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“It was like Elvis was in the house,” said Senator John McCain. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
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President Barack Obama, who has been intensifying his lobbying with Congress to lay the groundwork to change U.S. immigration laws and cut the government deficit, invited three senators -- two Republicans and one Democrat -- for a round of golf today.
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The brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombing were motivated by radical Islam they learned mostly over the Internet, according to lawmakers briefed by federal law-enforcement officials, while a relative said a local mentor with fundamentalist beliefs also played a role.
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Federal investigators are trying to piece together what Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev did during his six-month trip to Russia last year, senators said.
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Investigators are looking into whether yesterday’s Boston Marathon explosions were the work of a homegrown radical as evidence suggested the bomber used weapons made from metal pressure cookers to maximize carnage.
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President Barack Obama’s bid to enact even a scaled-back version of his gun-safety agenda needs support from many of the 16 Senate Republicans who showed they’re at least willing to debate it.
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President Barack Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget offers those Senate Republicans who have shown they’ll negotiate with the administration a possible path to restarting talks on a multiyear deficit-reduction plan.
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Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia cited frustration with “legislative gridlock” in announcing he won’t seek a third term next year, giving Democrats their first opportunity to win an open Senate seat in 2014.
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U.S. Senator Tim Johnson’s decision to retire after the 2014 election makes the Democrats’ job of holding their Senate majority tougher.
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One day last month, Republican Senator Johnny Isakson got an accidental phone call from Vice President Joe Biden.
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