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• Woodstock Bid Falls on Deaf Ears

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Woodstock, Bid, Falls, Deaf, Ears, Hillary Clinton, Arizona, Charles Schumer, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, John Mccain, Jon Kyl, Tom Coburn, Upstate New York, U S Republican Party, New York, Washington Dc

  Hippies used to say that if you remember Woodstock, you weren't really there. Republicans say presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton can forget about getting $1 million in taxpayer funds for a Woodstock museum.

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• Funding Bill for Iraq War Falls Short in Senate Vote

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Funding, Bill, For, Iraq, War, Falls, Short, Senate, Vote, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Tony Fratto, United States, Nancy Pelosi, U S Republican Party, Jon Kyl, The Pentagon, The White House, U S Armed Forces

  Senate Republicans yesterday blocked Democrats' latest effort to end the Iraq war, rejecting a $50 billion military funding package that would have required President Bush to begin withdrawing U.S. troops.

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• Funding Bill for Iraq War Falls Short in Senate Vote

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Funding, Bill, For, Iraq, War, Falls, Short, Senate, Vote, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Tony Fratto, United States, Nancy Pelosi, U S Republican Party, Jon Kyl, The Pentagon, The White House, U S Armed Forces

  Senate Republicans yesterday blocked Democrats' latest effort to end the Iraq war, rejecting a $50 billion military funding package that would have required President Bush to begin withdrawing U.S. troops.

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• Lott to Quit Senate Post Next Month

  Published: November 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Lott, Quit, Senate, Post, Next, Month, Trent Lott, Mississippi, Haley Barbour, Pascagoula, U S Republican Party, David L Boren, Jeffrey H Birnbaum, John Thune, Jon Kyl, Jonathan Weisman, Strom Thurmond, The White House, William Colmer, Historian S Office, Iraq, Major Leagu

  Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) surprised the Capitol yesterday by announcing that he will resign next month, taking the unusual path of abandoning the chamber and his leadership post mid-term to pursue a private sector career.

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• Lott Departure May Set Off a Competition

  Published: November 28, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Lott, Departure, May, Set, Off, Competition, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lamar Alexander, Trent Lott, Texas, John Cornyn, Jon Kyl, Richard Burr, U S Republican Party, Harry Reid, John Thune, Alabama, Arizona, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Jeff Sessions, John Ensign, Mitc

  Sen. Trent Lott's resignation next month has set off a game of political musical chairs among Republicans seeking to move up in their leadership ranks.

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• Lott's Departure May Set Off a Competition

  Published: November 28, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Lott S, Departure, May, Set, Off, Competition, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lamar Alexander, Trent Lott, Texas, John Cornyn, Jon Kyl, Richard Burr, U S Republican Party, Harry Reid, John Thune, Alabama, Arizona, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Jeff Sessions, John Ensign

  Sen. Trent Lott's resignation next month has set off a game of political musical chairs among Republicans seeking to move up in their leadership ranks.

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• Lott Will Quit Senate Next Month

  Published: November 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Lott, Will, Quit, Senate, Next, Month, Trent Lott, Mississippi, Haley Barbour, Pascagoula, U S Republican Party, Arizona, David L Boren, Jeffrey H Birnbaum, John Thune, Jon Kyl, Jonathan Weisman, Strom Thurmond, The White House, William Colmer, Historical Office, Iraq, Major L

  Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) surprised the Capitol yesterday by announcing that he will resign next month, taking the unusual path of abandoning the chamber and his leadership post midterm to pursue a private-sector career.

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• GOP Senators Pick New Chairman

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gop, Senators, Pick, New, Chairman, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Trent Lott, Jim Demint, Texas, Tom Coburn, Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, George W Bush, John Cornyn, John Warner, Jon Kyl, Kay Bailey Hutchison, George H W Bush S Cabinet, Republ

  Senate Republicans, choosing between two men who differ in age and style, yesterday selected a political veteran promising outreach to independent voters over a younger partisan whose backers wanted a more confrontational approach to life in the minority.

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• GOP Senators Pick New Chairman

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gop, Senators, Pick, New, Chairman, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Trent Lott, Jim Demint, Texas, Tom Coburn, Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, George W Bush, John Cornyn, John Warner, Jon Kyl, Kay Bailey Hutchison, George H W Bush S Cabinet, Republ

  Senate Republicans, choosing between two men who differ in age and style, yesterday selected a political veteran promising outreach to independent voters over a younger partisan whose backers wanted a more confrontational approach to life in the minority.

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• GOP Senators Pick New Chairman

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gop, Senators, Pick, New, Chairman, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Trent Lott, Jim Demint, Texas, Tom Coburn, Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, George W Bush, John Cornyn, John Warner, Jon Kyl, Kay Bailey Hutchison, George H W Bush S Cabinet, Republ

  Senate Republicans, choosing between two men who differ in age and style, yesterday selected a political veteran promising outreach to independent voters over a younger partisan whose backers wanted a more confrontational approach to life in the minority.

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• The Talk Shows

  Published: December 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: The, Talk, Shows, Arkansas, Cable News Network Lp Lllp, Cbs Corporation, National Cable Satellite Corporation, Nbc Universal Inc, Chuck Hagel, Danielle Pletka, Dianne Feinstein, Jay Rockefeller, John Boehner, John Mccain, Jon Kyl, Joseph Biden, Judd Gregg, Lawrence J Korb

  Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows:

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• White House Secrecy Starts to Give

  Published: January 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: White, House, Secrecy, Starts, Give, George W Bush, The White House, Tony Fratto, Dan Burton, Federation Of American Scientists, Barack Obama, Crawford Texas, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Minority Jon Kyl, Steven Aftergood, Susan Collins, Thomas Blanton, Tom Coburn, Ameri

  After years of hammering on the walls of secrecy surrounding the Bush White House, activists and Congress have begun, slowly, to open some cracks.

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• White House Secrecy Starts to Give

  Published: January 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: White, House, Secrecy, Starts, Give, George W Bush, The White House, Tony Fratto, Dan Burton, Federation Of American Scientists, Barack Obama, Crawford Texas, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Minority Jon Kyl, Steven Aftergood, Susan Collins, Thomas Blanton, Tom Coburn, Ameri

  After years of hammering on the walls of secrecy surrounding the Bush White House, activists and Congress have begun, slowly, to open some cracks.

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• Showdown Nears on Stimulus Bill

  Published: January 31, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Showdown, Nears, Stimulus, Bill, Max Baucus, Chuck Grassley, George W Bush, Mitch Mcconnell, U S Senate Committee On Finance, Iowa, Maine, Barack Obama, Charles Schumer, Gordon Smith, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Jon Kyl, Olympia Snowe, The White House, Aarp

  With bipartisan support, the Senate Finance Committee yesterday approved a $157 billion economic stimulus plan that rivals the measure fashioned by President Bush and House leaders, setting up a Senate showdown today that could determine who will receive rebates from the federal government and how...

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• Senate Authorizes Broad Expansion Of Surveillance Act

  Published: February 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate, Authorizes, Broad, Expansion, Surveillance, Act, George W Bush, Hillary Clinton, The White House, United States, Barack Obama, Jay Rockefeller, John Mccain, Tony Fratto, Lamar Smith, Ben Pershing, Christopher Dodd, Jon Kyl, Michael Abramowitz, Russ Feingold, Silve

  The Senate yesterday approved a sweeping measure that would expand the government's clandestine surveillance powers, delivering a key victory to the White House by approving immunity from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that cooperated with intelligence agencies in domestic spying after...

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