Antiwar Critics Spare a Senator in a Close Race
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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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Senate candidate says voters don&#39;t need to leave their faith outside the voting booth. BY LEE ENOKIAN. CHICAGO | Republican Alan Keyes and Democrat Barack Obama have squared off in one of the most contentious Senate races in the nation.
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The Senate's top two Republicans voiced support for Donald Rumsfeld on Friday as allies of the defense secretary sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and out of Congress.
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Votes against the gulf war in 1991 and for using force against Iraq in 2002 seem like a metaphor for John Kerry's Senate career.
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He bucks up war's supporters with eye to keeping GOP senators from siding with antiwar Democrats.
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Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln  Chafee, a frequent foe of President George W. Bush's policies,  beat a conservative primary challenger on Tuesday in a race  crucial to Republican hopes of retaining Senate control in  November's election.
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BURLINGTON, Vermont  - From pressing for hearings on Iraq to probing no-bid contracts awarded to Halliburton Co., America's first socialist senator aims to give Congress a hard tilt to the left.
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Chicago Tribune - The Democratic contender for the U.S. Senate in Colorado favors the death penalty, opposes gun control and would have supported President Bush's decision to invade Iraq even if the White House had known no weapons of mass destruction would be found there.
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A longtime congressman who voted for the Iraq war but later said he regretted the decision was defeated Tuesday by a well-funded Republican state senator.
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Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln   Chafee, a frequent opponent of President George W. Bush's   policies, beat a conservative primary challenger on Tuesday in   a race crucial to Republican hopes of retaining Senate control   in November's election.
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President George W. Bush's pick to  lead the Food and Drug Administration won support from a U.S.  Senate panel on Wednesday, but still faces opposition from two  Republican senators blocking a full vote on the nomination.
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Six years after Democrats backed him for vice president, Sen. Joe Lieberman struggled to overcome a tough challenge in Tuesday's primary and escape retribution from his own party for supporting the Iraq war.
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The Senate&#39;s top two Republicans expressed support for Donald Rumsfeld yesterday as the defense secretary&#39;s allies sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and outside Congress.
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Republican Senate candidate Jim DeMint, hoping to claim a Senate seat held by a Democrat since 1966, attacked his rival Tuesday as a liberal beholden to national Democrats.
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Democrats were on the verge of knocking off two Republican incumbents Wednesday and taking a 26-23 majority in the state Senate. âIt should work out, but Iâm not guaranteeing it,â said Sen. Ken Jacobsen
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The Senate's most senior member on Thursday defended Sen. Mark Dayton's decision to close his Washington office over concerns about a terrorist attack.
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The political life of the top Senate Democrat is on the line in the Nov. 2 congressional elections while the reputation and clout of a key House Republican known as "The Hammer" is also at stake.