Pahlsson holding Senators in check
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For all the acclaim that Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger draw, the Anaheim Ducks, who take a 1-0 lead over the Ottawa Senators into Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals tonight, have an honorary Canadian to thank for their stingy defense.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Seniority means a lot in the US Capitol halls, where senators of either party can earn some clout with enough time served.
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âFoot-in-mouthâ senator has found a new strategy to stay on message.
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Sen. Arlen Specter's move up to chairman of the committee that handles the president's judicial nominees is on the line this week when lawmakers return to the Capitol to clean up the unfinished work of this Congress and prepare for the next one.
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Rallying a party stung by presidential and congressional losses, the incoming Senate Democratic leader reminded fellow lawmakers on Saturday of their shared commitment to help the nation.
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Democrats were on the verge of knocking off two Republican incumbents Wednesday and taking a 26-23 majority in the state Senate. âIt should work out, but Iâm not guaranteeing it,â said Sen. Ken Jacobsen
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray and other Senate Democrats are waiting to see what kind of working relationship they&#39;ll have with Republicans after voters ousted their long-time leader and increased the Republican majority.
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Daniel Webster appointed the first Senate page in 1829 when he was a senator. Since then thousands of young men, and later women, have worked in the halls of the Capitol, in daily contact with the people that make the nation's laws and the events that shape its history.
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The Ottawa Senators have ridden a strong wave of momentum since the Stanley Cup finals to launch the hottest start to an NHL season.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - State Sen. Don Carlson is an oddity in his party, a Republican in a largely Democratic district. The unusual status makes some Republicans nervous.
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The expensive flurry of legislation passed by Congress as it left Washington this month is providing some lift to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's fierce struggle to keep his job. The South Dakota Democrat is the Republican Party's top target in Congress this year.
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House and Senate leaders were pushing for some legislative achievements before heading home to campaign.
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The Philadelphia Flyers are finally healthy and surging straight to the top of their division. The Ottawa Senators, meanwhile, are banged up and slumping.
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If Sen. Tim Johnson is incapacitated, control of the Senate could be determined by a usually routine "organizing resolution" early next month
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Democrats may be in charge of the Senate these days, yet Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is no powerless bystander.
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Some members of the Sunni Muslim minority in Iraq should get positions in the new government after next month's elections to protect their rights, Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) said Sunday. The senators also said they opposed quotas even as they favored an accommodation between the majority Shiites and the minority Sunnis.
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Liberal and conservative activists will closely watch a procedural Senate vote this week that could herald a renewed battle over judicial nominees.