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Kerry stays quiet as Cabinet speculation swirls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry is angling to be the nation's top diplomat by being, well, diplomatic. The longtime Democratic lawmaker from Massachusetts has largely stayed quiet while President Barack Obama considers him for the next secretary...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hillary Clinton, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Mitt Romney
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Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...
Tags: Hampshire, Politics, Harry Reid, Public Finance, George Allen
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Dems fight for continued Senate control
WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Democrats fought Republicans for control of the Senate on Tuesday after a bitter campaign marked by roughly $1 billion in outside spending in competitive races from Virginia to Montana. Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who...
Tags: Sherrod Brown, Politics, Mitt Romney, Parties and Movements, Claire McCaskill
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GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority...Tags: Mike Pence, Sherrod Brown, Shelley Berkley, Politics, Harry Reid
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Romney stands by his endorsement of Mourdock
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney disavowed Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comment that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape "that's something God intended," but stood by his endorsement of the Indiana...
Tags: Mike Pence, Shelley Berkley, Politics, Incest, Mitt Romney
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GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward remark — that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" —...
Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Shelley Berkley, Mitch McConnell, Incest
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Lugar praises Mass. Sen. Brown for bipartisanship
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is touting the endorsement of U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, one day after Brown's Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren named the departing Lugar as an example of a Republican she could work with. In a statement...Tags: Republican Party, Scott P. Brown, Politics, Richard Lugar, U.S. Senate
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Mass. Sen. Brown 'joking' about rival's nude quip
BOSTON (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts says he was "joking" when he said "Thank God" Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren didn't take her clothes off to pay for college. Brown told reporters Friday he was responding to a...Tags: Scott P. Brown, Primaries
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Republicans say new consumer bureau too powerful
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans said Wednesday that a new government agency designed to protect consumers from problems with mortgages, credit cards and other lenders has too much power. They also criticized it for participating in a federal-...Tags: Consumers, Spencer Bachus, Politics, Mortgages, Government
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Goldman Sachs wins even when muzzled by the feds
Almost three years ago, when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid $550 million to settle fraud accusations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the claims was that Goldman misled the bond-insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. in a horribly complex...Tags: Politics, Prosecution, Parties and Movements, Mary Jo White, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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U.S. Senate to hold vote on consumer watchdog director next week
ReutersBy Emily Stephenson May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday, but they are not expected...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Consumers, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate
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Senate to hold vote on consumer watchdog director next week
Reuters(Reuters) - Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday, but they are not expected to muster enough votes to...Tags: Career and Workplace, Consumers, Politics, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate
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