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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/politics/cq politics Politics - Congressional Quarterly en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:59:16 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/politics/cq http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3292380 cq/20100209/politics3292380 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:59:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday he intends to push for a vote by this weekend on job creation legislation, though another winter storm bearing down on Washington made the Senate schedule increasingly tenuous. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3292374 cq/20100209/politics3292374 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:48:15 GMT CQPolitics.com - Despite a renewed appeal from President Obama, Republican leaders in Congress remained cool Tuesday to the idea of naming a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to control the nation's ballooning debt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3292363 cq/20100209/politics3292363 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:26:20 GMT CQPolitics.com - Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., has stopped blocking most of President Obama's pending nominations but still has holds on three Defense Department nominees over an Air Force project of interest to his state. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3291956 cq/20100209/politics3291956 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:56:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - It's never too early to line up support for a presidential run, so it's not surprising that several possible 2012 Republican contenders are using their political action committees to dole out large amounts of cash to an array of GOP members and candidates this cycle. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3291955 cq/20100209/politics3291955 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:55:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - With a bad fundraising quarter behind Rep. Todd Tiahrt, his home-state colleague Jerry Moran could officially be considered the front-runner in the GOP primary for Senate in Kansas. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3291954 cq/20100209/politics3291954 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:53:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - On Wednesday, Sen. Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund will be a major contributor to a "money bomb" fundraiser for the GOP Senate campaign of former Florida Speaker Marco Rubio with a goal of raising $200,000 in 24 hours. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291925 cq/20100208/politics3291925 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:01:19 GMT CQPolitics.com - State election officials are looking at holding a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha on May 18, the previously scheduled statewide primary date. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291902 cq/20100208/politics3291902 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:49:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291902"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265660525490-2-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tE46xnbrZOfTXaeOVbJI0A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and a veteran Democratic lawmaker seen here in 2009 and who chaired a key committee on defense, died Monday at the age of 77, his office said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0" /></a>CQPolitics.com - Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha, the longest-serving congressman in Pennsylvania history, died Monday. He was 77.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291902"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265660525490-2-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=tE46xnbrZOfTXaeOVbJI0A--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and a veteran Democratic lawmaker seen here in 2009 and who chaired a key committee on defense, died Monday at the age of 77, his office said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (CQPolitics.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291886 cq/20100208/politics3291886 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:08:20 GMT CQPolitics.com - This week is set to be a busy one for the National Republican Congressional Committee's "Young Guns" campaign program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291870 cq/20100208/politics3291870 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:18:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - Congressional leaders say they welcome President Obama's idea for a health care summit -- but it is far from clear that more talking will deliver Republican votes for any bill that Democrats rewrite. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291840 cq/20100208/politics3291840 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:07:20 GMT CQPolitics.com - One of the biggest applause lines in President Obama's State of the Union address was his call to reduce earmarks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291836 cq/20100208/politics3291836 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:19 GMT CQPolitics.com - As the nation's capital struggled to get back to business after a big winter storm, the Senate postponed until Tuesday votes on two of President Obama's nominees. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291707 cq/20100208/politics3291707 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:34:20 GMT CQPolitics.com - I'll admit it. I like numbers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291706 cq/20100208/politics3291706 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:34:20 GMT CQPolitics.com - The second of four profiles of congressional campaign committee executive directors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100208/pl_cq_politics/politics3291705 cq/20100208/politics3291705 CQPolitics.com politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:34:18 GMT CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee continues to collect big money from its members, despite a right turn in the political environment that has chased some incumbents into retirement and put others in jeopardy of losing re-election this year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100207/pl_cq_politics/politics3291687 cq/20100207/politics3291687 CQPolitics.com politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:50:20 GMT CQPolitics.com - It's hard to think of Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, who has won two landslide elections to the Senate and previously served as a popular two-term governor, as anything but politically safe. But such is the political environment for Democrats these days, and there are signs that even Bayh will have to hustle to win a third term. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100207/pl_cq_politics/politics3291676 cq/20100207/politics3291676 CQPolitics.com politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:23:24 GMT CQPolitics.com - Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska provided a less than vigorous defense of her endorsement of Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul's campaign on Sunday, vaguely referencing his "domestic" agenda while mixing him up with his father, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100206/pl_cq_politics/politics3291647 cq/20100206/politics3291647 CQPolitics.com politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:31:21 GMT CQPolitics.com - Change is coming, President Barack Obama promised a crowd of party loyalists on the final day of the Democratic National Committee's Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100206/pl_cq_politics/politics3291615 cq/20100206/politics3291615 CQPolitics.com politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:49:26 GMT CQPolitics.com - Jon Runyan expected to be in Miami right now, getting ready to play in another Super Bowl, but instead he's in New Jersey preparing to challenge an incumbent Member of Congress. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/cqpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100205/pl_cq_politics/politics3291388 cq/20100205/politics3291388 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:12:15 GMT CQPolitics.com - Bipartisan negotiations over a financial regulatory overhaul are at an "impasse," Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd said Friday, adding that he intends to move forward with a markup later this month.