Congress returns amid murky politics
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The presidential race isn't the only important election this year. At least 470 congressional seats will be up for grabs in November, with Democrats hoping to expand their narrow majorities and crack some of the impasses that have stymied action on many issues.
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Iraq and terrorism may be the  talk of Washington. But lost jobs and high costs may factor as  much in November elections that will decide whether President  George W. Bush's Republicans hold on to Congress.
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Intent on seizing control of Congress, Democrats want to keep the focus on President Bush's missteps in Iraq. Yet the war is fracturing the party in a handful of House and Senate races.
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Divided by their liberal and moderate wings, congressional Democrats return from a monthlong recess without consensus on how to tackle several pressing issues, including Iraq and warrantless wiretaps.
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WASHINGTON - Congress returns from its August recess Tuesday vowing to rush through a bundle of important bills before the November election.
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CAPITOL HILL A week after losing his bid for the presidency, John Kerry was back at the capitol, meeting with Democratic leaders about the upcoming lame duck session of congress.
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Defeated Democratic presidential  challenger John Kerry returns to his U.S. Senate seat this week  when Congress convenes for a post-election session that  promises to be something of a political circus.
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SARASOTA, Fla., Nov. 28 -- Almost since the time the votes were tallied here on election night, the race for Florida's 13th Congressional District has been surrounded by a contentious mystery:
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Congress returns this week from its summer break with the 2007 federal pay raise as one of several issues up in the air.
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The U.S. Congress returned from a  month-long recess on Tuesday stalled on several election-year  issues but moving toward a showdown on whether to stop American  horses from being served as dinner overseas.
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Congress returned this week to a lengthy list of unfinished business and a late election-season opportunity to build on its meager record.
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Back in power, the Democrats are discovering that role reversal in the House isn't all it's cracked up to be
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Members of Congress returned to the Capitol today to begin what is likely to be a spirited debate over a bill that would put into effect the 41 recommendations of the Sept.
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The Republicans' election triumph behind them, members of Congress return Tuesday for a lame-duck session amid hope they can finish a huge pile of spending bills stalemated all year.
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As Congress resumes work on the immigration bill, a point system will be at the heart of the debate.
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Lawmakers in the US Congress return this week from their summer hiatus for four frantic weeks dominated by security issues, before breaking to campaign for November's midterm elections.
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Congress is back in session,  and the focus will be on the immigration overhaul bill moving through the Senate.