By Alan Fram and Donna Cassata Associated Press Comments Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., celebrates her victory over Republican Tommy Thompson in Madison, Wis., on election night. (Darren Hauck / Getty Images) Washington â€" The new Congress will be slightly more Democratic and more female though House Republicans still hold a majority large enough to confront and confound President Barack Obama as the nation grapples with a slow-moving economic recovery and record deficits. Senate Democrats, once scrambling to save vulnerable incumbents and their tenuous numerical advantage, surprisingly gained a net of two seats as undecided races were settled Wednesday. The final results gave...
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