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The 26 Senators Who Said ‘No’ to Debt Deal

The most conservative Senate Republicans — along with a handful of liberal Democrats who think it went too far — voted against the debt bill. One senator who didn’t fit that category was moderate Democrat Ben Nelson, who also voted no, but he’s up for re-election in 2012. L to R: Chambliss, Ayotte, Coats , DeMint  Here’s the full [...]

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Harry Reid Reelected as Senate Majority Leader

(CNN) – Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, announced Tuesday that he has been re-elected as Senate majority leader by his Democratic colleagues.   By: CNN Congressional Producer Ted Barrett Filed under: 2010 • Harry Reid [Editor's Comment:  Perfect....this will remind voters why they threw so many of Harry's buddies out onto the sidewalk two weeks ago!] Recommend on [...]

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Election 2010: California Senate

California Senate: Boxer (D), Fiorina (R) Still Neck-and-Neck California’s U.S. Senate race between Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina remains a virtual tie with less than two weeks to go until Election Day. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Boxer picking up 48% of the vote, while [...]

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Blunt, Carnahan on attack again in Missouri debate

KMOV.COM LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s leading Senate candidates clashed Friday over the economy, with Republican Roy Blunt calling the economic stimulus “a huge waste of money” that benefited a business run by Democratic hopeful Robin Carnahan’s brother. Carnahan said the stimulus had nothing to do with her brother’s wind farm and added that [...]

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Reid and Angle disagree — about everything

LAS VEGAS — Sixty minutes, two candidates and not a single moment of agreement. Instead, Republican Sharron Angle taunted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to “man up” Thursday night in their only debate of a close, caustic and costly race. Speaking more softly, Reid called her extreme, an ally of the special interests and advocate [...]

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Election 2010: Delaware Senate

Delaware Senate: Possible Castle Write-In Drops Coons (D) Below 50% Against O’Donnell (R) It is possible that a write-in campaign by Congressman Mike Castle could hurt Democrat Chris Coons more than Republican Christine O’Donnell in the Delaware campaign for U.S. Senate. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Delaware voters finds Coons with 49% [...]

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Alaska Senate: Miller (R) Holds Double-Digit Lead Over McAdams (D), Murkowski

Republican Joe Miller attracts 42% of the vote in the first Rasmussen Reports poll of the Alaska Senate race since GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski announced her write-in campaign to try to keep her job. The telephone survey of Likely Voters in Alaska shows Murkowski picking up 27% of the vote and Democrat Scott McAdams earning [...]

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Rasmussen Election 2010: California Senate

California Senate: Fiorina (R) 48%, Boxer (D) 47%       RASMUSSEN REPORTS Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina remain in a dead heat in California’s race for the U.S. Senate. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters, including leaners, shows Fiorina picking up 48% of the vote, [...]

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What McCain’s Tactics Teach

HUMAN EVENTS by Patrick J. Buchanan John McCain is headed back to the U.S. Senate, perhaps a changed and chastened man, and perhaps not. But the manner in which he secured his Senate seat for another six years is instructive, and not only for moderate Republicans facing off against conservatives and tea party candidates, but [...]

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Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina Spar in First Debate

  POLITICO   By EMILY SCHULTHEIS MORAGA, Calif. — In the race for California’s Senate seat, Sen. Barbara Boxer and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina have taken numerous personal swipes at each other on the campaign trail. But in their first televised debate Wednesday night, both candidates unleashed a new round of vitriol as they [...]

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