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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dick Cheney, considered one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history, welcomed Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Th...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Hillary Clinton, who lost to Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential primary, is being considered to serve as secretar...
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The head of the Senate Baning Committee Thursday said banks receiving money as part of the $700 billion federal bailout must step up their lending to ...
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Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968 as the first black woman in the U.S. Congress, once said: "I've always met more discrimination being a wom...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Efforts to reform the U.S. healthcare system got a big boost on Wednesday as a powerful Democratic senator unveiled a plan simi...
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World leaders edged closer to an agreement Saturday that would flag risky investing and regulatory weak spots, with President George W. Bush welcoming...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate plans to take up a proposal to bailout distressed automakers, while the White House on Friday warned of partisa...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will meet with his former rival, Republican Sen. John McCain, on Monday to talk about ways they ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will have a chance to appoint dozens of sympathetic judges to U.S. federal courts over the next fo...
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Community organizing group ACORN, investigated this year for filing fraudulent voter registration forms, has fired two board members it had asked to i...