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 Alaska Senator 
 Warns Palin: 
 Mitts Off 
 My Seat 

Palin could make Senate run on road to presidency

Dec 2, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may consider a 2010 Senate run as a stepping stone to a 2012 presidential bid—but the current occupant of said seat isn't about to make way for the GOP rock star. Fellow Republican and Alaska's newly senior senator Lisa Murkowski “can guarantee it would be a... More »

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Alaska • Senate race • senator • Sarah Palin • Lisa Murkowski

Stevens Won't Rule Out Pursuing Prez Pardon

Convicted senator may seek clemency from Bush

Nov 27, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as Ted Stevens appeals of his seven-count felony conviction, the disgraced senator isn't ruling outthe possibility of seeking a pardon from President Bush, the Anchorage Daily News reports. "If I were counsel to him, I would encourage him," says Alaska's former US attorney, a Stevens supporter. "... More »

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Congress • Alaska • Republican • corruption • presidential pardon • Ted Stevens • pardon • senator • George W. Bush

 GOP Delays Vote 
 to Oust Stevens 

GOP senators wait for race to be decided

Nov 18, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Senate Republicans will wait until Alaska announces a victor in the still-tight race for Ted Stevens' seat before voting on whether he will be allowed to keep it. The last batch of ballots in the race is expected to be counted today, as the longest-serving conservative senator—who trails by... More »

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Alaska • Republican • Senate • corruption • Ted Stevens • senator

ANALYSIS

McCain Sees Comeback; Tightening Race More Like It

Broader, old-school attacks bringing some GOP voters back to fold, but that's no surge

Oct 20, 08 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - As supporters get increasingly giddy about Barack Obama’s persistent lead in the polls, advisers to John McCain charge the media is ignoring a comeback by their candidate, writes Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post. The McCain campaign credits a return to a traditionally Republican tax-based argument for some recent... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Barack Obama supporters • comeback • Election 2008 • senator • opinion polls

UPDATED

 Prosecution, Stevens Tangle 

Alaska senator's temper emerges under cross-examination

Oct 17, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The defense rested in the Ted Stevens corruption trial this afternoon, and the famously feisty senator then submitted to cross-examination. After 5 hours of friendly guidance from his own lawyers, the lead prosecutor's rapid-fire questioning didn't sit well, Politico reports. “I’m not going to get in the middle... More »

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Alaska • corruption • Ted Stevens • Federal Court • Bill Allen • senator • corruption charges • Brenda Morris

Powell Testifies to Stevens' 'Sterling' Rep

Ex-general, diplomat appears at senator's corruption trial

Oct 10, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colin Powell testified in Ted Stevens' defense today, characterizing the Alaska senator's reputation as "sterling" and saying he "was someone whose word you could rely on." On the stand in Washington as a character witness, the ex-secretary of state impishly said he had "dabbled a bit... More »

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Alaska • secretary of State • corruption • Ted Stevens • trial • Colin Powell • senator • Army general

(Newser) - Ted Stevens' corruption trial will continue despite serious errors by prosecutors, a federal judge in Washington ruled this afternoon. Material that should have been turned over to the senator's defense team much earlier surfaced Wednesday, infuriating Judge Emmet Sullivan, the Anchorage Daily News reports. He declined to dismiss the case... More »

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Oil Exec: Sen. Stevens Wasn't Serious About Paying Bills

Man whose company renovated Republican's home continues testimony

Oct 1, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Stevens avoided eye contact with onetime buddy Bill Allen as the former oil exec detailed his company’s renovations on the senator’s home, the Wall Street Journal reports. Allen says he received thank-you notes from Stevens saying, “You owe me a bill. … It just has to... More »

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Alaska • bribery • Ted Stevens • trial • Bill Allen • Veco • senator

Judge: Stevens Can Skip Court, But Jury Won't Know Why

Lawyers asked that Senate duty be noted

Sep 23, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Ted Stevens leaves court to attend to the current financial crisis, a federal judge warns he won't relay details to the jury, reports the Anchorage Daily News. Jurors in the corruption trial would simply be notified of the senator's absence and told that there is nothing wrong with it,... More »

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corruption • Ted Stevens • trial • juror • federal judges • senator

  Biden's Story:
 Tenacity Born of Tragedy

Foreign policy heavyweight brings experience to ticket

Aug 23, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Blunt, tough and seasoned, Obama veepstakes winner Joe Biden has a history of surviving both personal tragedy and political disappointment. Delaware's News-Journal details the story of the state's favorite son, who became modern history's youngest senator when elected at 29. His wife and baby daughter died in a car crash... More »

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Joe Biden • Democrat • Delaware • running mate • senator • Senate Foreign Relations Committee

ANALYSIS

Biden Offers Foreign Policy Heft, Baggage
to Obama Ticket

But his DC insider status could undermine

Aug 18, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Several of Barack Obama's potential running mates hit the Sunday talk show circuit yesterday. But Joseph Biden was in Tbilisi at the personal invitation of the Georgian president to discuss the ongoing military crisis. For the New York Times, Biden's weekend trip highlights the clout of the chairman of the... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes • senator • Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Reid Takes
the Long View

Senate majority leader points toward 2010, looking to avoid Daschle's fate

Aug 12, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid has positioned himself among the Democratic elite in Washington, but that doesn't mean the Senate majority leader is taking his eye off of the 2010 election in his home state of Nevada, reports Politico. Reid is maintaining his power position in the Senate while discreetly launching a campaign... More »

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Democrats • Republican • Harry Reid • Nevada • Tom Daschle • senator • Senate majority leader • 2010 election

OPINION

 Nat'l Review:
 Stevens, Get Out

Indicted Republican senator 'disgraced himself and his office'

Jul 30, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly indicted Ted Stevens should resign as soon as possible, write the editors of the National Review. The Alaskan senator, who is accused of seven counts of making false statements, legally “deserves the benefit of the doubt—but not from an ethical standpoint,” they note. “The facts... More »

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UPDATED

 Ted Stevens
 Indicted on
 7 Felony
 Counts 

Octogenarian Republican alleged not to have disclosed gifts

Jul 29, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal grand jury in Washington has indicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens on 7 felony counts of making false statements in connection with a 4-year-long corruption probe, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The 84-year-old Republican is charged with failing to report on Senate financial disclosure forms gifts of more than... More »

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OPINION

Don't Forget About the Other Jesse Helms

Right-wing senator hired blacks and battled AIDS with Bono

Jul 5, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many remember Jesse Helms as an unflinching bigot who fought civil rights and foreign aid, but the former North Carolina senator also softened some views and befriended Bono, John Hunt writes in the Wall Street Journal. “Contrary to his reputation, Helms did change his mind,” Hunt notes:... More »

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Republican • conservative • North Carolina • Ronald Reagan • civil rights • Jesse Helms • senator

OPINiON

The Youngest Brother Is
His Own Man

Yes, he's a Kennedy,
but Ted is loved for effectiveness, not flash

May 21, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy's malignant brain tumor adds yet another chapter to the tragic epic of the Kennedy clan, Robert Kaiser writes in the Washington Post. The youngest of Joe Kennedy's sons got a huge boost from his older brothers when he entered politics, Kaiser notes, but he built his legacy of... More »

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Senate • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • tumor • Robert F. Kennedy • senator • brain cancer


 Kennedy Has 
 Malignant 
 Brain Tumor 

Senator's prognosis uncertain; treatment may include chemo, radiation

May 20, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, CNN reports. The 76-year-old senator has a glioma, the most common brain cancer in adults. Kennedy will spend at least 2 more days at the Boston hospital where he's been undergoing extensive tests since suffering two seizures Saturday at... More »

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cancer • Senate • Ted Kennedy • tumor • senator • brain cancer • glioma • malignancy

 Kennedy Diagnosis
 Still in Works 

Explanation could come today as senator remains in Boston hospital

May 20, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy remains in a Boston hospital today, four days after a seizure whose cause remains undiagnosed, the Herald reports. Results of medical tests done on the 76-year-old Democrat are expected today; Kennedy is likely to stay at Massachusetts General for a few more days before returning to his... More »

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Congress • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Democrat • diagnosis • senator • Bob Shrum • siezure

OBIT

Ohio's 'Senator No' Metzenbaum Dead at 90 

Crusading Democrat took on big business in long Senate career

Mar 13, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Ohio senator Howard Metzenbaum has died at home at the age of 90, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Democrat, his views shaped by the Great Depression and FDR's policies, fought hard for the rights of workers during a political career that began in 1943. Colleagues nicknamed the self-made... More »

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Cleveland • Senate • obituary • Democrat • filibuster • Franklin D. Roosevelt • pork barrel spending • senator • Howard Metzenbaum

Oil-Rich Iraq Should Fund Reconstruction, Say Senators

US taxpayers are footing bill instead

Mar 9, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why isn't an Iraq that's rolling in oil dollars funding its own reconstruction? senators Carl Levin of Michigan and John Warner of Virginia want to know. The Armed Services' Committee honchos wrote the Government Accountability Office saying Iraq is doing little to help itself despite a projected $100 billion in... More »

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Congress • oil • John Warner • Carl Levin • oil price • Iraq reconstruction • senator • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

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