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Editorial: Obama aims high on jobs and taxes, but success unlikely
January 24, 2012

Viewpoints: Hypocrisy, pandering are facts of political life
January 21, 2012

Dan Walters: Jerry Brown puts his contradictions on display
January 19, 2012

Editorial: Obama makes the right call for consumers
January 06, 2012

Dan Walters: Jerry Brown tries inside game at the Capitol to no avail
January 01, 2012

Kathleen Parker: Marco Rubio could be a winner for GOP as a running mate
January 04, 2012

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The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. It is known informally as the "upper house."In the Senate, each state is represented by two members, in accordance with the New Jersey Plan, proposed by William Paterson reached at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The Senates membership is therefore...

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U.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Crack Down on Animal Fighting Spectators
December 07, 2011
WASHINGTON (Dec. 6, 2011) - The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund applaud U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Mark...

Former California legislator, U.S. Senate hopeful moving to Texas
October 15, 2011
California Republicans often point to the Lone Star state's economy as a model their home state should seek to emulate. Now, one well-known GOP official got...

California ‘birther’ leader Orly Taitz considering U.S. Senate bid
September 17, 2011
A leading figure in the "birther" movement is mulling returning to the California ballot in another bid for statewide office. Republican Orly Taitz, who ran in...

Government Favoritism for LightSquared?
July 19, 2011
July 19, 2011 - When the Federal Communications Commission granted LightSquared Inc. expedited approval in March to launch a new wireless Internet service, some...

Stephanie Maddin: Senate Hearing Highlights Importance of Clean Air to Public Health
June 15, 2011
Washington, D.C. June 15, 2011 – Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a hearing to discuss the important connection between...

Feinstein Amendment to End Ethanol Handouts Overwhelmingly Passes Senate
June 17, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 16, 2011—The U.S. Senate today voted 73-27 in favor of an amendment by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to eliminate the Volumetric...

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Letter: Story priorities skewed
January 30, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
What I cannot understand is why a lesbian becoming the homecoming princess is front-page news, but the article about the student selected for the U.S. Senate Youth Program was...

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Washington Determined To Respond To Iranian Actions In Iraq
December 24, 1999 | Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu
During confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, the incoming Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, characterized Iran as a...

Pakistani Defense Minister: Pakistan Does Not Know Where Mullah Omar Is
December 24, 1999 | Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu
Pakistani Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar today rejected U.S. Admiral William McRaven's statementbefore a U.S. Senate Committee yesterday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar is hiding...

Iraq war vet, federal prosecutor Ron DeSantis to run in CD- 6 (bad news, Craig Miller)
February 09, 2012 | Naked Politics
Nothing's coming easy to businessman-turned-political candidate Craig Miller, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in'10 and, this year, dropped out of the Republican U.S. Senate...

Saudi, Chinese, Pakistani Spy Agencies Convene Trilateral Meeting in Islamabad to...
December 24, 1999 | Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu
Following the September 22, 2011 testimony before the U.S. Senate by Admiral Mike Mullen, that Pakistan' s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) supported the Taliban'...

Morning Media Newsfeed 02. 07. 12
February 07, 2012 | Media News
News/The Cutline: A local ad paid for by Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra's U.S. Senate campaign is drawing plenty of day-after attention from the national media after...

Accents, politics, and double standards
February 06, 2012 | michellemalkin.com
The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra against Michigan incumbent Debbie Stabenow is...

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	Feb 11 History: 1794. 1st session of U.S. Senate open to the public Twitter: @BastetAsshurISF
	Senate Democrats Split Over Obama's Contraception Rule http://t.co/8d5tM4pO Twitter: @DemocratGuide