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Nation: Biden Fundraises for Targeted House Frosh

With President Barack Obama out of the country, Vice President Joseph Biden stepped out on the campaign trail over the past two days with stops in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico to fundraise and rally support for local Democrats. And the Connecticut Democratic Party announced Monday that he will attend a luncheon in support of embattled Sen. Chris Dodd (D) on Dec. 11, signaling a new level of intensity in the vice president’s party-building efforts that have already seen him visit, by his count, 54 House districts this year.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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