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Democrats surge to new gains in US Senate (AFP)

 

Published 11/5/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

AFP - Democrats surged to a 56-seat majority in the US Senate, wresting five seats from the Republicans as voters approved a mandate for change with the election of Barack Obama as president.Leading lawmakers hailed their expanded control of the 100-member Senate as the start of a new chapter in history, even as they fell short of a 60-seat margin that would have given them power to overcome Republican delaying tactics. (link)

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