      Dems Should Throw Joe Overboard

      (Newser) - Senate Democrats wouldn’t be in the majority if Joe Lieberman didn’t caucus with them, but maybe they’d be better off, the New York Observer’ s Steve Kornacki argues. Kornacki says the Independent senator embarrasses Dems by siding with the enemy  and accusing them of being terrorist coddlers. He's a bully who likes to taunt them with the possibility of defection. But he has more to lose from a divorce than they do. More »

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      Senate  • GOP  • Joe Lieberman  • Democrat  • senator  • Senate Democrats