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Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska faces high hurdles as a write-in Senate candidate -- her own campaign demonstrated as much on Monday with a rather striking mistake in the first online ad of her renewed re-election bid.

West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin on Wednesday put off naming a successor to the late Senator Robert Byrd, which could further complicate passage of financial reform legislation in the U.S. Senate .

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan says she continues to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bans openly gay and lesbian soldiers from military service.

Sen. Robert C. Byrd, who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress, is seriously ill in a Washington-area hospital.

Just-released records show there were death threats against then-senator as late as 1985.

The conservative Tea Party movement in the US blocks a Republican senator from Utah in his re-election bid. Sen Bennett came third at a Republican Party convention in Salt Lake City.

A Democratic state senator on Tuesday handily won the first U.S. House race since Congress passed a massive health care overhaul.

A proposed U.S. law requiring employers to provide paid sick leave would help stop the spread of swine flu and increase productivity, supporters argued on Tuesday.

Everyone from President Barack Obama on down to fans has criticized how college football determines its top team. Now senators are getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl Champion Series.