It's interesting though, Renee, in the wake of, of Tom DeLay's problems and those surrounding Lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the Senate is expected to take up a couple of lobbying reform bills this week.

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No matter how Jack Lew performs at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, his nomination to be Treasury Secretary has already produced one big winner: the Cayman Islands.

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And just one week ago, the deputy head of Canada's spy agency, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service, Jack Hooper, told a Senate committee here that only a fraction of immigrants from high-risk areas were being properly screened.

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He is also scheduled to visit Iraq with two Senate colleagues, Democrat Jack Reed and Republican Chuck Hagel.

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Whatever happens to the House Ethics Committee, Jack Abramoff faces investigations by a Senate committee and the Justice Department.

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Edward Kennedy is likely to be elected to his seventh term in the Senate as he faces token opposition from Republican Jack E.

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There was a resolution by John McCain coming out of the Senate for the President to pardon the late black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, who was sent to prison nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.

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At least he should be able to spot a losing argument: The Senate is scheduled to consider the nomination of Rhode Island plaintiff attorney Jack McConnell for a federal judgeship on Thursday.

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