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After losing the Democratic primary to Lamont and choosing to continue in the race as an Independent, Lieberman ultimately won an impressive victory, recapturing his Senate seat for a fourth term. Lieberman has agreed to remain within the Democratic caucus, allowing him to maintain his seniority and become chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. But Lieberman’s status as an independent makes it all the more painless for him to switch sides as he pleases, taking the Democrats’ precarious 51-seat majority with him. This unique situation makes Lieberman one of the most powerful people...
...biennial conference—which brings together newly elected Congressional members to learn about effective lawmaking and leadership—are Democrats. The lone Republican planning to attend is Vernon “Vern” Buchanan of Florida, who picked up Katherine Harris’ vacated House seat, according to the Institute of Politics (IOP) list of participants...
...Haggard—if those folks had been on the agenda, maybe there would have been more of a bipartisan response,” quipped one confirmed participant, incoming representative Steve I. Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat who won failed Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr.’s House seat...
Hugo Chavez is back on the warpath. Venezuela's radical left-wing President took a humbling hit at the United Nations this month when his archenemy, the Bush Administration, blocked his bid for a Security Council seat - a prize for which he'd lobbied all over the world. Now, Chavez plans to get his revolutionary groove back, not just by winning re-election on December 3, but by destroying his U.S.-backed rival, Manuel Rosales, with a massive landslide...
...Girls have changed my old school; in the 1970s, when the De La Salle Brothers were in charge, it resembled a Rugby League academy with prison-like discipline. Before classes on a recent morning, every seat is taken in Holy Spirit's chapel; there isn't a boy present. Senior students have organized a prayer service for Remembrance Day, marking the 1918 armistice. Many of the girls here have a Lebanese background. The prayers are mostly about hope and peace, asking the Lord to guide world leaders, to protect from harm Australian soldiers and Iraqis and, at home, to help...