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Senators urged to intervene in deportation case
A Guatemalan man’s supporters cite his accomplishments and contributions to the Portland community as reasons that he should be allowed to stay.

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Appeal to senators over Lockerbie
US senators who want a hearing into the Lockerbie bomber’s release have been urged to sign a letter asking the Scottish Government to hold its own public inquiry into the tragedy.

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Senators want UK officials at Lockerbie hearing
U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (KEHR’-sten JIHL’-uh-brand) and Robert Menendez are hoping U.K. officials reconsider their decisions not to appear at a hearing this week on the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

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David Cameron agrees to meet US senators over BP’s role in Lockerbie bomber release
David Cameron has backed down and agreed to meet senior American senators who are demanding an inquiry into whether BP was involved in the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

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Senators Look For Smoking Gun In BP-Lockerbie Link
BP’s oil spill notoriety is reviving unwelcome attention from Congress on another issue: Whether the oil company sought the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to help get a $900 million exploration agreement with Libya off the ground. Soon after al-Megrahi’s release last year, BP acknowledged that it urged the British government to sign a prisoner transfer agreement …

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Senators Propose Estate Tax Fix
Senators Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., have introduced a proposal to reform the federal estate tax, which temporarily expired this year but is slated to increase to up to 55 percent next year for estates over $1 million.

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US senators seek probe into BP role in Lockerbie release
US senators urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday to investigate whether oil giant BP pressed Britain to free the Lockerbie bomber to protect a lucrative deal with Libya.

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Senators: Reform bill a good place to start
While the financial reform bill is not perfect, Sens. Snowe and Collins say they will join Democrats in supporting it.

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Hoax e-mails said senators died
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police are investigating hoax e-mailssent to news outlets and blogs that said Sen. Frank Lautenberg ,D-N.J., and Sen. Patrick Leahy , D-Vt., had died.

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Senators seek probe into alleged BP-Lockerbie link
He was released on compassionate grounds after doctors said the cancer-stricken Libyan man had only three months to live. A doctor now says al-Megrahi could live for another decade.

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