Ex-Senate leaders join bipartisan effort
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Four former Senate majority leaders are heading a new group aimed at putting aside partisan politics and offering solutions to the nation's biggest issues.
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, appointed to the Senate in 2002 by the governor &#151; who also happens to be her father &#151; took a step closer to retaining her seat with a Republican primary win, and next faces a popular former two-term Democratic governor.
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Senate Democrats were more unified than their Republican counterparts during the first half-year of the current 110th Congress, sticking together with greater frequency on votes that are closely divided along party lines Ã¢ÂÂ a key finding of CQPolitics.comÃ¢ÂÂs latest analysis of lawmakersÃ¢ÂÂ Ã¢ÂÂparty unityÃ¢ÂÂ scores.
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Campaign events for Sens. Clinton and Obama bring out some of the area's top political leaders.
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Since leaving Congress, Robert G. Torricelli has made donations from his Senate campaign chest to politicians with influence over his business interests.
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A Senate famous for its "deliberative pace" is hoping to rush out bills this week bolstering pensions, raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes before departing the Capitol and shifting their re-election campaigns into high gear.
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Senate leaders announced an agreement this evening to put a comprehensive immigration bill back on track for further debate and possible passage.
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Two top senators offered a bipartisan plan on Monday to remedy what the Sept. 11 commission called &quot;dysfunctional&quot; congressional oversight of US anti-terror efforts.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill First of Tenn., left, accompanied by Sen. George Allen, R-Va., center, and Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell of Ky.
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An unusual coalition of former prosecutors, corporate lawyers and civil liberties advocates will tell a congressional panel today to consider legislation that would relax Justice Department policies on charging businesses with crimes.
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Two senators made an aggressive last-ditch push today for a legislative proposal that would force a change in President Bushâs war strategy.
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Backers of a broad U.S. immigration overhaul on Friday began efforts to revive the stalled bipartisan package in the U.S. Senate amid partisan bickering over who is to blame for the bill's failure.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is aligning himself with Democrats in hopes of enhancing his political legacy through an effort to improve minority health care.
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Democrats are aiming for a resolution that is simpler than the Senate's.
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Critics call the report obsolete, but a growing number of senators are pushing to adopt its recommendations.
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House and Senate leaders were pushing for some legislative achievements before heading home to campaign.
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Newly elected Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid prodded President Bush and Republicans on Tuesday to join him in working across party lines over the next two years and said, "I would always rather dance than fight."