Retiring Frist bids farewell to Senate
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Their farewell hug was awkward at best. When Democratic leader Harry Reid held open his arms to the man he battled and will replace, retiring Majority Leader Bill Frist, the Tennessee doctor hesitated before returning the embrace.
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Niki Tsongas ÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂ the widow of the late Massachusetts Democratic Sen.
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Senate Republican leader Bill Frist asked House leaders for help reducing taxes on inherited estates, conceding that the GOP cannot eliminate them during this election year.
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US Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., echoed President Bushâs condemnation of independent political advertisements during a stop at the Bush-Cheney â04 campaign office on Monday.
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Former Gov. Mark Warner announced Thursday that he will run next year for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Sen. John Warner, who is retiring after 30 years in office.
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been on the "farewell" circuit of late, going to see the troops in Iraq, saying goodbye to various folks at the Pentagon and around town.
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The only opportunity this year to increase the minimum wage and renew popular tax breaks will be linked to a reduction in the estate tax, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Tuesday.
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The big news in northwest Arkansas on Monday was the announcement coming from the worldâs largest retailer that its vice chairman had decided to retire.
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As Congress began its final week before the midterm elections, a veteran Senate chairman was asked the question ricocheting all over town:
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Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle bade a poignant farewell Friday to a career in Congress, a soft-spoken appeal for "the politics of common ground" after a historic re-election defeat engineered by Republicans casting him as a relentless obstructionist.
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Rep. John Peterson, a vocal opponent of interstate tolling and leading congressional advocate for rural America, is expected to announce his retirement.
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Presidents and dignitaries from more than  50 countries say a last farewell on Friday to late Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat in Egypt, his second home and one of his  closest allies in years of struggle for a homeland.
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Family, friends and admirers will all have a chance to say goodbye this weekend to Lady Bird Johnson, the widow of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who died Wednesday of natural causes at the LBJ Ranch, a family spokesman said.
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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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Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee announced today he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
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The Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, said today that he was troubled by Senator Arlen Specter's recent remarks about potential judicial nominees.
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BOISE, Idaho  - Long-serving Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, embroiled in a sex scandal and lacking support from his party, said on Saturday he will resign from the U.S. Senate.