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An oil tanker docked at the ConocoPhillips Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., which exports many processed petroleum products.

The residency issue has been raised by the state Democratic party and campaign of at least one of Sullivan's GOP rivals.

I came to DailyKos during the 2008 election with the lofty goal of being a voice for military families in a progressive arena.

The budget deal that Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray brokered last week and passed in the House will make it easier for four vulnerable Senate Democrats from red states to get re-elected.

About halfway through the midterm election cycle, North Carolina is on pace to host the most expensive Senate race of 2014.

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Vulnerable Senate Democrats appear poised to back the two-year budget deal approved by the House.

Received this e-mail from Senator Kristen Gillibrand today in support of three Democratic Senators up for re-election next year who all happen to be named Mark: My friends Sens. Mark Pryor, Mark Udall and Mark Begich are all polling within single digits - and if they lose their re-election fights, our majority is gone.

Democratic National Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says that Obamacare will be a vote-winner for Democrats in 2014.

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., and a bipartisan group senators have introduced legislation to exempt volunteer firefighters and first responders from the Affordable Care Act employee-mandate, the senator's office announced Thursday.

Democratic lawmakers seeking re-election in 2014 will pay a heavy political price for having supported President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act in 2010, writes Karl Rove in a Wall Street Journal op-ed .

Government figures released Wednesday show 398 Alaskans signed up for private health insurance during the first two months of the online marketplace.

Two or three or four years ago or maybe more I first came across the idea that Social Security benefits should not only not be cut, they should be increased.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young obtained policies through a Washington, D.C., marketplace.

Sen. David Vitter , who has led the congressional crusade against Obamacare contributions for lawmakers' health plans, has officially foregone that generous financial aid for his 2014 coverage.

Last month, we noted that a bipartisan group of senators, lead by Jeff Merkley of Oregon, introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that asked President Obama to seek a vote in Congress over whether to extend the war in Afghanistan through "2024 and beyond," as the potential security pact with the Afghan government proposes.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee will highlight a Democratic divide over the South Dakota Senate race in releases hitting 2014 Senate contenders on Tuesday.

Well, according to this Business Insider, we should thank the Third Way -- for queuing up this softball, that even a Warren-Wantabee could have smashed out of the park.

So as I mentioned in my previous diaries that I was out sick so I am playing catch up with my diaries.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has decided to sign up for federal health care coverage in the South Carolina exchange, rather than through the Washington, D.C., exchange where he would qualify for a federal subsidy offered to both lawmakers and congressional aides.