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 Dem Wins Oregon Senate Race 

Incumbent Smith concedes in early-morning call to Merkley

Nov 6, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Oregon Republican Gordon Smith has privately conceded the US Senate race this morning to his opponent, Democrat Jeff Merkley, the Oregonian reports after an excruciatingly sluggish ballot count. The final margin was within thousands of votes. Late counting of ballots from the Portland area, which is overwhelmingly liberal, put Merkley... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Gordon Smith • Oregon • vote • Portland, Oregon • Election 2008 • Jeff Merkley

OPINION

 10 Senate Races to Watch 

Dems could pick up 8 seats; GOP could oust Landrieu in La.

Oct 31, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - With 35 Senate seats up for grabs Tuesday, Chris Cillizza, in the Washington Post, predicts Democrats will flip eight. Two more are close calls for the Dems, while the GOP has one hope for a pickup. Starting with the most likely:
  1. Virginia is in the bag for Mark Warner;
... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Senate Democrats • John F. Kennedy • Mitch McConnell • Ted Stevens • Senate Republicans • Gordon Smith • Norm Coleman • Mary Landrieu • Elizabeth Dole • Al Franken • Mark Warner • Jeanne Shaheen • John Sununu • Senate race • Election 2008 • Tom Udall • Mark Begich • Mark Udall • Jeff Merkley • Kay Hagan • Jim Martin • Saxby Chambliss

 Dems Loath 
 to Punish Traitor Joe 

The party is ticked, but this might not be the time for vengeance

Oct 21, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman has crossed nearly every line there is in supporting John McCain—on Sunday he even praised Sarah Palin—and many liberals want him ousted from the Democratic caucus. But Harry Reid and company show no signs of moving against Lieberman, Salon reports. “We're going to have... More »

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Senate Democrats • Democratic caucus • Joe Lieberman • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Dems Wield Cash in Battle for Southern Senate Seats

Unseating McConnell, Dole, others possible with funds high, GOP popularity low

Oct 17, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - With a huge fund-raising edge allowing for wide advertising blitzes, Democrats are pushing hard for Senate seats in red states even recently thought unwinnable, Alexander Bolton writes in the Hill. In North Carolina, Dems see a chance to unseat Elizabeth Dole; in Georgia, Saxby Chambliss; in Mississippi, Roger Wicker; and... More »

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Congress • advertising • Senate Democrats • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • Elizabeth Dole • Senate race • Roger Wicker • red state • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

(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... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Senate Democrats • House of Representatives • Senate Republicans • House Democrats • House Republicans • Election 2008 • bailout • credit market chaos • financial crisis

 Obama Won't Share Funds 
 With Senate Dems 

Party sees chance to boost majority, but nominee feels pressure to stuff war chest

Sep 16, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Senate Homecoming
 Won't Be Glorious 

Power will not fall in losing candidate's lap

May 26, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Hillary Clinton does indeed lose the Democratic nomination, her Senate homecoming won’t be a glorious one, the New York Times reports. Clinton is still a junior senator, ranking 36th out of 49 Democrats, and would need to leapfrog a lot of people to become a committee chair—much... More »

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Hillary Clinton • politics • Senate • Senate Democrats • legislature • Democratic nomination • Senate Armed Services Committee

GOP Senators Try to Outflank Dems on Iraq Funding Bill

See chance to show war is succeeding

Feb 27, 08 10:41 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Deal on Stimulus Package Puts Heat on Senate

Bush, Congress bask in the brief glow of cooperation, but can it last?

Jan 25, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The $150 billion package of tax breaks for consumers and businesses rolled out yesterday was the first show of bipartisan cooperation sans bloodletting since the  Democrats won control of Congress a year ago, the Washington Post observes. It took panic over a looming recession to make it happen, and... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • politics • Senate • Senate Democrats • Henry Paulson • US Congress • George W. Bush

Mukasey Tells Congress to Back Off CIA Tapes Inquiry

AG won't divulge investigation details

Dec 14, 07 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey isn't about to open up to Democratic lawmakers who want details of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into the CIA’s destruction of interrogation tapes, the Washington Post reports. In letters sent today, the new AG also restated his objections to appointing a special prosecutor to investigate,... More »

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Congress • CIA • Department of Justice • Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Michael Mukasey • interrogation techniques

Dems Fail to  Bring Troop Bill to Senate Vote

Warner defection kills bill to mandate time between deployments

Sep 19, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats were unable to muster enough GOP support today to bring to a vote a bill that would have given US troops more down time between overseas deployments. A late defection by Republican John Warner was the death knell for the bill, the Wall Street Journal reports, sponsored by... More »

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Robert Gates • Senate Democrats • John Warner • US troops • James Webb • Iraq war

Dems Willing
to Deal on
Troop Pullout

They're easing off deadline after some surge progress

Sep 6, 07 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats are signaling they are willing to compromise with Republicans on a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The Democrats, who pushed before the summer recess for a pullout deadline next spring, have been undercut by some progress in Iraq and the success of the White House in maintaining... More »

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Iraq • Jim Webb • Senate • Senate Democrats • Armed Services Committee • troop withdrawal • timetable • Lamar Alexander • Carl Levin • Ken Salazar • Iraq war

Senator,
on the Mend,
Returns to SD

Recovering after brain hemorrhage, Johnson
to get back to work

Aug 29, 07 9:21 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Maliki Must
Go: Senator

Iraq needs 'more unifying' leader, says head of Armed
Services Committee

Aug 21, 07 1:49 AM CDT
(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 "... More »

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

Dems Should Throw Joe Overboard

Lieberman does party more harm than good, columnist claims

Aug 4, 07 6:20 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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

White House Stonewalls
on Subpoenas

Bush invokes executive privilege
in Senate probe of US attorney firings

Jun 28, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House shot down attempts to subpoena internal documents concerning the US attorney firings today by invoking executive privilege. Though not a surprise, the refusal moved the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to accuse the administration of "Nixonian stonewalling." If the committee doesn't back down, the... More »

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Congress • US attorney • investigation • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • Fred Fielding • Sara M. Taylor • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • subpoena • stonewall • scandal • George W. Bush

Three Freshmen Dems Balking at Immigration Bill

Opposition of centrists could sink measure

Jun 28, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three Senate Democrats--all newly elected in close races--are lining up against  the controversial immigration bill championed by President Bush and Democratic leaders. They and eight other Democratic naysayers could be crucial in determining the fate of the bill, reports the New York Times. A vote in the Senate could come... More »

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immigration • Jim Webb • Senate Democrats • Jon Tester • Claire McCaskill • Iraq war

Democrats Don't Live Up to Hype

New majority's accomplishments are
few, and mostly symbolic

Jun 12, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seven months after wresting control of Congress from Republicans, Democrats have failed to make good on their promises, writes the Economist. Almost none of the bills introduced in the first "100 hours" has become law, AG Alberto Gonzalez still has a job, and an Iraq pullout is nowhere in... More »

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Congress • Alberto Gonzales • Democrats • Republican • Congressional investigations • Democratic Congress • Senate Democrats • 100 hours • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Congress OKs New Iraq Bill

Sans timetable,
Bush expected to
sign; Clinton and
Obama say nay

May 25, 07 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress approved $95 billion to pay for the war in Iraq—without a timetable for troop withdrawal. The bill, which Bush says he'll sign, passed both houses last night, ending a long and bitter struggle between Democrats and a veto-ready White House over bringing the troops home. Aspiring presidents Clinton... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Iraq pullout • Iraq appropriations • war • Iraq war

Dem Congress Still Dishing Out Pork

The new majority is not as kosher as
they claim to be

May 24, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats in Congress pledged to cut the pork out of appropriations bills, but the new majority is already cheating on the diet, reports the  Washington Post. Using a technique called "phonemarking," congressmen are contacting federal agencies directly and asking them to fund their pet projects, all while boasting... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Republican • Democratic Congress • Senate • House Appropriations Committee • Senate Democrats • earmarks • phonemarking • pork barrel spending • senator • Iraq war

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