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A press conference sponsored by Alaska Senators Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski was held in support of opening ANWR, the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve, to oil drilling, in the Senate in Congress in Washington DC, on Friday, October 28, 2005. ( Roey Yohai / The Washington Times )

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U.S. solicitor general Elena Kagan smiles in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, during a ceremony with President Barack Obama after her confirmation as Supreme Court justice by the Senate on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. On Thursday, Aug. 5, the Senate confirmed Kagan as the 112th justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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In this June 30, 2010, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. A confirmation vote is all but assured for Ms. Kagan as the Senate begins debate on making her the fourth female justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Associated Press The Senate is expected to vote this week on Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court.

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Carly Fiorina, the Republican nominee for Senate in California, has the backing of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles. (Associated Press)

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Associated Press Industrialist John Raese, seen here in April 2006 in a prior bid for office, is again seeking a Senate seat in West Virginia.

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Associated Press Robert Blagojevich (above) and his brother, ousted Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, are accused of scheming to sell or trade President Obama's old Senate seat from Illinois.

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Mark Wooldridge, with the Architect of the Capitol Grounds Crew, work on the drains in the reflecting pool on the Senate side of the Capitol in Washington Wednesday, July 7, 2010. The pool is cleaned and checked frequently to get the debris out of it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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The late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-WV, lies in repose in the Senate chamber of the US Capitol in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Stephen Crowley/POOL

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The casket of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by a military honor guard funeral detail up the Senate steps during arrival ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Washington. UPI/Bill O'Leary/POOL

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The hearse carrying the casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, arrives at the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis

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The casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by an Honor Guard into the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis

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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, left, and others, watch as the casket containing the remains of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried up the Senate steps on Capitol hill in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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The casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by an Honor Guard into the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis