The Republicans in the Senate blocked a Democratic proposal to place a tax on windfall profits from the five biggest oil companies in the country.
The Democratic energy package would have imposed a 25 percent tax on any “unreasonable” profits of the five largest U.S. oil companies, which together made $36 billion during the first three […]

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Mark Warner, who is running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Virginia, has released his first TV ad for his campaign.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7AogiXXrHc

Warner is the former Virginia Governor who did quite a fantastic job in cleaning up VA and putting the state back on track.
This would be an excellent Senate seat pickup for the Democrats in […]

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According to CNN, a majority of the 17 remaining uncommitted Senators in the U.S. Senate will endorse Barack Obama at some point this week.
It appears that most of these endorsements will not come until after the South Dakota and Montana primaries tomorrow night.

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Bruce Lunsford, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Kentucky, is looking extremely strong after winning the Democratic primary last week in Kentucky.
Lunsford is facing well-known Republican leader Mitch McConnell and the current Rasmussen Poll has Lunsford leading McConnell by 5 points, 49% to 44%.
If Lunsford can successfully win this Senate seat, it would once again […]

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Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia announced today that he is officially endorsing Barack Obama for President.
Many had speculated that Byrd may endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton since she won an impressive victory in Byrd’s home state of West Virginia, but today Byrd announced quite the contrary.

“I believe that Barack Obama is a shining young statesman, […]

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According to a new MSNBC article, Senate Republicans are preparing to block a bill that would overturn the Supreme Court decision limiting how long workers can wait before suing their employer for pay discrimination.
Republicans complained that the legislation was designed to benefit lawyers _ a key Democratic constituency. The bill could also appeal to women […]

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