Capitol's Newcomers Try a Little Openness
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Jon Tester stands out from the other 99 members of the Senate in these ways:
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp makes few gains, but adds a new character to the legislature's cast
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Entrepreneurs discover success requires a little reinvention.
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The House is taking a modest step to bring into the open special projects lawmakers slip into legislation, seemingly abandoning more ambitious plans to clean up lawmaker relations with lobbyists.
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BOISE, Idaho - Most people who call the Legislative Information Center at the state Capitol are looking for their district's lawmakers, not advice on the afterlife. But that's what they get if they dial the number for the center listed in the 2007 legislative directory.
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Maryland is a state where politicians get elected and tend to settle in. But Tuesday's party primaries are the first step in a dramatic reordering of the political hierarchy, one that will mean a new U.S. senator for the first time in decades and could result in new faces in every statewide office.
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In Washington and in the state capitals, interest groups have long chosen to ring government buildings with their own offices as a display of their clout and determination.
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Ever vigilant for new frontiers of American life where Congress can dictate the rules of behavior, elected officials in the nation&#39;s capital have cast their eye on Major League Baseball.
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It's going to be a tough year on Capitol Hill. Here's what to expect.
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Across most of Amman you could hear the guns blasting out their ceremonial salute, as King Abdullah arrived for the state opening of the Jordanian parliament just a few days ago.
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Less than a month into a new, two-year Congress, the line is forming among House members considering their next career moves.
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The more than 30-metre high atrium of the new Parliamentary annex in Helsinki was abuzz with murmurs of approval as a crowd of invited guests evaluated the new building during Wednesdays official inauguration ...
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In some quarters, they were seen as outside intruders trying to tell the United States how to run its affairs. They were welcomed and honored in others, even asked to pose for souvenir photographs.
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The Capitol Hill freshmen class of '06 promises practicality over party loyalty.
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Sometimes in Washington it takes a while for issues to ripen. Sometimes decades.
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Several thousand immigrants and   their supporters -- far fewer than predicted -- rallied before   the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to urge Congress to make   citizenship possible for those who have entered the country   illegally.
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Some folks have already hit the button.