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  • FILE - This May 20, 2013, file photo shows Harvard Law Professor David Barron during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. Bolstered by the promised public release of a secret legal memo, Senate Democrats are ready to approve a top federal judgeship for a former official who helped formulate the Obama administration’s justification for the drone killings of suspected American terrorists overseas. The Senate was expected to vote approval on Thursday for David Barron to join the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based in Boston.  (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

    Senate Confirmed Drone Memo Author To Be Federal Judge

    WASHINGTON  — A former Justice Department official who helped devise the Obama administration’s legal justification for using drones to kill American terror suspects overseas won Senate approval Thursday to become a top federal judge. David Barron was confirmed by a […]

  • VIDEO: Breaking down Alison Lundergan Grimes’s victory speech

    VIDEO: Breaking down Alison Lundergan Grimes’s victory speech

    The Post’s Chris Cillizza explains how Alison Lundergan Grimes used her victory speech in the Kentucky Senate race to position herself against her opponent, minority leader Mitch McConnell.

  • Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga, and candidate for US Senate talks to a voter during the "Grillin with the Governor" campaign event Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Buford, Ga.  (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

    In Georgia Race, Republicans Cry Foul Over Taxes

    ATLANTA — Former Dollar General CEO David Perdue says his chief rivals in the GOP race for Georgia’s open Senate seat are falsely accusing him of being the worst kind of Republican – one who wants to raise taxes. “Of […]

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  • VIDEO: Jerry Seib: Signs of Hope for Senate Democrats

    VIDEO: Jerry Seib: Signs of Hope for Senate Democrats

    Democrats may have a better shot at holding on to the Senate as their embattled candidates maintain a relatively positive image in their respective states amid media attacks from outside campaign organizations.

  • FILE - This March 27, 2014, file photo shows Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s expected vote to approve declassifying part of a secret report on Bush-era interrogations of terrorism suspects puts the onus on the CIA and a reluctant White House to speed the release of one of the most definitive accounts about the government’s actions after the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    Senate Panel Votes To Release CIA Torture Report

    WASHINGTON  — The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to release parts of a hotly contested, secret report that harshly criticizes CIA terror interrogations after 9/11, and the White House said it would instruct intelligence officials to cooperate fully. The panel […]

  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, accompanied by fellow GOP lawmakers, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, following a GOP caucus lunch. From left are, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and McConnell and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. Relenting to GOP objections, Democrats have decided to remove a major roadblock preventing Congress from passing legislation authorizing sanctions on Russia and providing aid to Ukraine.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Dems Remove Hurdle To Clear Passage Of Ukraine Aid

    WASHINGTON  — Democrats backed down Tuesday and removed a hurdle blocking passage of legislation to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia for its bold military incursion into Crimea. With tens of thousands of Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s eastern border, Senate […]

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  • Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands in defeat after a divided Senate derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans, as the bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and whether to slap sanctions on Iran, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Senate Blocks Dems’ Bill Boosting Vets’ Benefits

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Senate on Thursday derailed Democratic legislation that would have provided $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation’s veterans. The bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and fresh penalties against […]

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    Bill Clinton Tries To Boost McConnell Challenger

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Senate challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes says Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is out of ideas and part of the problem in Washington. Campaigning in Kentucky Tuesday with former president Bill Clinton, Grimes says in prepared […]

  • In this Feb. 12, 2014, photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., from left, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talk as they wait in the majority leader's office, for a meting King Abdullah II of Jordan, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The meeting came after lawmakers voted on must-pass legislation to increase the government's debt limit and after their leaders decided to drop the parliamentary equivalent of a curtain on the voting until its outcome was assured  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

    Suspense In Senate: Debt Vote Shrouded In Secrecy

    WASHINGTON — Financial markets were watching, the retirement accounts of millions of Americans on the line. Nervous senators were watching too, well aware that political fortunes could be on the line. So on perhaps the most important vote of the […]

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  • FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Little more than a week after Groundhog Day, the evidence is mounting that lawmakers have all but wrapped up their most consequential work of 2014, at least until the results of the fall elections are known. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    Senate Clears Debt Limit Measure For Obama

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to raise the federal debt limit and prevent a crippling government default cleared Congress on Wednesday with an awkward assist from top Senate Republican leaders who were forced into a politically treacherous vote engineered by tea […]

  • FILE  - In this Oct. 16, 2013 file photo, Larry Hasheider walks along one of his corn fields on his farm in Okawville, Ill. Cuts in food stamps, continued subsidies to farmers and victories for animal rights advocates. The massive farm bill heading toward final passage this week has broad implications for just about every American from the foods we eat to what we pay for them. Five things you should know about the legislation. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

    Senate Set To Send Farm Bill To President Obama

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is poised to send a massive, five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for the nation’s farmers to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature. The Senate was expected to pass […]

  • FILE - In this June 3, 2013 file photo, Robert Wilkins, President Barack Obama's nominee to the District of Columbia Circuit Court, listens in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The Senate confirmed Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

    Senate Completes Overhaul Of Key Appeals Court

    WASHINGTON  — The Senate confirmed one of President Barack Obama’s key judicial nominees on Monday, completing an overhaul of the country’s second most powerful court into one dominated by Democratic-appointed judges. The Senate voted 55-43 to confirm Robert Wilkins to […]

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  • In this Jan. 7, 2014, photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,  joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol. The struggle in Washington over whether or not to renew expired jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed is as much about providing aid to 1.3 million out-of-work Americans as it is about drawing the first political bright line of an election year that has the economy as one of its central themes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Benefits Debate Is First Volley Of Election Year

    WASHINGTON — The struggle in Washington over whether to renew expired jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed is as much about providing aid to 1.3 million out-of-work Americans as it is about drawing the first political line of an election […]

  • FILE -In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress returns to work on Jan. 6, 2014, with election-year politics certain to shape an already limited agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    Fed Chair, Unemployment On Tap As Congress Returns

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Back to work on Monday, Congress faces a hefty list of unfinished business and a politically driven agenda in an election year that will determine control of the House and Senate. President Barack Obama’s nomination of Janet […]

  • VIDEO: Yellen’s Senate Hearing Surprisingly Uneventful

    VIDEO: Yellen’s Senate Hearing Surprisingly Uneventful

    The Federal Reserve chair nominee easily navigated a hearing with the Senate Banking Committee, despite fears Republicans would create a roadblock.

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  • U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) (L) celebrates with supporters after a vote to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation to ban workplace discrimination against gays, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 7, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

    Senate Passes Bill To Ban Discrimination Against Gay Workers

    WASHINGTON – The Democratic-led Senate, reflecting a major shift in the past decade in public opinion, passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday to outlaw discrimination against gay workers. But the measure faces an uphill struggle in the Republican-led House of Representatives. […]

  • Senate Latest Vote Leaves Congress At Square 1

    Senate Latest Vote Leaves Congress At Square 1

    WASHINGTON — The House and Senate played ping-pong with funding for the federal government Monday night, hours before cash for much of Uncle Sam’s operations was due to run out. The GOP-led House passed its third measure that would keep […]

  • Senate Panel Votes To Authorize Force In Syria

    Senate Panel Votes To Authorize Force In Syria

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel has voted to give President Barack Obama the authority to use military force against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack. The vote Wednesday was 10-7, with one senator voting present. The […]

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  • President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, talks about the crisis in Syria to media gathered in the Rose Garden of the White House Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Washington. Delaying what had loomed as an imminent strike on Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons, Obama announced Saturday that he wanted to put the matter before Congress first. He said, "I know that the country will be stronger if we take this course and our actions will be even more effective." His remarks were televised live in the United States as well as on Syrian state television with translation.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Debate Begins On Question Of A Strike On Syria

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The debate is on as congressional lawmakers begin considering President Barack Obama’s request that they authorize a military strike on Syria to punish the Assad regime for an alleged chemical attack on its own people. Leaders in […]

  • Newark Mayor Cory Booker announces his plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat during a news conference in Newark, June 8, 2013. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

    New Jersey’s Booker Expected To Dominate Senate Primary Election

    By Ellen Wulfhorst | Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:36am EDT (Reuters) NEW YORK – Newark Mayor Cory Booker seemed poised for victory on Tuesday as New Jersey voters head to the polls to select party nominees in the race to fill the state’s […]

  • Samantha Power Confirmed As Next U.N. Ambassador

    Samantha Power Confirmed As Next U.N. Ambassador

    WASHINGTON — The Senate easily confirmed President Barack Obama’s selection for ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday, capping a month in which senators used a bipartisan truce on once-mired nominations to fill a cluster of vacancies in the president’s […]

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  • A girl holds up a banner while people take part in a rally to demand that Congress fix the broken immigration system at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, April 6, 2013.
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    Senators Cancel Immigration Meeting With Lobbyists Amid Backlash

    WASHINGTON – Architects of the Senate’s immigration bill on Monday canceled a meeting that had been planned with business groups and other supporters to try to rally momentum for the legislation, in a sign of how difficult it will be […]

  • Senators Reach Deal To Move Student Loans To Market Rates

    Senators Reach Deal To Move Student Loans To Market Rates

    WASHINGTON – A coalition of Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached a tentative deal with President Barack Obama that would roll back a recent spike in interest rates on new federal loans for college students and instead move the loans […]

  • WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks as Assistant Attorney General of Justice Department's civil rights division Thomas Perez (R) listens during a personnel announcement March 18, 2013 at the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama has nominated Perez to succeed Hilda Solis as the next labor secretary. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

    Thomas Perez Confirmed As Labor Secretary By Senate

    WASHINGTON — A divided Senate confirmed Thomas Perez on Thursday to become secretary of labor, elevating the son of Dominican immigrants who as a top Justice Department official won praise from Democrats for aggressively enforcing civil rights laws and criticism […]

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