GOP Senator Tends The Middle Ground
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Maine Sen. Susan Collins managed to keep busy last week, a down period for most members of Congress awaiting Tuesday&#39;s start of the lame-duck legislative session.
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Early in the midterm election cycle, Republicans thought three-term Rep. Mark Kennedy was the perfect candidate to run for the Minnesota Senate seat left open by retiring one-term Democrat Mark Dayton. Kennedy represents the 6th District, which cuts a swath from the Twin Cities suburbs to St. Cloud, and has steered money to his state as a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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Immigration reform is proving to be a divisive issue for the Republican Party.  But few prominent Republicans are feeling the heat like Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a fact that prompted the 2008 contender to address the issue head-on Monday.
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Republican hopes to advance a more conservative agenda in the Legislature picked up steam with key victories Tuesday in Arizona&#39;s handful of competitive districts.
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate race in America&#39;s political battle was proving as pitched as the main event yesterday as Republicans renewed their claim on the Senate floor and reached out to grab hold of Democratic seats across the south.
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A Senate famous for its "deliberative pace" is hoping to rush out bills this week bolstering pensions, raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes before departing the Capitol and shifting their re-election campaigns into high gear.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - State Sen. Don Carlson is an oddity in his party, a Republican in a largely Democratic district. The unusual status makes some Republicans nervous.
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Democrat Mark Warner figures his work with Republicans is a sure path to the possibility of securing his party's presidential nod.
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Senator Maria CantwellÂs campaign appears to be benefiting from a cold dose of pragmatism among antiwar Democrats.
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A Maryland Republican contender for the U.S. Senate is fast outpacing the fundraising of his Democratic challengers in a state that usually leans toward Democrats.
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Senate Democrats were more unified than their Republican counterparts during the first half-year of the current 110th Congress, sticking together with greater frequency on votes that are closely divided along party lines Ã¢ÂÂ a key finding of CQPolitics.comÃ¢ÂÂs latest analysis of lawmakersÃ¢ÂÂ Ã¢ÂÂparty unityÃ¢ÂÂ scores.
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As Democrats and Republicans prepare to spar for any advantage in the narrowly divided Senate starting next month, Joseph I. Lieberman, whoÃ¢ÂÂs describing himself these days as an independent Democrat, has made it plain that he does not feel all that indebted or beholden to either major political party.
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The presumptive GOP nominee knows he must prevent a civil war within the party to have any chance in the fall
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The Republican Party has lined up to beat back a conservative primary challenge to the most liberal Republican in the Senate, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
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The Rhode Island senator's win in Tuesday's primary over his conservative challenger may boost the GOP's chances for maintaining control of Congress
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Conservatives are using the US senator's remark about judges to press a larger agenda.
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The race to lead the Senate Republican campaign committee and step into senior party circles intensified Wednesday, with both sides claiming more than half of the votes needed to win the post.