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Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is on the campaign trail tending to important races in his home state.

Hill leaders emerge as niche players in national campaign

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Challenger Elizabeth Warren and incumbent Sen. Scott Brown promised to donate to charity if any outside groups advertised on their behalf. Direct mail, phone banks and canvassing efforts are allowed. (Associated Press)

Outsiders abide by rules in Brown-Warren race

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Former Sen. George McGovern delivers remarks at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans in 2009. (Associated Press)

Ex-Sen. George McGovern dies in S.D. at age 90

By Keely Brazil - The Washington Times

Mourners walk Oct. 16, 2012, to Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, Pa., for former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter's funeral. Family members say Specter died Sunday of complications from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 82. (Associated Press)

Friends memorialize ex-Sen. Arlen Specter in Pa.

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

Ohio TV viewers can’t escape the mass, crass campaign ads

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Vice President Joseph R. Biden arrives at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, Pa., on Tuesday to attend the funeral of former Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. (Associated Press)

Specter remembered as ‘irreplaceable’ at funeral

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

Scott Brown (Associated Press)

Warren, Brown poised to set Senate cash record

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Illustration by M. Ryder

LAMBRO: Obama, America’s first hopeless candidate

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Coburn calls out Senate cohorts as biggest waste in government

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill makes a point about Republican challenger Rep. W. Todd Akin on Sept. 21 during their first debate in the U.S. Senate race in Missouri. A surge in GOP voter turnout in the past decade increases Mr. Akin’s chances of winning. Republicans also credit a strong evangelical faction and a shift in party preference by rural voters. (Associated Press)

GOP gains in Missouri over decade can aid Akin

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

Democratic former Sen. Bob Kerrey, who is seeking to return to the Senate, at a news conference in Omaha, Neb., on Monday unveils a new television attack ad that focuses on the story of a now-deceased couple who were sued by Mr. Kerrey’s Republican opponent and her husband in a land dispute in 1995. (Associated Press)

Kerrey bets ranch on Nebraska race

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter (Associated Press)

Arlen Specter, former Pa. senator, dies at 82

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp and Republican opponent Rep. Rick Berg are battling for the seat being vacated by Sen. Kent Conrad. The two faced off in a debate on Thursday in Bismarck, N.D. Republican hopes for an easy win have been thwarted by Mrs. Heitkamp’s strong appeal. (Associated Press)

Democrat’s appeal keeps Senate race tight in N.D.

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

“If Romney wins the presidency, Republicans are likely to take the Senate,” former Rep. Thomas M. Davis III says of Mitt Romney’s importance to Senate races across the county, including in Virginia. (The Associated Press)

Senate candidates looking for a lift on Romney’s coattails

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration Capitol Toolbox by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

FRISBY: Overhauling the budget process

By Tammy M. Frisby

Inside Politics: Romney calls family at center of T-shirt flap

By The WASHINGTON TIMES

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (right) speaks Sept. 21, 2012, as she looks toward Republican challenger Rep. Todd Akin during the first debate in the Missouri Senate race in Columbia, Mo. (Associated Press)

McCaskill hits Akin with ads featuring raped women

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

Republican candidate for Senate Linda McMahon addresses her Democratic rival, Rep. Christopher S. Murphy, in an Oct. 7, 2012, debate in Rocky Hill, Conn. The two are vying for the seat from Connecticut being vacated by Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent. Mrs. McMahon ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2010. (Associated Press)

For McMahon, WWE role wrestled to mat?

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Aug. 25, 2004, file photo shows unidentified analysts at the Combined Intelligence and Fusion Center for NORAD/Northcom in Colorado Springs, Colo. A multibillion-dollar information-sharing program that was created in the aftermath of 9/11 has improperly collected information about innocent Americans and produced no valuable intelligence on terrorism, according to a Senate report that describes an effort that ballooned far beyond anyone’s ability to control. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski/File)

Senate report: Intelligence effort named citizens, not terrorists

By Eileen Sullivan and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Democrats delaying treaty bill

The Washington Times