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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) called in the FBI on Tuesday to break the stalemate over the state's redistricting vote, according to The New York Times.

Cornyn wants agents to "round up" and arrest the 56 Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a quorum in the legislative body for what they dubbed "gerrymandering." Many traveled to the Democratic-led states of Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York as Republicans sought to pass a redistricting map in their favor.

If approved, the map could give Republicans up to five new congressional seats....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. millionaires would be hit with a new 5 percent surtax to pay for President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program under a new funding plan unveiled Wednesday by his fellow Democrats in the Senate.

Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut announced Wednesday he would retire from the Senate in 2012, ending a tenure that began in 1989.

Most of the national spotlight following Tuesday's midterm elections has been on Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives -- but the party may have had an even bigger victory in state legislatures.