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As Senate Democrats prepare to bring a health care bill to the floor this month, they might want to reflect on comments made by Democrats from New York and other states who voted against the House version passed last Nov.

Democrat Congressman Kurt Schrader, from Oregon's 5th District, and his declared Republican challenger in next year's primary, State Rep.

Republican state Rep. Scott Tipton said Wednesday that he intends to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep.

State Rep. Scott Tipton is getting into the race to represent Colorado's 3rd Congressional District.

The Capital Region's members of the House of Representatives voted on opposite sides of the health care issue after months of heated rhetoric finally led to a floor vote Saturday night.

Three of the six Democrats in Virginia's U.S. House delegation remain undecided heading into this weekend's pivotal vote on President Barack Obama's 10-year, $1.2 trillion health-care overhaul.

Susan Hutchison's "thank you" letter to supporters this morning is anything but defeatist.

West Linn resident Will Rasmussen announced today that he will run for House District 37, the seat being vacated by Rep.

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Democratic candidate for Governor, Creigh Deeds will be Roanoke Monday morning. Deeds will be joined by Governor Tim Kaine, candidate for Lieutenant Governor Jody Wagner and candidate for Attorney General Steve Shannon for a campaign event at Fire Station No.

Democrat R. Creigh Deeds took his campaign to Hampton Roads today, while Republican Bob McDonnell flew about the state in late efforts to drive up turnout in a contest that has taken on national significance.

Josh Kraushaar and I report : The White House is sending Vice President Joe Biden to upstate New York next Monday to campaign for Democrat Bill Owens, according to an administration source, in a last-minute push to help Democrats pick up the longtime Republican House seat.

The Upstate Venture Capital Forum is scheduled for Nov. 3 in Saratoga Springs. The forum, to be held at Longfellows Hotel & Restaurant at 500 Union Ave., will feature a keynote address by Congressman Scott Murphy, a Democrat who worked for a venture fund before running for congress this year.

House Republicans selected Speaker Pro Tempore Kris Steele to be the next speaker if they hold onto their majority after next year's elections.

Perhaps it's because they each control their portion of the state Legislature, or perhaps it's simply for political expediency, but it appears a covenant of sorts has been reached between Senate Republicans and House Democrats that transcends the recently signed 2009-10 budget.It was those groups, after all, that forged a consensus for the recently ...

Both Democratic and Republican activists realizeA that this yeara s winning party for Governor and the House of Delegates will control the most important levers of power in the state.

"You don't need to know. You can't know." That's what Kathy Norris, a 60-year-old grandmother of eight, was told when she tried to ask court officials why, the day before, federal agents had subjected her home to a furious search.

Categories: Current Affairs The State House Signed Off On . .. ... on an amended $27.8 billion budget plan that boosts spending on basic education by $300 million even as it cuts funds earmarked for the state Department of Public Welfare included in a spending plan approved by the state Senate on Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, a Democrat, probably won't have another general election cakewalk next year.

Criminalizing everyone - Washington Times : "Chairman Robert C. Scott, Virginia Democrat, and ranking member Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican, conducted a truly bipartisan hearing .