Tammy Duckworth

Tammy Duckworth

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  Jackson Jr.'s House successor faces difficult road

  Democrat Robin Kelly should have little trouble winning the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. — the territory's been held ... 

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  Obama: Nation stronger, GOP should back his plans

  Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government ... 

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  Signs of unity in a divided Congress

  President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night produced fleeting moments of bipartisanship in a divided Congress. 

• Groups urge probe of $12 million mystery donation

  Two election watchdog organizations on Thursday urged the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission to investigate more than $12 million in ... 

• Shadowy donor behind record 'super' PAC checks

  A lawyer in Tennessee who is mysteriously linked to millions of dollars in campaign contributions steered to congressional candidates doubled his ... 

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  9 more Iraq, Afghan war veterans joining Congress

  As Tammy Duckworth sees it, her path to Congress began when she awoke in the fall of 2004 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She was missing both of ...