Congressional Elections

BOSTON - Massachusetts Republicans are getting back the political spotlight they've lacked for the past three years in the special election to fill Edward Kennedy's Senate seat. Full Story »

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Martha Coakley will square off against Republican Scott Brown in a special election early next year in Massachusetts for the late Edward Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat. Full Story »

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on Tuesday won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death Senator Edward Kennedy, who died in August of brain cancer. Full Story »

Martha Coakley won the Democratic primary in the Massachusetts Senate special election, putting her on track to assume the seat long held by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and become the state's first woman senator. Full Story »

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will vote Dec. 17 on Ben S. Bernanke's nomination to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, likely opening the path to Senate floor consideration of the former Princeton economics professor. Full Story »

The four Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate race have been scrambling to rally a largely indifferent electorate to go to the polls for Tuesday's special election primary. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama continues to back Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman despite criticism from some U.S. senators during confirmation hearings for his second term, the White House said on Monday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination. Full Story »

As tempting a target as Sen. Christopher J. Dodd is for Republicans in 2010, one Connecticut candidate has decided to skip a crowded Senate primary and instead run for governor. Full Story »

Top House Democratic leaders, admitting that voters will judge Democrats in next year's elections largely on the nation's unemployment rate, said Thursday they plan action on limited jobs legislation this month but will put off a more comprehensive effort until Congress returns in January. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday that he was placing a hold on Ben Bernanke's nomination for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, a move that could slow the confirmation process. Full Story »

Scott Brown harbors no illusions about the difficulty of being the GOP standard-bearer in the special Senate election to replace liberal icon Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Full Story »

The final debate for Democratic primary candidates in Massachusetts' Senate special election did little to alter the dynamics of the race. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in Congress face potential peril in next year's election resulting from his decision to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Full Story »

Democrat Makes Her Case for N.C. Senate Race Full Story »

In what appears to be a case of right news, wrong timing for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, word began to leak out Tuesday that Democratic former North Carolina state Sen. Cal Cunningham has decided to reverse an earlier decision and will challenge incumbent Republican Richard M. Burr in 2010. Full Story »

Sensing momentum from strong fundraising and polling that showed him ahead in the 2010 Kentucky Republican Senate primary, ophthalmologist Rand Paul recently tried to make the case that the GOP establishment was wavering in its support of his opponent, Secretary of State Trey Grayson. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Tuesday he supports raising the United States' debt ceiling to a high enough level so lawmakers will not have to boost it again before the November 2010 congressional elections. Full Story »