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Senate rejects additional F-22 funding

The Senate voted Tuesday to block expansion of one of the country's most controversial and expensive defense programs, the F-22 fighter jet program.

GOP Senate win in Georgia means Dems can't halt filibusters

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss claimed victory Tuesday in the Senate race in Georgia against Democrat Jim Martin, killing Democratic hopes of gaining enough seats to halt filibusters.

Palin back on the campaign trail

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is adding her name to the list of big-name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining Senate election this year.

Palin to campaign for incumbent in Georgia Senate race

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is returning to the campaign trail next week to lend her support to Saxby Chambliss, the freshman senator who is fighting to keep his seat in Georgia.

Al Gore to lend star power to Georgia Dem's Senate runoff

Add Al Gore to the list of big-name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining Senate election this year. The former vice president will team up with Jim Martin at a campaign event Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia.

Alaska, Minnesota set for key steps in unresolved Senate races

Officials in Alaska, one of three states yet to certify winners in the November 4 U.S. Senate races, say they hope to have nearly all ballots counted on Tuesday.

4 contested Senate races to determine Democrats' power

Although Democrats gained a decisive majority in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, their hopes are fading for a filibuster-proof 60 seats.

Time.com: A Rematch for the Georgia Senate: Will Obama Help?

The senate contest between Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin seems almost certain to head for a run-off -- and for a test of Obama's ability to get out the vote

Fortune: Time for a seismic shift in the offshore drilling debate

President Bush may want to end the ban on offshore drilling, but you wouldn't know it from his administration's failure to obey a key directive in the 2005 Energy Act.

Lawmakers seek oil-drilling compromise

Two bipartisan groups -- one in the House, one in the Senate -- are trying to rekindle stalled energy-legislation by forging a compromise to expand domestic oil and gas drilling.

Senate rejects additional F-22 funding

The Senate voted Tuesday to block expansion of one of the country's most controversial and expensive defense programs, the F-22 fighter jet program.

GOP Senate win in Georgia means Dems can't halt filibusters

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss claimed victory Tuesday in the Senate race in Georgia against Democrat Jim Martin, killing Democratic hopes of gaining enough seats to halt filibusters.

Palin back on the campaign trail

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is adding her name to the list of big-name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining Senate election this year.

Palin to campaign for incumbent in Georgia Senate race

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is returning to the campaign trail next week to lend her support to Saxby Chambliss, the freshman senator who is fighting to keep his seat in Georgia.

Al Gore to lend star power to Georgia Dem's Senate runoff

Alaska, Minnesota set for key steps in unresolved Senate races

Officials in Alaska, one of three states yet to certify winners in the November 4 U.S. Senate races, say they hope to have nearly all ballots counted on Tuesday.

4 contested Senate races to determine Democrats' power

Although Democrats gained a decisive majority in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, their hopes are fading for a filibuster-proof 60 seats.

Time.com: A Rematch for the Georgia Senate: Will Obama Help?

The senate contest between Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin seems almost certain to head for a run-off -- and for a test of Obama's ability to get out the vote

Fortune: Time for a seismic shift in the offshore drilling debate

President Bush may want to end the ban on offshore drilling, but you wouldn't know it from his administration's failure to obey a key directive in the 2005 Energy Act.

Lawmakers seek oil-drilling compromise

Two bipartisan groups -- one in the House, one in the Senate -- are trying to rekindle stalled energy-legislation by forging a compromise to expand domestic oil and gas drilling.

Time.com: GOP Seeks More Immigration Enforcement

New requirements to track down, deport and permanently bar people who overstay their visas would be added to a broad immigration bill under a GOP bid to attract more Republican support

Baby Noor resting before trip to U.S.

Baby Noor, a 3-month-old Iraqi girl in urgent need of medical attention to treat a potentially fatal birth defect, was resting early Friday at a U.S. base in western Baghdad before being flown to the United States for treatment.

Senator: 'Lot of red tape' in bringing Iraqi girl to U.S.

Saving an Iraqi baby girl with spina bifida has become the mission of Georgia National Guardsmen who found the child during a raid in December. Surgeons in Atlanta are prepared to perform surgery that could save the girl's life.

CIA chief: New intelligence czar unnecessary

Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin said Sunday that a new Cabinet-level chief to oversee all U.S. intelligence agencies is unnecessary.

Kerry picks fellow veterans for introduction

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has tapped fellow Vietnam veteran and former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia to introduce him during the crowning July 29 session of the Democratic National Convention, the campaign announced Tuesday.

Critics, supporters assess Bush speech

Critics on Tuesday said President Bush was short on specifics in his speech Monday night concerning the future of Iraq, but defenders said the details will be left for Iraqis to decide and the address showed the United States does have a plan for their future.

GOP leaders oppose release of more abuse images

Top GOP leaders said Wednesday they oppose the release of hundreds of fresh images showing the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, saying they could compromise the prosecution of those soldiers implicated in the acts and further inflame tensions in Iraq.

Political war of words heating up

President Bush will step up his offensive against his Democratic rivals with a highly political speech Monday night as part of what an aide calls a "new period of engagement" for the Bush-Cheney campaign.

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