Democrat seeks to be first Muslim Congressman
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A Minnesota state legislator who  advocates a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq was favored to become the  first Muslim in Congress, a day after he won his Democratic  primary race.
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Keith Ellison, who could become the   first Muslim to win a seat in the U.S. Congress, is a former   Catholic who says both religions and family roots in the civil   rights movement shaped a fiery liberal philosophy.
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The State Department is turning to Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, to help burnish the country's image in the Muslim world &#151; despite Ellison's outspoken criticism of the Bush administration's foreign policy.
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A U.S. Senate committee approved a  bipartisan bill to tighten rules on government eavesdropping on  terrorism suspects, but a Democratic presidential candidate  said on Thursday he would try to block it.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 7 -- For years, the Minneapolis-St. Paul area has been known for its liberalism and tolerance, especially when it comes to religion. Many Muslims, including the largest population of Somalis outside of Mogadishu, make their home in the Twin Cities. The area just elected the nation's first Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison (D)....
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Charlie Summers is the first Republican to officially declare a candidacy for the open U.S. House seat in MaineÃ¢ÂÂs 1st Congressional District. The third-time House contender also is a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve Ã¢ÂÂ and he left Friday, three days after announcing his House bid, for a yearlong deployment to Iraq.
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A U.S. lawmaker ousted as a federal judge in 1989 on corruption charges tried on Wednesday to convince Democratic colleagues he deserves to head a congressional committee designed to help protect America's security.
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The Philippine Congress begins debating an anti-terror bill aimed at tackling militants in the south.
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A New Jersey congressman introduced a bill Thursday in the House that would offer $600 million to voting districts across the nation that convert to paper ballots or put in audit systems in time for the November presidential election.
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The Los Angeles Times reports that the Massachusetts senator has already called big Democratic donors in a bid to build a political organization that will give him a voice in national affairs and position him to make another run for the White House.
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Considered a long shot just two days ago to unseat a prominent House Republican, Democrat Tim Mahoney on Saturday began to talk about the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley that may propel him to Congress.
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Democratic Nassau County Legislator David Mejias said he has both the credentials and the national mood on his side in his long-shot bid to unseat seven-term Republican Rep. Peter T. King in the 3rd Congressional District, despite the longstanding Republican leanings of its constituents in the Long Island suburbs of New York City.
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Keith Ellison, who will become the first Muslim member of Congress next month, has offended some conservatives with his plan to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in. The decision by Ellison, D-Minn., to use the Muslim holy book for the ceremony instead of the Bible triggered an angry column by Dennis Prager on the Web site Townhall.com this week.
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The widow of a beloved senator and former presidential contender will face the brother of a pilot hijacked in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in a race for an open congressional seat.
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A U.S. lawmaker ousted as a federal  judge in 1989 on corruption charges tried on Wednesday to  convince Democratic colleagues he deserves to head a  congressional committee designed to help protect America's  security.
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Eight years after a lawmaker was thrown out of Turkey's parliament for wearing a Muslim-style headscarf, devout Turks are pinning hopes of more religious rights on their next president and his headscarf-wearing wife.
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Keith Ellison, who will become the first Muslim member of Congress next month, has offended some conservatives with his plan to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in.