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Rep. Dan Boren is among the most conservative House Democrats and is the only Democratic member of Oklahoma's congressional delegation.

He says he wants to spend more time with his family and he's tired of campaigning.

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In a victory certain to be read by many as a positive omen for House Democrats looking forward to the 2012 elections and a warning for Republicans, Democrat Kathy Hochul won the special election to fill a vacant seat in a congressional district that until now has been reliably Republican.

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Indiana House Democrats have returned to work at the Statehouse for the first time since they fled to Illinois on Feb. 22.

The walkout was in protest of a Republican agenda they called an assault on labor and public education.

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A bill introduced by House Democrats would require members of Congress to declare whether they are taking health benefits subsidized by taxpayers.

The bill has next to no chance of passing because Republicans control the House. But its introduction puts some heat on the GOP.

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Biden, a survivor of brain aneurysms and neurosurgery, spoke encouragingly of Giffords' prospects for recovery.

He also told House Democrats he welcomed the effort to tone down political rhetoric. And he thanked the lawmakers for taking tough votes.

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House Democrats and Republicans have been vocal in their opposition to President Obama's tax cut deal. Nonetheless, members from both sides of the aisle predict the measure will win approval.

But House leaders may allow an amendment to roll back estate tax provisions that ire many Democrats.

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With House Democrats set to vote Wednesday on whether to keep Speaker Nancy Pelosi as their leader, the Congressional Black Caucus is threatening to block her path.

It's a sign of the caucus' potential to wield more influence in the coming Congress.

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Despite their trouble in the polls and many predictions that they will lose control of the House, Democrats continued to raise more campaign money than Republicans in the latest filing period.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remained firm that tax cuts should go to incomes of $250,000 or less. This was despite indications that some House Democrats wanted to extend Bush-era tax cuts for everyone, including the wealthy.

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In an unusual August session, House Democrats pushed through an aid package that will boost state Medicaid budgets.

But, the lawmakers whiffed on extending a popular insurance subsidy for the unemployed.

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