Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House

By Tom Raum

Associated Press

Published: Wednesday, Nov. 7 2012 11:04 a.m. MST

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Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in 2013 that has bedeviled efforts to enact his major legislation.

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Tolstoy

salt lake, UT

Moutain man
I pay twice the tax rate Romney does and I voted for Obama for one simple reason we need a reasonable balanced approach not empty rhetoric

8:34 a.m. Nov. 7, 2012
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Lagomorph

Salt Lake City, UT

Sen. McConnell stubbornly held the economy hostage in order to achieve his #1 goal of making Obama a one-term president. Unseating the president was a higher priority to him and the rest of the GOP than improving the plight of the American people. More..

9:19 a.m. Nov. 7, 2012
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LDS Liberal

Farmington, UT

Tolstoy
salt lake, UT

Lagomorph
Salt Lake City, UT

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Agreed with both of your excellent comments.

The Republicans had ONE goal and ONE GOAL only, and it was not America or the American More..

10:33 a.m. Nov. 7, 2012
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