Parties Focus on Vulnerable Georgia Congressmen
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Democrats, in their fight to win back control of the U.S. House of Representatives, have set their sights on a tight race in rural Georgia where a conservative one-term Republican is battling to hold a Democratic-leaning seat.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Days after suffering political losses across the state, Kentucky Democrats were searching for answers: anything from holding a summit and redefining the party to simply &quot;finding better Democrats.
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LaFAYETTE, Ala. -- A congressional candidate&#39;s house burned down early Friday, and he broke his knee jumping from the second floor.
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In the convoluted political atmosphere of the Capitol, where lawmakers worry about re-election, it may not be so easy for the Republicans to steamroller the Democrats.
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Republicans controlling Congress will focus on traditional strong suits of national defense and battling terrorism in a brief pre-election session that's a prelude to the battle for control of Capitol Hill.
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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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Advocates for the mental ill are trying to secure voting rights while concern mounts about the risks of voting by people with conditions like dementia.
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The White House directed the nationâs chief antidrug official to appear with vulnerable Republican members of Congress, a leading Democrat charged.
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Eager to shore up their fragile House and Senate majorities, congressional Democrats have enlisted their committee chairmen in an early blitz to bring millions of dollars into the party's coffers, culminating in a late-March event featuring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and 10 of the powerful panel...
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Black legislative leaders said Thursday they will propose that Georgia apologize for the state's role in slavery and segregation-era laws.
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Two congressional committees are scheduled this week to consider a bill giving the District its first full vote in the House, and senior Democrats hope to pass it in the House and send it to the Senate this month.
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Officials are worried that the efforts of the political parties to promote absentee balloting could taint the general election.
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The news of Senator Tim Johnsonâs hospitalization highlighted the fragility of the Democratsâ new majority.
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Democratic leaders are preparing to launch the second session of the 110th Congress this week with a partisan shot, hints of conciliation and some serious procrastination.
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Legislative races are normally sleepy affairs involving politicians who are virtually unknown outside their district. Campaign spending is scarce, the political implications minimal.
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Under pressure from state and local officials, Democratic leaders in Congress are slowing their drive to revamp the nationâs voting systems.
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House GOP leaders have stepped in to help a Democratic congresswoman who is facing a discrimination lawsuit, arguing that lawmakers are shielded under a clause in the Constitution that was derived from British parliamentarians concerned about royal persecution.