Republicans are almost sure to pick up seats after the 2010 Senate races are over. But they also have an outside shot at retaking the majority in the upper chamber.

LEES SUMMIT | Two days after winning the GOP Senate primary, U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt met with about 65 supporters Thursday at the Jackson County Republican Party headquarters. Blunt brought a message that Democratic Party policies including on health care and the environment are bad for Missourians. He worked to associate his Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, with those ...

The U.S. Senate will vote today on Elena Kagan s Supreme Court nomination, with Democrats having enough votes to give President Barack Obama his second appointment to the high court in two years.

The U.S. Senate Tuesday began debate on the almost certain confirmation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the next justice on the United States Supreme Court. Kagan was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with just a single Republican vote, that of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., but in the intervening weeks before the full Senate took up her nomination, a handful of other Republicans ...

The Senate today kicked off debate on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, with a vote likely to take place on Thursday. Kagan appears to be a surefire bet for confirmation, with five Republicans to date breaking with their party to voice support for her. GOP senators Lindsey Graham, Judd Gregg, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Dick Lugar have all said they will vote for Kagan ...