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Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) Position: Born in Salt Lake City in 1933, Robert "Bob" Bennett hails from a well-connected Utah family. He is the grandson of the seventh president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the son of a former...
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President-elect Barack Obama rolled along Saturday from Philadelphia to the nation's capital on a four-stop train tour that drew thousands along the way and paid homage to the arduous inaugural journey made by his political hero Abraham Lincoln, 148 years...
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The Club for Growth’s recent claim to fame — or infamy, for some — has been mixing it up in House Republican primaries by backing conservative candidates running against moderates. But the anti-tax, anti-big-government group now is positioning itself...
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Although a procedural vote that would start the Senate's consideration could come as soon as Friday, Reid has promised not to unveil the bill until receiving the CBO's report. But the delay in CBO scoring has begun to complicate Reid's task of rounding...
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When the Senate unveils its health-care bill, all eyes will be on the price tag. But an equally significant number may be how many people get health insurance under the legislation. The health bills passed through Senate committees would extend insurance...
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Senate Minority Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he rejects the findings of a poll indicating few Americans trust congressional Republicans. Appearing Sunday on ABC's "This Week," McConnell said a Washington Post/ABC News poll showing only 19 percent of those...
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The Michigan Senate delivered the final six 2009-10 budget bills to Gov. Jennifer Granholm this morning, with an admonition from Majority Leader Mike Bishop that she should not expect funding to be restored for items the governor has threatened to veto....
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Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Sunday announced he has joined Democratic backers of climate change legislation. In a coup for congressional Democrats, Graham co-authored an opinion piece with Sen. John Kerry , D-Mass., that appeared in Sunday's...
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The Senate ethics committee may open a full-scale investigation of Sen. John Ensign's reported flouting of ethics rules, Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, said Sunday. The committee is completing a preliminary investigation of Mr. Ensign, Nevada...
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a key liberal vote -- and Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) -- the panel’s only GOP swing vote -- joined forces on an amendment that would significantly lessen the burden on people who cannot afford health insurance. The amendment, which passed with...
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