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| Senate control hinges on 'stroke' | Senate control hinges on 'stroke' |
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| A US senator has suffered a suspected stroke, raising the possibility that President George W Bush's party will regain control of the Senate. | A US senator has suffered a suspected stroke, raising the possibility that President George W Bush's party will regain control of the Senate. |
| Democratic Senator Tim Johnson's office said he was undergoing tests at George Washington University Hospital. | Democratic Senator Tim Johnson's office said he was undergoing tests at George Washington University Hospital. |
| The Democrats captured control of the upper house of Congress by a single seat in elections last month. | |
| If Senator Johnson, 59, stands down, the Republican governor of his state, South Dakota, will name his successor. | |
| That person - likely to be a Republican - would serve until the next general election in 2008. | |
| Mr Johnson, who turns 60 at the end of December, had prostate cancer in 2004 but says he is now clear of the disease following an operation. | |
| His wife has also had cancer. | |
| There is little precedent for forcing a living senator to stand down against his will. | |
| A predecessor of Mr Johnson, Karl Mundt, continued to hold his Senate seat for three years after a stroke that incapacitated him in 1969, although he was unable to attend Senate sessions. |