In A First For The Senate, The Dalai Lama Gives The Opening Prayer
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, delivered the opening invocation in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, pray ...
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Democrats Help Block Obama’s Civil Rights Nominee Debo Adegbile
By Timothy M. Phelps, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — In a surprising defeat for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Wednesday blocked his controver ...
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Poll: Democrats Could Win Obamacare Debate, Still Lose Senate
Republicans are in a good position to win majority control of the U.S. Senate -- despite their poor poll numbers on almost every key political issue, including health care reform ...
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WATCH: Brutal Attack Ad Hits GOP Senator On Unemployment Benefits
Americans United for Change is hitting the airwaves in hopes of pressuring Republicans to extend emergency federal long-term unemployment benefits. On Wednesday, the liberal 501(c ...
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WATCH: Elizabeth Warren Says Debt Leads Students To A ‘Life Of Financial Servitude’
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) rose to the floor of the Senate on Wednesday to call on Congress to confront the escalating crisis resulting in students amassing a lifetime of deb ...
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Will The Senate Filibuster Be Nuked In 2015?
Over at the Monkey Cage yesterday, former Senate staffer Richard Arenberg worried that in the case of a tied Senate after the 2014 elections (with Vice President Joe Biden serving ...
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Can Republicans Govern If They Win in 2014?
What's the worst-case scenario for Republicans in November? Maybe victory. A Republican takeover of the Senate is somewhere between plausible and very likely. (If you want more ex ...
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Democrat John Walsh Appointed To Finish Max Baucus’ Term In Senate
Montana governor Steve Bullock (D) has appointed Lieutenant Governor John Walsh to serve the remainder of Senator Max Baucus' (D-MT) term, potentially giving the Democrat a leg up ...
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Senate Confirms Max Baucus As New China Ambassador
WASHINGTON -- The Senate easily confirmed one of its own Thursday, endorsing the nomination of longtime Montana Senator Max Baucus as the new U.S. ambassador to China. The vote wa ...
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Right Wing Readies For Fight In Oklahoma Senate Race
Just days after Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) announced that he would retire at the end of the year, the battle lines are already being drawn in the race to replace him in the U.S. Se ...
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