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• Franken lays into David Axelrod over health care bill
  Sen. Al Franken was the most outspoken senator in a closed-door session with the White House senior adviser.
  
• Fed chief Bernanke wins 2nd term in closest vote
  Embattled Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke won confirmation for a second term Thursday, but only by the closest vote ever for the crucial post and after withering criticism from lawmakers for bailing out Wall Street while other Americans suffered in recession.
  
• Franken bill would spend bailout cash on new jobs
  The proposal would redirect $10 billion toward wage subsidies for small businesses and government contractors.
  
• Sen. Klobuchar leaves National Press Club laughing
  Sen. Klobuchar leaves National Press Club laughing
  
• Senate likely to be less diverse after elections
  That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it has after November's elections.
  
• Senate likely to be less diverse after elections
  That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it has after November's elections.
  
• Familiar GOP faces promise change in Washington
  If Republicans want the Senate back, they'll have to convince voters that candidates who have spent decades as Washington insiders can be agents of change.
  
• Brown's independence could face Senate test
  Scott Brown says he's a different kind of Republican, a centrist willing to work with Senate Democrats to fix health care and the ailing economy.
  
• Brown demands to be sworn in earlier than planned
  Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown changed course and demanded he be sworn in to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on Thursday, an accelerated timetable that conservatives had been clamoring for and one that Democrats quickly accepted — and had already been moving to accommodate.
  
• Ex-Ind. Sen. Coats to take on Dem Bayh
  In a recruiting coup, former Republican Sen. Dan Coats said Wednesday he's preparing to challenge Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana in November, a potential matchup already generating tough talk.
  
• Democrat Giannoulias wins shot at Obama's old seat
  Illinois Democrat Alexi Giannoulias (jeh-NOO'-lee-ehs) has won the chance to defend President Barack Obama's old Senate seat against Republican Mark Kirk.
  
• Republicans offer hero's welcome to Brown
  Scott Brown, who claimed Edward Kennedy's seat, provides the GOP with new power to thwart the Democrats.
  
• Sen. Reid spends money as fast as he banks it
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's campaign ended 2009 with less money in the bank than it had in September after financing an advertising blitz intended to buff his bruised image in his home state of Nevada, records released Friday showed.
  
• Fiorina's loan gives her edge in Calif Senate race
  Carly Fiorina's $2.5 million loan to her U.S. Senate campaign has given the former Hewlett-Packard CEO a considerable financial edge over her Republican rivals.
  
• Illinois, new Massachusetts setback for Obama?
  If the Massachusetts special election was a kick in the shins for President Barack Obama, the political turmoil in Illinois, his home state, is a pain in the neck that never seems to go away.
  
• Illinois political chaos a pain in neck for Obama
  If the Massachusetts special election was a kick in the shins for President Barack Obama, the political turmoil in Illinois, his home state, is a pain in the neck that never seems to go away.
  
• GOP win in Massachusetts threatens health care bill
  Republican Scott Brown dealt a devastating blow to President Obama's agenda by capturing the Senate seat of the late Edward Kennedy, the Democrat who had made overhauling health care the cause of his political career. | Gut-check time for Dems, Obama
  
• Poll: Crist, GOP challenger tied in Senate primary
  Bogged down by Florida's high unemployment and a string of political missteps that alienated the Republican core, Gov. Charlie Crist finds himself in a tight primary against a former state lawmaker in the race for U.S. Senate, new polls show.
  
• GOP's Pence won't run for Ind. Senate seat
  Republican Indiana Congressman Mike Pence says he won't run this year for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democrat Evan Bayh.
  
• Poll: GOP primary for US Senate seat in Fla. a tie
  Former Florida legislator Marco Rubio has closed the gap in the race for the state's Republican U.S. Senate nomination and is in a virtual dead heat with Gov. Charlie Crist, according to a poll released Tuesday.
  
• Poll: Voter anger fueled Brown victory in Mass.
  Voter discontent with the direction of the government, economy and the health care overhaul helped send Republican Scott Brown to his Senate victory in Massachusetts, a poll says.
  
• Former Ariz. congressman plans run against McCain
  Former Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth says he's planning to run against John McCain for his U.S. Senate seat.
  
• Brown heads to Washington after upset Senate win
  Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown, whose surprise win in the race to fill the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat created the sonic boom heard all the way to Washington, was visiting the nation's capital Thursday to pay a round of courtesy calls on his new colleagues.
  
• New political order tips against Obama to-do list
  Among the winners in the new political order: independent-minded voters and the upstart newcomers they favor.
  
• Democrats see Mass. message: Jobs, jobs, jobs
  Wounded in Massachusetts, frustrated Democrats on Wednesday urged the White House to focus on jobs and the economy — not the health care overhaul that's now at risk — and pressed President Barack Obama to more forcefully make their case against Republicans ahead of potentially disastrous elections this fall.
  

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