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The Christian Science Monitor - With three lawmakers vying for House majority leader, the battle is coming down to which one can persuade his Republican colleagues that he can lift the cloud of corruption threatening GOP control of Congress in midterm elections.
AP - A growing number of Republican voters are frustrated by congressional spending and scandal, according to GOP leaders from across the country who worry that an "enthusiasm deficit" could cost the party control of Congress in November.
AP - Rep. Ed Case announced Thursday he will challenge fellow Democrat Sen. Daniel Akaka in the September primary, saying voters should have a chance to replace the 81-year-old senator with a younger leader.
AP - Sen. John Kerry said Thursday that 2006 will be "crunch time" for Iraq's new government, which must show it is capable of running an ethnically divided and violence-wracked country.
AP - Congress should approve changes in immigration law to give illegal immigrants a better path toward legal status, business, labor and religious groups said Thursday.
AP - Arizona Rep. John Shadegg's longshot bid to become the No. 2 GOP leader in the House got a boost Thursday when he was endorsed by the leader of a group of more than 100 conservative lawmakers.
AP - Sen. John McCain, the best-known political reformer in Congress, is popular again — among Republicans.
AP - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday apologized to 33 Republican senators singled out for ethics criticism in a report from his office titled "Republican Abuse of Power."
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton has come out swinging.
AP - Ohio GOP chairman pledged full support Thursday for Rep. Bob Ney, a day after he said the party would ask Ney to leave Congress if he were to be indicted for his alleged role in lobbyist Jack Abramoff's influence peddling scheme.
AFP - A US senator announced legislation that would urge the international community impose tough sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
AFP - House Democrats were to quiz experts Friday about the legality of President George W. Bush's domestic eavesdropping program, after ruling Republicans ignored a request for formal hearings.
AFP - US Senator John Kerry warned against sectarian influences in future Iraqi government ministries and predicted a national unity cabinet could lead to a drawdown in US troops.
AP - Prosecutors in the case against Rep. Tom DeLay sought Wednesday to revive a criminal conspiracy charge against the former House majority leader.
Reuters - Three top Senate Democrats said on Thursday they would vote against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito because they feared he would not provide an effective check on what they described as President George W. Bush's bid for expanded power.
AP - Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy said Thursday he will oppose Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's confirmation, saying he did not believe the conservative judge would be independent of President Bush and the executive branch in his future rulings.
AP - Sen. Hillary Clinton called for United Nations sanctions against Iran and faulted the Bush administration for "downplaying" the threat Tehran's nuclear program poses.
AP - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the state Senate from voiding a special election that was narrowly won last fall by the sister of an indicted former senator.
AP - Sen. Barack Obama and other black Democrats are defending Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's description of the House of Representatives as a "plantation." First lady Laura Bush says Clinton's remark was "ridiculous."
AP - Congressional Democrats urged a ban on all gifts and travel paid for by lobbyists Wednesday, aiming to seize an issue for the fall elections and taking a shot at Republicans they say have sullied Congress' reputation.
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