Senators looking to change
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The consolation for Ottawa: In each of the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals, the Senators were neck-and-neck with the Anaheim Ducks heading into the closing minutes of the third period.
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Freshmen Senate Democrats asked on  Monday for a role in crafting any new U.S. trade legislation,  joining a similar push by their colleagues in the U.S. House of  Representatives.
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John Kerry, departing from past practice for losing Democratic presidential nominees, doesn&#39;t plan to do a disappearing act. He returns to the Senate Tuesday and aims to be a force in his party.
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When senators from opposing parties call each other "friend" and pat each other as they talk, there's a fighting chance they're angling to wring each other's neck.
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Democratic leaders in Congress have decided to shift course and pursue modest bipartisan measures to alter U.S. military strategy in Iraq, hoping to use incremental changes instead of aggressive legislation to break the grip Republicans have held over the direction of war policy.
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The best the President could accomplish, on his trip to Capitol Hill, was get some Senators to keep an open mind
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Senate Democrats are changing management, their ranks reduced to a 74-year low and their longtime leader defeated for re-election back home.
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ItÃ¢ÂÂs not easy being a presidential lame duck. A senator wants to slug you. The leader of your own client state snubs you. Even Air Force One causes trouble, blowing out six tires while you are on an overseas trip.
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At times it was hard to tell who was the Democrat and who was the Republican in what has shaped up as one of the most important Senate races in the country.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Senate Republicans are considering changing the rules to prevent Democrats from filibustering judicial nominees, Majority Leader Bill Frist said Nov. 14.
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Gene Upshaw will ask a Senate committee to change federal laws and allow the union to eliminate any ownership involvement in deciding whether a player should get disability payments.
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The Senate is debating legislation that could lead to the broadest overhaul of immigration law since 1986.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky Democrats are looking to regain an advantage in the state Senate in Tuesday&#39;s election, while Republicans are fielding opponents in hopes of a greater House presence.
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A US senator suffers a possible stroke, raising the possibility that control of the Senate could return to the Republicans.
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Senate Democrats hope to lure more Republican votes for a policy shift in Iraq by giving emphasis to a change of mission for U.S. troops there.
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With the public pushing for change, both Senate and House consider making earmarks and their sponsors far more visible.
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âFoot-in-mouthâ senator has found a new strategy to stay on message.