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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said Wednesday that Congress should work to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and pass the DREAM Act when it returns to work next week.

Maryland passed ballot measures Tuesday that grant same-sex couples marriage equality and that allow immigrant children to attend college and pay in-state tuition rates.

Democrat Suzan DelBene will get a head start on her fellow colleagues that were elected last night.

DelBene beat Republican John Koster, who ran twice before unsuccessfully, in the race to replace retired Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.). Inslee decided to run for governor of Washington instead, and won Tuesday night.

Because Inslee left his post in the House early, Washington voters in the 1st District also decided who would finish his term for the month of December. Conceivably, a candidate could have been elected to represent the district for one month and then lose the election to serve in the 113th Congress. But DelBene won both races, meaning she’ll get one month under her belt before the rest of the 113th Congress arrives in January.

Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) said Monday that he’d need President Obama voters' support to beat Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) on Nov. 6.

“There are plenty of crossover voters,” Heller told the Las Vegas Sun. “I see plenty of Obama-Heller voters, but I don’t see too many Romney-Berkley voters.

“I clearly need the Obama voters to win.”

Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) is expected to begin legal proceedings against a Republican candidate for the California Assembly who has said Chu has endorsed him.

According to the Rafu Shimpo, an English-Japanese newspaper in Los Angeles, Chu has asked Republican Matthew Lin to stop implying that she has endorsed him for the Assembly. But Lin rejected that request.

Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told Iowa voters Sunday why they should reelect President Obama on Nov. 6.

Harkin pointed to the Affordable Care Act, which he said allowed thousands of young Iowans to remain on their parent’s health insurance until age 26, according the The Quad-City Times.

“I believe Iowans are going to say ‘yes’ to four more years of Barack Obama,” Harkin said Sunday at the Obama for America Davenport office.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) travels to North Dakota on Thursday to visit University of North Dakota’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) programs and campaign for Republican Senate candidate Rep. Rick Berg.

Berg is running against former North Dakota Attorney General and Democrat Heidi Heitkamp to replace retiring Sen. Kent Conrad (D).

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appears in a TV ad endorsing Montana U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.).

The Missoulian reported Tuesday that in the ad Romney says Rehberg will help “get our fiscal house in order.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that President Obama shares the blame with Senate Republicans for the legislative stalemate.

The Fresno Bee reported Feinstein told the editorial board that her Republican colleagues have used parliamentary procedures for the past two years to stymie Obama's agenda, but that Obama could do more to move his plans ahead.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) campaigned for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Michigan on Tuesday night.

The Detroit Free Press reported that McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, slammed President Obama’s record.

“I was worried about this country when I lost in 2008,” McCain said. “But my worst expectations were realized. We have to have Mitt Romney.”

West Virginia Sens. John Rockefeller (D) and Joe Manchin (D) said Tuesday that they're working closely with government officials to ensure that the state gets resources to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

“I will remain in close contact with state and federal officials to make sure that our state has the resources we need to recover from this storm,” Manchin said in a statement Tuesday. “As I know you are, [my wife] Gayle and I are praying for anyone in the storm’s path, both in our state and across our nation. We also thank our brave first responders who are working hard to keep all of us safe.”