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Obama Lobbies Republican Senators to Back Arms Pact

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama tried to sway reluctant Republican senators on Monday to back a new arms control treaty with Russia as GOP aversion to giving a politically damaged president another victory intruded on his national security agenda. The White House and senior Democrats expressed confidence that they...

Lady Gaga Fights 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (Sept. 20) -- Pop star Lady Gaga visited the state Monday on the eve of a key Senate vote to urge its two U.S. senators to help repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays. More than 2,000 people attended a rally at Deering Oaks Park, where the Grammy Award-winning singer stood alongside...

Jobs Bill to Stop Teacher Layoffs Clears Major Hurdle

WASHINGTON (Aug. 4) -- Last-minute money to save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday and sped toward Senate passage. The House, under pressure to help hard-pressed schools nationwide, was being called back from its summer break for an expected final...

Senate Approves Jobless Benefits for Millions

WASHINGTON (July 21) -- State unemployment agencies are gearing up to resume sending unemployment payments to millions of people as Congress moves to ship President Barack Obama a measure to restore lapsed benefits. After months of increasingly bitter stalemate, the Senate passed the measure Wednesday by a 59-39 vote....

What's in the Financial Reform Bill? The 5 Key Changes

(July 15) -- The financial reform bill (what's the financial reform bill, you ask?) was passed in the Senate today and will head to President Barack Obama's desk next. The bill has split the country -- or that part of the country paying attention -- along party lines: Democrats say Wall Street needs to be reined in to...

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05/30/12 King files signatures, officially enters race for... Source: Farmington Sentinel - Farmington ME Former Gov. Angus King officially entered the U.S. Senate race Tuesday, filing nearly 6,000 signatures with the Maine Secretary of State's Office.
05/15/12 Senate Republicans Gird For Fresh Debt Ceiling Fight Source: The Huffington Post Despite the risk of economic and political fallout, Senate Republicans Tuesday said they're standing with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in picking another fight with Democrats over tying spending cuts to a debt ceiling increase this year.
05/15/12 Olympia Snowe On Filibuster Reform: 'I Would Look At... Source: The Huffington Post One of the Senate's departing moderate Republicans expressed openness on Tuesday to the idea of filibuster reform, lamenting the ideological rigidity that has paralyzed the chamber.
05/14/12 IN Primary: Loss of Moderates No Good for Governing or... Source: The Huffington Post Long-time Senator Richard Lugar lost to Tea Party darling Richard Mourdock in Tuesday's Indiana Republican primary contest.
05/11/12 Rob Richie: Broader Reform Lessons From Dick Lugar's... Source: The Huffington Post (As a sequel to our post about U.S. House elections, Sheahan Virgin and I took to the U.S. Senate.)