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Senate's 16 new members arrive on Capitol Hill: Who are they?
Starting this Monday, the Senate welcomes 16 fresh faces to the Capitol’s marbled halls.
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10 of the closest statewide races heading into Election 2010
Here’s what’s going on in 10 of the closest statewide elections:
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In Pictures: West Virginia mine explosion
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Senate Republicans plead for a budget as frustrations boil over
Senate Republicans proposed five budgets Wednesday, but the Democratic-controlled Senate defeated them all. Republicans say Democrats are punting on tough choices, Democrats say they already have a budget.
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Ouch! Obama loses 41 percent of W.Va. primary vote to federal inmate.
Meet Keith Judd, who's incarcerated in Texas for extortion. He's also a serial presidential candidate, and in West Virginia's Democratic primary Tuesday, he grabbed 41 percent of the vote from President Obama. Republicans are gleeful.
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Senate staves off postal Armageddon with USPS reform bill
Postal bill averts 3,700 post-office closings for at least two years, but fails to address deeper, structural problems in how the postal service manages a vast operation, rivaled only by Wal-Mart in total employment.
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Will Blunt amendment backfire on Republicans?
Republicans cast the Blunt amendment as a fight for religious freedoms, but it put at least one of their own, Sen. Scott Brown, in a tough spot – and he could be crucial to GOP efforts to retake the Senate.
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Catholic furor over birth control rule turns Democrats on one another
The Catholic Church's anger over a proposed federal rule to force church-affiliated organizations to offer health plans covering birth control has provided Republicans with an opportunity – and Democrats with a problem.
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Payroll-tax cut not dead yet. Can the House save it?
House Republicans met behind closed doors Friday in search of common ground on the payroll-tax cut and other popular measures, set to expire Dec. 31.
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Payroll tax bills defeated in Senate. Now what?
Payroll tax cut measures from Democrats, Republicans go down in Senate. The House is now focus of payroll tax debate over how to stimulate economy.
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Payroll tax cut: why Republicans might back Obama's plan (VIDEO)
President Obama has hit the road to lobby for his plan to extend and expand this year's payroll tax cut 'holiday.' Though concerns remain, Republicans worry that Obama is gaining traction.
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Super committee rests in pieces: A briefing page
The deficit super committee failed. What do you need to know about the super committee deficit cutting effort? Check out DCDecoder's briefing.
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Plan B on Obama jobs bill is to take it up piecemeal. What will fly?
Parts that deal with tax cuts and transportation projects stand a better chance of getting enough GOP support to pass. Tax-the-rich elements and extra aid to local governments? Probably not.
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Robert Reich
The Republican plan with lipstick
Republicans have disguised a plan to reduce the deficit with caps and procedures
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House votes to strip EPA of power to curb carbon emissions
The House voted Thursday to bar the EPA from regulating carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases. The Senate on Wednesday rejected a similar proposal. Still, the fight is far from over.
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All eyes on GOP House freshmen in budget impasse. Will they budge?
The Senate on Wednesday rejected both the big budget cuts of the House bill and the much smaller cuts of a Senate alternative. The ball is once again in the court of the 87 GOP House freshmen elected on last year's tea party wave.
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Last WWI veteran from US dies in W. Va.
Last WWI veteran: Buckles had been advocating for a national memorial honoring veterans of the Great War in the nation's capital and asked about its progress weekly, sometimes daily.
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Vox News
Sarah Palin: Democrats have 'the fighting instincts of a bunch of sheep'
Republicans – and not so much Democrats – believe in competition among its members, said Sarah Palin Wednesday. But recent history provides a few examples of Democratic scuffling.
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'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal goes to Senate again. Has anything changed?
Last week, Senate Republicans blocked a repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell.' Now the House has passed the repeal in a different form. But the result in the Senate could be the same.
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What can lame-duck Congress get done? Seven items on to-do list.
The lame-duck Congress returns to session Monday with a laundry list of things to do. Avoiding a government shutdown is top on the list. But there are other important items, too.
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Senate's 16 new members arrive on Capitol Hill: Who are they?
Starting this Monday, the Senate welcomes 16 fresh faces to the Capitol’s marbled halls.
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The Vote
West Virginia Senate: a crucial but hollow victory for Democrats?
Gov. Joe Manchin has declared victory in the race for the open West Virginia Senate seat. His win makes it very unlikely that the GOP will control the Senate. But in Washington, Manchin might act more like a Republican than a Democrat.
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Editorial Board Blog
US voters are ready to 'throw the bums out' on Election Day. But who are the bums?
Hostility to incumbents is strong this fall. Animus against the 'elite' may be stronger.
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10 of the closest statewide races heading into Election 2010
Here’s what’s going on in 10 of the closest statewide elections:
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Democratic chairman 'not wild' about Joe Manchin for Senate ad
Senate candidate Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a Democrat, denigrated 'Obamacare' and shot a hole in the cap-and-trade bill. Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine was not impressed.
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The Vote
In West Virginia race, both candidates running against Obama
Neither of West Virginia's Senate candidates, Joe Manchin (D) or John Raese (R), wants to be associated with Obama. But listen to them talk, and there's not that many differences between them.
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Sarah Palin takes on Bill Clinton in West Virginia Senate race
Sarah Palin announced Monday she was backing Republican businessman John Raese while Bill Clinton was in W. Virginia campaigning for Democratic Senate candidate Joe Manchin. Which endorsement carries more weight?
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