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Burris bows out of 2010 Senate race - Reuters
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Senator Roland Burris, whose appointment to fill Barack Obama's vacant seat was tainted by scandal, said on Friday he would not seek a full term in 2010, citing an unwillingness to raise campaign cash as the reason. …
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Tags: 2010, bows, burris, race, reuters, senate
Governor, Senate candidates charging out of the gate - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The floodgates in Illinois politics opened Wednesday after Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan passed on running for governor or US Senate, a decision that also improves the chances of unelected Gov. …
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Holiday weekend ends without NY Senate deal - Newsday
Newsday
ALBANY, NY - New York's Senate has adjourned again after meeting in yet another extraordinary session called by Gov. David Paterson. But no bills were debated or passed in Sunday's three-minute session. Two Senate factions continue to refuse to …
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Poughkeepsie Journal
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Tags: deal, ends, holiday, newsday, ny, senate, weekend
Robert Byrd Seeks Second Senate Term - Washington Post
Washington Post
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, (DW.Va.), on his 46 birthday yesterday, announced he will seek a second term. Byrd, who si chairman of the Senate District Appropriation subcommittee, was elected to the Senate in 1958. Before that he served three terms in the …
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State senate approves tax, fee hikes for construction - Bloomington Pantagraph
Bloomington Pantagraph
By Kurt Erickson SPRINGFIELD — A $26 billion road, bridge and school building program zoomed out of the Illinois Senate Wednesday, fueled largely by higher taxes on booze and a controversial expansion of gambling.
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Tags: approves, bloomington, construction, fee, hikes, pantagraph, senate, state, tax
US House Approves War Funding Bill, Senate To Act Next Week - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
By Corey Boles Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The US House of Representatives voted to approve a $96.7 billion bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the remaining four months of the federal government's fiscal year.
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Senate approves Kagan as top US courtroom lawyer - Reuters
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate on Thursday confirmed Elena Kagan, a former law school colleague of President Barack Obama, as US solicitor general — a post that will have her argue the government's position in cases before the US Supreme Court.
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