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November 23, 2009 4:31 pm ET - On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh mentioned Sen. Al Franken and the "senator who replaced Ted Stevens" -- Sen.

The Senate voted 60-39 Saturday to clear the way for consideration of historic legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system, but reluctant Democratic moderates sent strong signals that the bill has an uncertain future.

Democrats are the equivalent of political suicide bombers. They have strapped political bombs to themselves and they are hell-bent on taking out as many Americans as they can with them.

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Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah argued before the panel that tightening is needed to prevent federal funds from being used to pay for abortion.

A group of volunteer Santa Claus "elves" in Alaska's frigid interior is determined to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole's most beloved icon.

The Obama administration has delayed a decision on a request by Shell Oil Co. to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's rugged Chukchi Sea.

Setting up a historic year-end health care debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation Wednesday night to extend coverage to all but 6 percent of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions.

The Republican who heads up the federal agency overseeing the proposed construction of Alaska's natural gas pipeline is stepping down at the request of President Barack Obama.

The federal pipeline coordinator of an Alaska natural gas pipeline project announced Monday that she was leaving her position at the request of President Barack Obama.

Top industry executives piled into Google's Silicon Valley headquarters over the weekend to hear California's Barbara Boxer, New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman and other Democratic senators discuss some of the most pressing policy issues on Capitol Hill.

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No, not that governor. The new one. In what Alaskans hope is not becoming a longstanding tradition, the governor just dissed the President of the United States.

President Barack Obama received a rousing welcome at Elmendorf Air Force Base on Nov.

President Barack Obama has landed in Alaska for his first - and very short - visit to the state.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement: "In Alaska we have the distinct pleasure and honor of having the largest per capita percentage of veterans of any state in the Union.

Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma doctor, has blocked the $3.7 billion dollar health care bill since May because he says it's not paid for.

Democratic party leaders say many residents are thrilled over President Barack Obama's first visit to the Republican-leaning state, though he won't make a public appearance here.

The Oklahoma senator says the cost of the veterans bill should be offset by cuts elsewhere.

Veterans and their supporters called on U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday to drop his hold and allow a vote on a bill to offer assistance and improve benefits to wounded veterans and their caregivers.