Word: sen
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...though they’re far from perfect (from a liberal perspective). The frontrunner, Senator Clinton, voted for the Iraq War, the No Child Left Behind Act, and Medicare Part D, all of which she now criticizes. But the Democrats don’t fret, because they know if Sen. Clinton becomes President, she will advance their cause...
...Michigan Sen. Carl Levin and Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed certainly hope so. In this week's congressional tug-of-war over Iraq policy, their amendment to the defense spending bill - the latest version of one they've introduced four times before - has the best chance of ultimately winning the 60 votes required to give it a fuller Senate consideration. Finding 60 votes this time around is unlikely. But it is steadily gaining support...
...fire, an elderly town crier patrolled the streets every night. At half-hour intervals, he rapped on a wooden block, assuring everyone that all was well. The Delta Chinese were also politically active in support of democracy back home, raising substantial funds to support the revolutionary Sun Yat-sen and the new Republic of China of which he became the first President...
...Leach is the first Republican to lead the IOP since former Sen. Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming who did so from...
...Shaheen—who served as governor of the state from 1997 to 2003—is heading for a rematch of her 2002 Senate race, which she lost by just 4 percent to Republican Sen. John E. Sununu, the scion of one of the state’s most prominent political families...