Politics

House Republican leaders sent their members a new weapon last week for their summer campaign to win back the House: a slick, 15-page document called "Tread Boldly" that demands an end to Washington's "reckless spending binge." But inside, boldness is hard to find. Carolyn Lochhead

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House members returned to steamy Washington in a rare August callback to clear a $26 billion jobs bill with unmistakeable implications for the midterm elections.

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Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet battled for his job Tuesday in a Colorado primary against Andrew Romanoff, a former state House speaker whose grass-roots campaign and embrace of the nation's anti-establishment mood has him within striking distance of an upset.

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