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  • abbreviation senate
  • abbreviation senator
  • abbreviation senior

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  • abbreviation Senator

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  • A Gettysburg moment would be a cheeky partisan equivalent to the Battle of Waterloo -- the moniker Sen. Jim DeMint R-S.C. famously applied to the actual debate over health care reform's passage.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • On Tuesday, first-term Sen. Paul Gazelka, a Republican from Brainerd, said his mind has been changed over the past few days because of provisions included in bills for health and welfare programs and state government programs.

    Minn. lawmakers convene to vote on ending shutdown 2011

  • Five-term Sen. Jeff Bingaman is retiring in this Democratic-leaning swing state.

    'We Need an Election' James Taranto 2011

  • First-term Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), for instance, could become chairman or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee if Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) doesn't return for another term (Lugar faces a primary challenge) and Corker wins a second term, as expected.

    A new record for Senate retirements 2011

  • JUDD GREGG TO GOLDMAN- Goldman announced Friday that it had named three-term Sen. Judd Gregg an international adviser to the bank.

    HUFFPOST HILL - Activist Judge Rules Corporations Are Sentient Beings Eliot Nelson 2011

  • He calls Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., former Veterans Administration official he knows from the Agent Orange case.

    After 9/11: 50 dates that quietly changed America 2011

  • On Tuesday, first-term Sen. Paul Gazelka, a Republican from Brainerd, said his mind has been changed over the past few days because of provisions included in bills for health and welfare programs and state government programs.

    Minn. lawmakers convene to vote on ending shutdown 2011

  • He calls Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., former Veterans Administration official he knows from the Agent Orange case.

    After 9/11: 50 dates that quietly changed America 2011

  • Bennett, who is the son of four-term Sen. Wallace Bennett, was in tears as he answered questions during an emotional meeting with reporters.

    Beltway Civil War! 2010

  • In 2012, if Republicans look to also surf that wave, first-term Sen. Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American Republican from Florida, could be the next.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

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