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A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, since senate means the assembly of the eldest and wiser members of the society and ruling class. Two of the first official senates were the Greek Senate and the Roman Senate.

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McMahon Campaign Hits Grimm For Taking "Jewish Money"

The New York Observer - 7hrs 36mins ago

Mike Grimm, a G.O.P challenger for Mike McMahon's Congressional seat, took in over $200,000 in his last filing. But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among voters in the dis...

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Mike McMahon (D, NY-13): my opponent takes...

McMahon fires 'Jewish money' aide

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It's Like Mathematically Unpossible for Republicans to Win the House, or Something

FiveThirtyEight - 1day 1hrs ago

We're introducing a new scale tonight to "reward" polling and strategy memos which are vapid, disingenuous, jargony, or just plain fucking wrong. The scale is dubbed the Pennometer after former Clinton Strategist ..

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War Opposition Grows As 102 House Dems, 12...

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Dems: House GOP guide looks backward

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Emanuel throws $1.5B life preserver to farmers, aiding Lincoln

The Hill - 6hrs 18mins ago

President Obama is looking to throw a life preserver to farmers in Arkansas and elsewhere with an administrative action worth $1.5 Billion. The action will help on...

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Emanuel throws $1.5B life preserver to farmers,...

Rahm Buys Farmer Votes For Blanche Lincoln

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Poll shows opposition to health care overhaul declining

Washington Post - 17hrs 43mins ago

Opposition to the landmark Health Care overhaul declined over the past month, to 35 percent from 41 percent, according to the latest results of a tracking poll, reported Thursday. Fifty percent of the ..

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Poll: Obama's Healthcare Reform Opposition...

Kaiser poll: Health care reform support reaches...

Support for health reform reaches high in Kaiser...

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'Outsiders' Lead In Florida Pr

Quinnipiac University - 18hrs 18mins ago

July 29, 2010 - 'Outsiders' Lead In Florida Primaries, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; ..

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Florida Loves Wealthy Outsiders!

Most NJ House Incumbents Face Test Tuesday

Outsiders Lead in Florida Primaries

Rell will veto increased campaign grants

Voting twice for Senate OK in Illinois this year

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Rand Paul: Controversial Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Isn't So Bad -- It Enhances The Land!

TPMDC - 14hrs 15mins ago

In a wide-ranging profile due out in next month's issue of Details , Kentucky's Republican nominee for Senate, Rand Paul, stands up for all the good things the ..

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