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Obenshain nominated by GOP for Va attorney general

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:54:05 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - State Sen. Mark Obenshain has won the Republican nomination for attorney general in Virginia 35 years after his father won the party's U.S. Senate nomination.

Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:53:18 -0400

ATLANTA - Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

Utah Republicans elect new state party chairman

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:35:22 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Republicans have selected former state senator and Salt Lake County GOP Chairman James Evans as the new leader of their state party.

Observer predicts speedy confirmation for Brown

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:51:11 -0400

TUPELO, Mississippi - Observers are predicting a speedy confirmation to the federal bench for Jackson attorney Debra M. Brown.

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:44:42 -0400

WASHINGTON - There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:28:04 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 people.

'Moral character' gone from Ill. Senate gun carry

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:10:15 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - An Illinois senator seeking restrictions on how people may carry concealed guns softened the bill's rules Friday but decided against a floor vote before later disparaging unnamed "extremists" he described as using "intimidation" to oppose the measure.

Senate Medicaid battle leaves GOP majority split

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:43:22 -0400

PHOENIX - An Arizona Senate battle over expanding Medicaid revealed a fractured Republican majority that is likely to be exposed next in the House of Representatives as it takes up Gov. Jan Brewer's top priority.

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:43:15 -0400

WASHINGTON - Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.

Mass. US Senate hopefuls spar over gun control ad

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:17:19 -0400

BOSTON - Republican U.S. Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez defended his stance on gun control Friday and lashed out at Democratic nominee and veteran Congressman Edward Markey for alluding to the Connecticut school massacre in a TV campaign ad that criticized Gomez on the gun issue.

Handel jumps into crowded US Senate race in Ga.

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:04:23 -0400

ATLANTA - Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, said Friday that she will run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.

Franks pushes ban on US abortions after 20 weeks

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:14 -0400

WASHINGTON - An Arizona congressman wants a nationwide ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Cory Booker has made $1.3M for speeches since 2008

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:30:51 -0400

NEWARK, New Jersey - Newark Mayor Cory Booker has made $1.3 million in fees for 90 speeches he's given around the country since 2008, including nearly $500,000 since the start of last year, according to campaign finance filings made Thursday.

Sen. Angus King surveys fire damage in Lewiston

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:23:05 -0400

LEWISTON, Maine - U.S. Sen. Angus King is getting a look at destruction caused by three fires that destroyed nine buildings.

Bullock says 'absolutely not' to Senate race

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:39:02 -0400

HELENA, Montana - Montana Gov. Steve Bullock says he is "absolutely not" interested in the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Max Baucus.

ND delegation opposes proposed fracking rule

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:41:58 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - North Dakota's congressional delegation doesn't like a proposed new rule that would require energy companies on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.

Ark. senators to participate in online forum

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:37 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Arkansas' two U.S. senators are participating in an online discussion with small business owners about the Internet and economic development.

Hanford national park bill advances in US Senate

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:23:05 -0400

KENNEWICK, Washington - A bill that would create a national park including Hanford's historic B Reactor has advanced to the full U.S. Senate.

Handel jumps into crowded US Senate race in Ga.

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:25:23 -0400

ATLANTA - Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, says she'll be running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.

Minn.'s Bachmann sprints to TV with health care ad

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:41:26 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann quickly launched a campaign-style television ad Thursday in hopes of capitalizing on the latest U.S. House vote to undo President Barack Obama's health care law.

Ohio senator skeptical of Obama in IRS targeting

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:50:55 -0400

CINCINNATI - Ohio's Republican U.S. senator on Thursday questioned the suggestion by President Barack Obama that he didn't know until recently that the IRS had been targeting conservative groups.

Another round for the House on 'Obamacare'

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:48:52 -0400

WASHINGTON - One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it.

Senate approves 2-year moratorium on dam barriers

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:40:37 -0400

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to put controversial fishing restrictions near Cumberland River dams in Kentucky and Tennessee would be held off under a two-year moratorium that's been passed by the U.S. Senate.

Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:22:24 -0400

WASHINGTON - Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes.