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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2788 Politics - Congressional Quarterly en-us Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:20:16 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2788 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080818/pl_cq_politics/politics2938547 cq/20080818/politics2938547 CQPolitics.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:20:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080818/pl_cq_politics/politics2938547"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080817/capt.cps.nht21.170808021728.photo00.photo.default-512x348.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=p60ND3r5ErYK3C_ztKnPvQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Democrat Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain on Saturday are to address a forum on religion as the politics of faith take center stage in the White House campaign.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0" /></a>CQPolitics.com - CQ Politics Presidential Race Rating: Leans Democratic</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080818/pl_cq_politics/politics2938547"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080817/capt.cps.nht21.170808021728.photo00.photo.default-512x348.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=p60ND3r5ErYK3C_ztKnPvQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democrat Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain on Saturday are to address a forum on religion as the politics of faith take center stage in the White House campaign.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (CQPolitics.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080816/pl_cq_politics/politics2938514 cq/20080816/politics2938514 CQPolitics.com Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:50:15 GMT CQPolitics.com - Democratic officials today announced speaking slots for a slew of House members, including the chamber's top elected leaders, at the party's national convention at the end of the month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080816/pl_cq_politics/politics2938495 cq/20080816/politics2938495 CQPolitics.com Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:10:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080816/pl_cq_politics/politics2938495"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080814/capt.5835b1a976964e1bb7e68e550002509f.democratic_convention_denver_ny407.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ysn9WxYEA304zduMg5dZ3A--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A large American flag hangs in the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Theodore Roosevelt went to the Brown in 1905, since then every U.S. president has visited the hotel. But the festivities at the historic landmark aren't without a touch of modern politics: The hotel will temporarily rename its presidential suite after Democrat candidate Barack Obama for the August Democratic Convention in Denver. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>CQPolitics.com - Booze, bling and staff bonuses can be paid for with taxpayer dollars at the upcoming national party conventions under federal regulations, according to a memo the Congressional Research Service (CRS) prepared for Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn last month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080816/pl_cq_politics/politics2938495"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080814/capt.5835b1a976964e1bb7e68e550002509f.democratic_convention_denver_ny407.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ysn9WxYEA304zduMg5dZ3A--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A large American flag hangs in the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Theodore Roosevelt went to the Brown in 1905, since then every U.S. president has visited the hotel. But the festivities at the historic landmark aren't without a touch of modern politics: The hotel will temporarily rename its presidential suite after Democrat candidate Barack Obama for the August Democratic Convention in Denver. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (CQPolitics.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080815/pl_cq_politics/politics2938447 cq/20080815/politics2938447 CQPolitics.com Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:10:12 GMT CQPolitics.com - In the wake of the indictment against Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, his likely Democratic challenger, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, reported outraising the longtime incumbent during the most recent reporting period. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080814/pl_cq_politics/politics2938164 cq/20080814/politics2938164 CQPolitics.com Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:02:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080814/pl_cq_politics/politics2938164"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080815/capt.cps.nhl35.150808164707.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=P_ttyOqN.NdsNl5T_il95A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="US Republican presidential candidate John McCain addresses a townhall meeting at the York Expo Center August 12, 2008 in York, Pennsylvania. McCain raked in 27 million dollars in campaign financing in July, breaking his previous record in monthly fundraising since claiming the party nomination.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>CQPolitics.com - Attorneys for the Federal Election Commission (FEC) have recommended giving Republican presidential candidate John McCain a pass on his decision earlier this year to withdraw from the federal public financing program for his campaign for the GOP nomination.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080814/pl_cq_politics/politics2938164"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080815/capt.cps.nhl35.150808164707.photo00.photo.default-512x384.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=P_ttyOqN.NdsNl5T_il95A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Republican presidential candidate John McCain addresses a townhall meeting at the York Expo Center August 12, 2008 in York, Pennsylvania. McCain raked in 27 million dollars in campaign financing in July, breaking his previous record in monthly fundraising since claiming the party nomination.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (CQPolitics.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080814/pl_cq_politics/politics2938120 cq/20080814/politics2938120 CQPolitics.com Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:44:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080814/pl_cq_politics/politics2938120"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf81.140808192012.photo00.photo.default-433x512.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=4VGHsmxrzITWf8FuUaLOMQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama and former candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) attend a Women For Obama fundraiser breakfast in New York in July 2008. Obama and Hillary Clinton said Thursday they had agreed to submit her name to a symbolic vote by convention delegates who will decide the Democrats' White House nominee this month.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)" border="0" /></a>CQPolitics.com - After weeks of negotiations between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the campaign of presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, Democrats announced Thursday that Clinton's name will be offered for nomination at the Democratic National Convention, which begins on Aug. 25 in Denver.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080814/pl_cq_politics/politics2938120"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhf81.140808192012.photo00.photo.default-433x512.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=4VGHsmxrzITWf8FuUaLOMQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama and former candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) attend a Women For Obama fundraiser breakfast in New York in July 2008. Obama and Hillary Clinton said Thursday they had agreed to submit her name to a symbolic vote by convention delegates who will decide the Democrats' White House nominee this month.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (CQPolitics.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080813/pl_cq_politics/politics2937636 cq/20080813/politics2937636 CQPolitics.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:22:21 GMT CQPolitics.com - Mark Warner, a heavily favored Senate candidate and former Virginia governor, will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 26, Barack Obama's campaign announced Wednesday morning. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080813/pl_cq_politics/politics2937441 cq/20080813/politics2937441 CQPolitics.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:29:19 GMT CQPolitics.com - Freshman Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn survived a challenge in his 5th District Republican primary election Tuesday, prevailing comfortably in a virtual rematch of the bitterly contested open-seat race he won in 2006. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080812/pl_cq_politics/politics2937395 cq/20080812/politics2937395 CQPolitics.com Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:10:17 GMT CQPolitics.com - When John McCain accused Barack Obama of voting to raise taxes in a recent ad, it sounded like a pretty standard line of attack. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080812/pl_cq_politics/politics2937304 cq/20080812/politics2937304 CQPolitics.com Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:58:13 GMT CQPolitics.com - Republican former Rep. Jim Leach crossed party lines Tuesday to endorse presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080811/pl_cq_politics/politics2937080 cq/20080811/politics2937080 CQPolitics.com Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:05:17 GMT CQPolitics.com - When it comes to paying for the Democratic and Republican national conventions, the lobbyists and corporate contributors seem to be getting all the headlines. But the American taxpayer is also footing a good chunk of the bill. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080808/pl_cq_politics/politics2936268 cq/20080808/politics2936268 CQPolitics.com Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:00:12 GMT CQPolitics.com - Freshman Republican Rep. David Davis of Tennessee's 1st Congressional District lost his seat in Thursday's primary election, as Johnson City Mayor Phil Roe scored a narrow victory. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080807/pl_cq_politics/politics2936207 cq/20080807/politics2936207 CQPolitics.com Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:47:15 GMT CQPolitics.com - Congressional Quarterly has studied the voting behavior of members of Congress since 1953 to assess how often lawmakers stick with members of their own caucus on votes when the two parties divide and how often they back the president on votes where he has a clear position. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080807/pl_cq_politics/politics2936148 cq/20080807/politics2936148 CQPolitics.com Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:44:37 GMT CQPolitics.com - Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry blasted presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain for using video clips of Democrats' past praise of McCain in a web-only campaign commercial released Thursday morning. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080806/pl_cq_politics/politics2934977 cq/20080806/politics2934977 CQPolitics.com Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:28:14 GMT CQPolitics.com - Late returns from Tuesday's primary in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District showed Republican state Treasurer Lynn Jenkins dashing former five-term Rep. Jim Ryun's hopes for a rematch with Nancy Boyda, the Democrat who unseated him in the 2006 election. With just 1 precinct yet to report of the district's 819, Jenkins held a 51 percent to 49 percent lead over Ryun, a margin of 967 votes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080806/pl_cq_politics/politics2934976 cq/20080806/politics2934976 CQPolitics.com Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:20:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - Six-term Michigan Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick narrowly survived the Democratic primary Tuesday for her Detroit-based seat, in a contest rife with controversy over the troubles of her son, embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080806/pl_cq_politics/politics2934973 cq/20080806/politics2934973 CQPolitics.com Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:36:15 GMT CQPolitics.com - Missouri Rep. Kenny Hulshof won the state's Republican primary for governor on Tuesday. That victory, though, is a prelude to a tough fall contest with Democratic state Attorney General Jay Nixon, in a tossup race that presents the Democrats with their best chance to win a Republican-held governorship this year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080806/pl_cq_politics/politics2934958 cq/20080806/politics2934958 CQPolitics.com Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:26:14 GMT CQPolitics.com - Former state Rep. Jim Martin on Tuesday earned the right to challenge Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss by easily winning the Democratic primary runoff, in a contest in which Martin's supporters portrayed him as more "electable" than his controversy-hindered opponent, DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080805/pl_cq_politics/politics2934886 cq/20080805/politics2934886 CQPolitics.com Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:41:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - Lobbyists at the 15 most lucrative lobbying firms handed out more than $4 million in political contributions during the first half of this year, according to new disclosure reports now on file with the House Clerk's office. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080805/pl_cq_politics/politics2934272 cq/20080805/politics2934272 CQPolitics.com Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:17:18 GMT CQPolitics.com - CQ Politics Presidential Race Rating: No Clear Favorite