(AP) Senate candidate Al Franken called on the U.S. to rescind $7.1 billion that's committed but not yet obligated to Iraqi reconstruction, and spend it instead on highway infrastructure improvements in the United States. Franken, the Democratic ...

Jeff Merkley has borrowed $250,000 against a house he owns in Washington DC and committed it to his campaign. From the Oregonian: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley has taken out a $250,000 loan on a house he owns in Washington, D.C., to give a boost to his campaign as Oregon's May 20 pri ...