Nov 4 - By Brock Vergakis, Associated Press Writer
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Wednesday dropped out of a U.S. Senate race to spend more time with a 17-year-old daughter who is suffering from severe mental health problems and has attempted suicide in the past.

Nov 4 - By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Writer
Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.
Nov 3 - By Associated Press
The Senate Democratic leader is indicating lawmakers may not complete health care legislation this year, missing President Barack Obama's deadline on his signature issue.
Nov 2 - By Associated Press
The head of the Connecticut Democrats has filed an elections complaint against Republican Linda McMahon and her family's wrestling empire, claiming the company illegally helped her U.S. Senate campaign by removing potentially embarrassing videos from a Web site.
Oct 30 - By Christopher Wills, Associated Press Writer
The Illinois Senate signed off Friday on a compromise that would establish the state's first limits on campaign donations, sending it to the governor despite Republican complaints that the bill concentrates power in the hands of a few political insiders.
Oct 25 - By John Schoen
If and when Congress gets around to passing a bill to overhaul the health care system, the price tag will be in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Where is all that money going to go?
Oct 25 - By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press Writer
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist probably wasn't worried that literally embracing President Barack Obama back in February and strongly supporting the $787 billion federal stimulus package would hurt his U.S. Senate campaign.
Oct 23 - By Susan Haigh, AP Political Writer
Down in the polls a year before the 2010 election, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd is hoping to tap into the statewide popularity of President Barack Obama.
Oct 22 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
The 68-29 roll call Thursday by which the Senate passed a defense policy bill that includes a hates crimes provision.
Oct 21 - By Mark Niesse, Associated Press Writer
Sen. Daniel Inouye becomes the third-longest-serving senator in U.S. history on Thursday, a landmark for the powerful lawmaker who has held a seat in Congress for as long as Hawaii has been a state.

Oct 17 - By Erica Werner, Associated Press Writers
You may think Democrats and Republicans are at odds over health care. Well, they've got nothing on House and Senate Democrats going after each other.
Oct 14 - By Associated Press
Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut says he raised $900,000 over the past three months for his re-election bid, and his potential Republican opponents raised and spent large sums.
Oct 8 - By Tom Curry, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Next week, the Senate Finance Committee will likely approve a bill designed to overhaul insurance, putting Congress another step closer to restructuring the nation's health care system.

Oct 7 - By Tom Curry, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The Congressional Budget Office is the non-partisan budget estimator for Congress. It calculates how much each piece of proposed legislation would cost the taxpayers.

Oct 6 - By Randall Chase, Associated Press Writer
Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Castle announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat Democrat Joe Biden left to become vice president.

Oct 5 - By Valerie Bauman, Associated Press Writer
New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public's opinion, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the vortex: She has to avoid getting sucked down by the governor's historic low ratings without appearing ungrateful to the man who picked her to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Sep 29 - By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press Writer
Senate Democrats are pushing for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020 — deeper than what the House has passed and what President Barack Obama wants — according to a long-awaited bill that will test how serious the U.S. is about slowing global warming.

Sep 24 - By Tom Curry, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The senators who are debating Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus's bill this week are trying to walk a fine line: how to cut spending on Medicare Advantage, while not alienating the seniors in their own states who are happy with the plans.
Sep 23 - By Associated Press
The Senate on Wednesday voted against an attempt by Republicans to keep in place a plan by the Bush administration to allow oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Sep 23 - By Associated Press
The Senate has unanimously condemned the release of the Libyan terrorist convicted in Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie and called upon Libya to apologize for celebrating his return.
Sep 22 - By Susan Haigh, AP Political Writer
Linda McMahon's wrestling empire urged young adults to vote in 2008, but the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO didn't always follow suit.

Sep 15 - By Andrew Miga, Associated Press Writer
Pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon has never been shy about wading into the ring — and now she's plotting a smackdown of Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd.

Sep 14 - By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Writer
Hospitals and drug makers like what they see in the early version of a health care plan that may evolve into the one that ends up on President Barack Obama's desk.
Sep 10 - By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Writer
The Senate's most famous hearing room will be renamed in honor of the trio of Kennedy brothers who served in Congress' upper chamber.

Sep 10 - By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press Writer
George LeMieux was sworn in Thursday as Florida's newest senator, a job he is expected to hold only 16 months while his former boss, Gov. Charlie Crist, and other candidates run for the seat in next year's election.