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• McCain rejects Carter claim he is 'milking' Vietnam service

  - 2008-08-31

  ST PAUL, Minnesota AFP — Republican White House candidate John McCain on Sunday rejected a comment by former president Jimmy Carter that he was "milking" his Vietnam war heroism for political gain. Carter said in a USA Today interview on the sidelines of the Democratic convention in Denver last...

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• White House hopefuls find way to raise funds earlier

  - 2007-04-10

  WASHINGTON -- Months before the 18 presidential candidates could legally begin raising money for their White House bids, they tapped other accounts to forge ties that could help them win their party's nomination, according to a USA TODAY analysis. Such accounts -- known as leadership political...

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• Returning rookies reflect on lessons learned

  - 2006-11-27

  WASHINGTON -- On the day nearly two years ago when they were sworn into office, liberal Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and conservative Republican Patrick McHenry from North Carolina found themselves symbols of Congress' diversity and its potential for discord. "We were portrayed as the yin and the yang...

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• Democrats: Identify pork sponsors

  - 2006-11-13

  Correction ran 11/14/2006: A story Monday did not make clear that a congressional earmark for an Alaskan bridge passed as part of a transportation bill, not an appropriations bill. WASHINGTON -- Democrats aim to open the next Congress in January with a new rule that identifies lawmakers who use legislative...

  Tags: Democrat, FINANCE, Leadership, Republican, Taxes, Transportation, U.S. Congress, USA Today

• Senate control in play, polls find

  - 2006-11-06

  WASHINGTON -- Democrats, poised to score gains in the U.S. Senate, are struggling to pull ahead in the final seat they need to win control, USA TODAY/Gallup Polls in six key states find. Democratic challengers are leading Republican incumbents -- in some cases narrowly -- in Missouri, Montana and Rhode...

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• FBI looks at Foley's e-mails to teens

  - 2006-10-02

  House Speaker Dennis Hastert asked the Justice Department on Sunday to investigate former congressman Mark Foley's communications with teenage boys who worked as House pages. The FBI is "conducting an assessment to determine whether any federal laws were broken," bureau spokesman Richard Kolko said. Hastert has said he knew about...

  Tags: E-mail, ethics, FBI, Government, leader, Leadership, Rep., Republican, USA Today

• Controversy clouds Allen's re-election bid

  - 2006-09-28

  LEESBURG, Va. -- Michael Johnson is a swing voter in a swing county in what's turned into one of the hottest Senate races in the country, and he's swinging away from George Allen, the man he voted for in 2000. Johnson, 35, a football fan attracted six years ago by...

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• A political pundit cage match: O'Reilly vs. Rich

  - 2006-09-21

  With November elections looming, it's prime season for political books. USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer compares titles by two outspoken commentators: Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and The New York Times' Frank Rich: Bill O'Reilly Frank Rich Culture Warrior Broadway, 219 pp., $26, out Monday The book The Greatest Story Ever...

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• Congress full of fortunate sons -- and other relatives

  - 2006-08-08

  WASHINGTON -- Politics has never been more of a family business. In 1986, at least 24 U.S. senators and representatives were closely related to governors or other members of Congress, USA TODAY research shows. Twenty years later, there are more than 50 -- among them four sets of...

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• DeLay: GOP's 'panic, depression' risk losing elections

  - 2006-06-07

  WASHINGTON -- Former House majority leader Tom DeLay said he's "disappointed" in three ex-associates who pleaded guilty in a federal probe of political corruption, but he said their admissions "doesn't mean I knew" of their efforts to bribe Congress. The Texas Republican, who is resigning his House seat Friday,...

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