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US Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) doffs his hat for reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington, February 26, 2009. Byrd, 91, is the longest serving member in the Senate's history. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) (Reuters)

Former Senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern in 2006.

"Audit the Fed" amendment passes Senate

In this Friday, Jan. 26, 2007 photo, White House Counsel Harriet Miers is interviewed by The Associated Press in her office in the White House in Washington. White House counsel Harriet Miers was "livid" and CIA counsel John Rizzo was "clearly upset" that the spy agency destroyed interrogation videos showing waterboarding in 2005, newly released CIA documents show. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) (Ron Edmonds)

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Senate climate bill to be unveiled Wednesday

Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Mitch McConnell

Kagan fight will distract Senate for months

In this May 13, 2009, photo, Sen. Bob Bennett R-Utah, walks to the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bennett, darling of the National Rifle Association and grandson of a Mormon Church president, suddenly may not be conservative enough for ultraconservative Utah. He could become the first 2010 election casualty among incumbent U.S. senators if he fails to win at least 40 percent of the 3,500 delegates at the state GOP's convention May 8. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (AP)

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John Kerry promises climate vote

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Did leadership dreams force Schumer's hand?

Congress has no plans to extend unemployment

Harry Reid's terrible immigration plan

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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., emerge from a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 26, 2010, ahead of a crucial test vote for the financial reform bill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Associated Press)

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Majority Leader Harry Reid with Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (Reuters)

A protester shouts as he joins thousands attending an immigration rally in Arizona on April, 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Three cheers for Democrats' cynicism!

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y) and former N.Y. governor Eliot Spitzer.

Eliot Spitzer should challenge Kirsten Gillibrand

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democratic Party Whip Dick Durbin and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Filibuster: What does it really mean?

Jonathan Bernstein

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, and the Senate Banking Committee's Ranking Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April, 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

GOP's hope for Senate majority dims

The GOP plays coy on Supreme Court -- for now

Jonathan Bernstein

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