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July 1, 2008, 2:59 p.m. A former chief of staff to Sen. Arlen Specter is hosting a fundraiser for vulnerable freshman Rep.

Gridlock has paralyzed the U.S. Senate, derailing a critical bipartisan bill that would have stopped a 10 percent cut to doctors who treat Medicare patients, kept Medicare premiums fair, and made significant ...

Summary: The Politico falsely claimed that "[a] Democratic bill that would have blocked a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors fell just one vote short of the 60 it needed for passage Thursday." In ...

A key senator's recent ultimatum to the U.S. Department of Justice to change its policy on waiver of attorney-client privilege in corporate investigations likely will determine the fate of pending legislation ...

In a rare convergence of opinion, congressional conservatives and liberals have found something to agree on in the fierce debate over electronic surveillance: The White House is about to receive a bill very ...

With a huge container ship, the "Cap Beatrice," of Monrovia, unloading cargo in the background, officials from Philadelphia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in ...

The United States Supreme Court recently finished its annual term. In addition to last week's Second Amendment ruling, the term will be remembered for the case of Boumediene vs.

White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Tuesday that Senate Democrats "put off a lot of work" when they left town last week without passing several pending bills.

Date : Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:55:49 +0500 SENATE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS HOLDS HEARINGS ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY armradio.am 25.06.2008 13:56 The Armenian Assembly of America ...

The Senate is playing a delicate dance over the fate of a bill to expand the federal judiciary by 50 permanent judgeships -- including a dozen on federal appellate courts nationwide.

The Bush administration moved Monday to assure doctors that coming cuts in Medicare reimbursements would take a few days to kick in, buying time for Senate Republicans to recover from a vote that has Sen.

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These crimes, however, are still taking place. Our promise to hold accountable those who commit the most unspeakable crimes will ring hollow unless we lead the world in punishing those responsible for the ...

WASHINGTON - With his third term as chief justice coming to a close amid three explosive cases last week, John Roberts has proved to be almost everything conservatives hoped and liberals feared.

By Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, June 28, 2008; Page A03 With congressional leaders engaged in heated brinkmanship, the Bush administration yesterday gave a reprieve to thousands of doctors ...

Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold and other opponents of a compromise electronic surveillance bill left town today with a victory: They delayed action on the legislation until Congress returns from a Fourth of July ...

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Gee, Here's A Surprise! Political patronage in the Justice Department ? Whoda thunk?: WASHINGTON - Scores of highly credentialed young lawyers and law students were denied interviews ...

Two groups representing key parochial interests for House Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders Thursday issued strong objections to a Senate global warming bill that fell to a filibuster this month, as well ...

The bill, passed on a 293-129 vote, does more than just protect the telecoms. The update to the 30-year-old Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is an attempt to balance personal privacy rights with the ...

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY : Sens.