WASHINGTON -- Senate moderates tried in vain Wednesday to resolve the labor rights dispute that has stalled legislation creating a Homeland Security Department. As a result, the largely partisan Senate logjam continues after almost five weeks. A spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., repeated his pledge that the Senate would keep trying for a deal.
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