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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

RNC Kills Program to Deploy Hill Staffers

The Republican National Committee has decided against sending Congressional staffers out on the campaign trail for traditional get-out-the-vote efforts, focusing its resources instead on mailings and other last-minute pre-election efforts, the RNC said Tuesday. Read More

Snowe Moves to Shore Up Right Flank for 2012

Sen. Olympia Snowe is bracing for the possibility of a brutal GOP primary in her re-election bid in 2012 after watching as conservative activists turned on Republican moderates and longtime incumbents this year. Read More

Social Media May Predict Candidates' Wins

GOP candidates for the Senate in the November midterm elections have on average four times as many Facebook fans and five times as many Twitter followers as their Democratic opponents, according to a recent analysis. Read More

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Congress Q&A: Length of Congressional Sessions

There was much disagreement among the framers regarding when the Congress should meet. While winter weather made it difficult to travel to the capitol, many early representatives were farmers and needed to be home in the spring and summer.

• Congress.org