New Congress will be more ideologically divided
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The Senate and House that will open in January will have a stronger Republican majority that has moved to the right, while the Democratic minority will be weaker and edged
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As a result of November's election, the next Senate will have a bigger, more conservative Republican majority and several new opponents of abortion.
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Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking &amp;#151; each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together.
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Republican gains in the House and Senate could spell trouble for the Northeast, where moderate GOP lawmakers often align themselves with Democrats on social, environmental and transportation issues.
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In the most contentious clash between business and labor groups of the new Congress, the House yesterday passed legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize unions -- a measure that President Bush has promised to veto and that Senate Republican leaders have vowed to filibuster.
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The Federal Reserve, it became plain yesterday, is a house divided.
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WASHINGTON: The United States of America, divided as never before, goes to the polls a few hours from now with the nerve-jangling possibility of not knowing the outcome immediately.
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For government contractors, 2007 wasn't pretty: They had to contend with tighter budgets and increased oversight from a new Democratic Congress, as well as polarizing controversies surrounding the conduct of contractors in Iraq.
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A fresh censorship wave is linked to next month's Party Congress.
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The 109th session of Congress, frustrated by partisanship and criticized for its meager record of accomplishment, ended with flurry of bill-passing and promises of change when Democrats take over the House and Senate in January.
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As the White House starts making over its economic team and firms up a daring domestic agenda, initial signs from Capitol Hill are mixed.
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Democratic leaders are preparing to launch the second session of the 110th Congress this week with a partisan shot, hints of conciliation and some serious procrastination.
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The next Senate will have a bigger, more conservative Republican majority and several new opponents of abortion.
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The new Democratic-led Congress is drawing the ire of voters upset with its failure to quickly deliver on a promise to end the Iraq war.
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Congress wants to reform telecommunications and cable rules, but each branch has its own approach and neither covers all the needed bases.
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A probable move to curb funding for a 'surge' may put Democrats at odds with one another.
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Democrats' plans to limit President Bush's war authority, forcing a change of course in Iraq are faltering amid party divisions over how quickly and aggressively they should act