Barack Obama sewed up the Democratic presidential nomination, his Senate colleagues on Capitol Hill were straining to pull together their deeply torn party.

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Since returning to Congress after abandoning his own presidential ambitions in January, Gephardt has largely shunned the limelight on Capitol Hill.

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As a result, the group is about to revamp its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill and in states like Colorado and Minnesota--which will host the presidential nominating conventions later this year--to turn the tides on union expansion.

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Gonzalez, who also heads the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, said that while just 15% of the Latino vote is in so-called battleground states for the presidential race, this year offers numerous opportunities for Latinos to increase their ranks on Capitol Hill.

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Another prominent Democrat on Capitol Hill said Wednesday that some of his superdelegate colleagues feel the burden of deciding a presidential candidate has shifted toward them.

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Young Democrats at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campaigned to get out the vote and listened to former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis speak on the importance of grass-roots politics.

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The CD sent to RNC members, first reported by The Hill on Friday, is titled "We Hate the USA" and also includes songs referencing former presidential candidate John Edwards and the Rev.

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