Two senators who opposed the bill heard the noise as they walked down the steps of the capitol building.

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Throughout the south and middle-west, they succeeded in electing agricultural candidates as governors, state legislators,Senators, and members of the House of Representatives.

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Some of those leaders, especially senators Henry Clay of Kentucky and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, believed they could control the newly elected president.

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Along the way, he makes judicious use of political events, large and small, to show what happens to men who get close to the centre of power, be they senators, murky intelligence agents or small-time hoods.

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"They go to school so they can be senators, they can be in Congress, who knows, " Marieme said.

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The issue is at least as awkward for lots of liberals, whether they are senators or not.

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