Articles filed under US Senate
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Insurrection marks moment of reckoning for RepublicansJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was both stunning and predictable, the result of a Republican Party that has repeatedly enabled President Donald Trump's destructive...
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Democrats' Georgia alliance is diverse and broad. Is it durable?Jan 07, 2021 12:00 am - ATLANTA - President Donald Trump came to the north Georgia mountains Monday night to gin up turnout in conservative strongholds and stave off the Democratic challengers ...
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Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Democrats Senate controlJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats - and with them, the U.S. Senate majority - as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stu...
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Georgia deciding U.S. Senate control in election's final dayJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Georgians cast high-stakes final votes Tuesday in elections to determine the balance of power in the new Congress, deciding Senate runoff elections sure to sha...
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Biden returns to Georgia as validator for Ossoff, WarnockDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Republicans eager to cement GOP control of the U.S. Senate have branded Georgia's Democratic candidates as puppets who would ensure a leftist takeover of the f...
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Trump headed to Georgia as runoff boost, but also a threatDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Some establishment Republicans are sounding alarms that President Donald Trump's conspiratorial denials of his own defeat could threaten the party's ability to...
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Twin Senate runoffs in Georgia could shape Biden presidencyNov 06, 2020 12:00 am - ATLANTA - The outcome in several contested states will determine whether Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump. But if the Democratic challenger wins, the ambitions o...
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Routes to Senate control narrow as GOP holds back DemocratsNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The battle for control of the Senate tightened Tuesday after Democrats picked up a seat in Colorado, but suffered a setback in Alabama, and Republicans held...
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Durbin wins reelection to U.S. SenateNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois has been reelected to a fifth term, handily winning over four lesser-known challengers. The 75-year-old Durbin is the S...
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Senate debate dives into racism, political corruption, lake levels and COVID-19Oct 25, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois' five candidates for U.S. senator in the Nov. 3 election laid out their positions on a variety of hot-button issues at a Sunday debate on NBC 5. The Green Party...