Congress holds on to Maharashtra leadership
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The Congress party and a key ally hammered out a deal on Wednesday under which Congress would retain the top job in the country's second most populous state, ending days of haggling after winning polls this month.
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The US House of Representatives will remain firmly in the hands of George W. Bush's Republican party according to ballot-counting, but control of the Senate was too close to call in US congressional elections Tuesday.
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Democrats may be in charge of the Senate these days, yet Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is no powerless bystander.
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Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai remains on course to retain his position as counting continues in the country&#39;s first democratic election.
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Heads I win, tails you lose. Thatâs Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawarâs solution to the deadlock between the Congress and NCP over the CMâs post.
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When Democrats took control of Congress in January, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) pledged to jointly push an ambitious agenda to counter 12 years of Republican control.
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NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday tried to come out of the Maharasthra mess by offering three ministerial berths and two portfolios from its quota to the NCP, but clung to chief ministership.
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President Bush says he believes Republicans will retain control of the Congress after the November elections, even as members of his own party predict a loss of some seats.
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Lawmakers look to strengthen their role after the most polarized term in a half century.
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J. Dennis Hastert, who has become the longest-serving Republican House speaker, made it clear that he would not step down.
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Two years after this bellwether midwestern state helped decide the Presidential election, it is once again a key battleground in the race to control Congress
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Majority Democrats in Congress, prevented last week from passing a Senate resolution opposing White House Iraq policy, get a fresh chance this week in the House of Representatives.
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Votes are being counted in elections in the key Indian state of Maharashtra, with no clear leader emerging.
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WASHINGTON - Even as congressional leaders draf
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Tight security was in place in India's richest state of Maharashtra as voters cast ballots in polls seen as a test of the national Congress party government which took power in May.
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India's ruling center-left Congress party was heading for victory in elections in the key western state of Maharashtra that the heart of business and Bollywood, television exit polls showed on Wednesday.
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A Democratic senator is continuing to recover following emergency brain surgery last week, a party leader said, as the Democrats' newly-won control of Congress remained at stake.