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U.S. Senate

Senate hopefuls' judicial favorites come off bench

In responding to what might have been a routine question in last Monday's U.S. Senate debate, Democratic candidate Mark Udall held out former Justice Byron White as a model for the next Supreme Court nominee.

Senate battle mounts

Mike Hasten • mhasten@gannett.com • October 12, 2008 BATON ROUGE - Candidates for U.S. Senate and their political parties are spending big bucks trying to sway Louisiana voters and their ads try to paint ugly pictures of the...

Future of farm tax break tugged in two directions

Those using a property tax break meant for farmers, but abused by other land owners, would have to double the minimum amount they produce to qualify, under a bill pending in the state Senate. Or sell nothing at all, under a...

Satisfaction with American Congress Plummets

Adults in the United States are particularly critical of the way the House of Representatives and the Senate are doing their job, according to a review of four recent public opinion polls. In a survey by Opinion Research...

Biden's experience is tempered by gaffes

A veteran politician with a wealth of foreign policy experience, Joe Biden’s habit of making gaffes has drawn critical attention on the campaign trail. Barack Obama’s running mate, who has three decades of experience in the...

Letter Proving McCain Tried to Get Fannie & Freddie Under Control

This is the first page of two pages. I didn’t include the second page because it was just more signatures. And, NO! Barack Obama’s name was NOT one of the signatures. Ergo, he did not support regulating Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Senior Bayh campaigns for Obama

By Roger McBain Sunday, October 12, 2008 Birch Bayh doesn't remember coming to Evansville's Fall Festival to campaign for himself during his three terms representing Indiana in the U.S. Senate, but he was there Saturday to...

Washington Watch for Oct. 12, 2008

Coburn takes aim at Louisiana The way Republican Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn operates on the Senate floor is much like the cowboys did in old Wild West: reach for that spending bill real slow like. Louisiana recently became the...

Prevailing electoral winds augur big Democratic gains in Congress

By Paul West paul.west@baltsun.com WASHINGTON - As the financial markets tanked, strategists in both parties were scrambling to revise upward their estimates of Democratic gains and Republican losses in next month's Senate and...

US Senate candidates emphasize style in debate

Kyndell Harkness, Star Tribune Dean Barkley, Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken adjust their microphones as they prepared for the second of five Senatorial debates at Breck School Saturday. Norm Coleman, Al Franken and Dean...

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