Senator Drops Bid to Change Bond Panel
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By MARSHA SHULER  Senate President Don Hines on Tuesday backed off his attempt to oust state Treasurer John Kennedy as permanent chairman of the state Bond Commission.
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Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho announced his resignation here on Saturday, abruptly ending his Senate career.
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Rep. Edward L. Schrock, a conservative Republican from Hampton Roads and a retired Navy captain, announced yesterday he was withdrawing his bid for re-election to a third term
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The Senate on Thursday night dropped an amendment to the farm bill that would have banned fatty foods and high-calorie beverages at school snack bars, stores and vending machines, dealing a blow to its chances of passage.
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Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard on Tuesday dropped out of the 2006 race for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Debbie Stabenow.
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The Senate on Wednesday rejected legislation that would cut off money for combat operations in Iraq after March 31, 2008
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The Senate rejected two attempts to limit annual payments to farmers Thursday, frustrating lawmakers who had hoped that this year's multibillion-dollar farm bill would scale back the government's massive subsidy programs.
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The Senate on Thursday rebuffed a   call to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq this year as both   chambers of Congress engaged in high-stakes election-year   debates over the unpopular war.
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At the urging of the White House, a key Senate panel will put off consideration of the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Sunday.
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Rep. John Peterson, a vocal opponent of interstate tolling and leading congressional advocate for rural America, announced his retirement on Thursday.
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The Senate cleared a path for a bill to hand out about $140 billion in corporate tax breaks, but it was blocked from a final vote by a fight over a provision aimed at helping reserve soldiers on active duty in Iraq.
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Senate Democrats are rejecting Attorney General Michael Mukasey's request to change new sentencing guidelines for crimes involving crack cocaine.
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The Senate rejected attempts Monday by its senior members to rein in some proposed national intelligence director's powers, responsibilities that some lawmakers said senators wanted to reserve for themselves.
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A senator who had singled out an Indian man at a campaign event and referred to him as "Macaca" declined a leadership award from a minority scholarship fund Thursday after donors protested his selection.
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The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed  as a federal judge a woman who attended a same-sex commitment  ceremony, overwhelmingly rejecting the concerns of a Republican  senator running for the White House.
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Republican Sen. John Warner of  Virginia, an influential voice in Congress on military policy,  said on Friday he would not seek re-election next year -- a  decision that complicates party hopes of recapturing Senate  control.
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Freddie Mac , the No. 2 U.S. mortgage finance company, said on Monday it will no longer serve as a broker dealer in the multi-trillion-dollar mortgage bond market, a move some said is designed to lower risk and placate regulators.