Senate

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Rep. Laura Richardson, who is running for the Senate in California, is seen here in a 2012 photograph provided by her campaign. (Associated Press)

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Republican Senate candidate George Allen (center) walks through a converted bus called an “AmbuBus,” used as a mass casualty transport and made by First Line Technology, with company president Amit Kapoor (left) in Chantilly on Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Vice President Joe Biden, in his Constitutional role as president of the Senate, arrives at the Capitol to provide the tie-breaking vote, if needed, on a vote to extend broad tax cuts that will otherwise expire in January, in Washington, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer (left), a candidate for Republican senate, meets Democratic Senate candidate Bob Kerrey at a Fourth of July parade in Omaha, Neb. Fischer is running against Kerrey for the senate seat vacated by Democrat Ben Nelson. (Associated Press)

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Former Sen. George Allen (pictured) and former Gov. Tim Kaine — rivals for a Senate seat from Virginia — agree on little, other than that their contest will likely go down to the wire in November. (Associated Press)

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Bob Kerrey, a Democratic candidate for a Senate seat in Nebraska, tours the Benson neighborhood in Omaha with his wife, former Saturday Night Live writer Sarah Paley, and Henry, his son. Mr. Kerrey has described Ms. Paley as a "comedian." (Associated Press)

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Senate Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, right, smile as the vote is taken for a bill authorizing about $4.5 billion in funding for a high-speed rail system, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, July 6, 2012. The bill, which would allow the state to begin selling $2.6 billion in voter-approved bonds, was approved by a 21-16 vote and now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown who has supports the measure. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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President Obama, greeting Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. before delivering his the State of the Union address, as a member of the Senate in 2005 voted against confirming the justice who would deliver the decisive vote in favor of his health care act. (Associated Press)