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Reid Will Put Auto Bailout on Senate Floor Monday

ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: There are no legislative details and he has not yet read through the Big Three proposals or heard the auto CEOs' collective mea culpa later this week, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said...

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Rangel Wrangles with New York Times

ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel is firing back at his critics, lashing out at The New York Times in the wake of the latest in a series of politically damaging revelations. “The New...

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Franken May Seek Senate Intervention

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: For the second day in a row, the Al Franken campaign raised the prospect of asking the United States Senate to inject itself into the Minnesota Senate race by counting absentee ballots which Franken believes...

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Black Early Vote Down in Georgia

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: The African-American share of the early vote in Georgia is down significantly from Nov. 4 when Barack Obama's name was on the ballot, dimming former state Rep. Jim Martin's (D) hopes of knocking off Republican...

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The Palin Comeback?

ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: To those who thought Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, would disappear from the national stage after her failed run for the vice presidency, a glimpse at Georgia this week should serve as a reality check. Palin...

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Mel Martinez to Retire from Senate

ABC News’ Rick Klein, Teddy Davis and Z. Byron Wolf Report: Florida Republican sources tell ABC News that Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., will announce his retirement from the Senate Tuesday, creating another highly competitive open Senate seat for Republicans to...

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The Note, 12/02/08: Handoffs & Handouts

By Rick Klein with Arnab Datta You don't need a light-bulb moment for this one: Now that the national-security team is in place, it's all about the economy again for President-elect Barack Obama. And, oh yeah -- he's pretty much...

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The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Compiled by ABC News' PETER MARTINEZ, LAURA GREENE, CARRIE HALPERIN, KRISTEN RED-HORSE, JAYCE HENDERSON, STEPHANIE WASH and JUSTIN GRANT 2008: ABC NEWS VIDEOS: "Obama: Team Shares 'Core Vision'" LINK "George Bush Reflects on His Legacy" LINK "Bush Calls His Presidency...

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