Senate Panel OKs Bush's Pick for Energy Job
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Sam Bodman, President Bush's pick to be the next U.S. energy secretary, was approved on Wednesday by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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A Senate Judiciary Committee divided along partisan lines advanced Alberto Gonzales' nomination as attorney general to the full Senate Wednesday despite Democratic complaints that he is too close to President Bush to be effective as the nation's top law enforcement official.
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Defying President George W. Bush, a   U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved legislation setting   up trials for foreign terrorism suspects that Bush says could   compromise the war on terrorism.
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The Senate sent legislation to President Bush early this morning that expands offshore oil drilling and preserves a variety of popular tax breaks for families and businesses.
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US legislation designed to punish foreign energy companies that do business with Iran was overwhelmingly adopted by a powerful committee of Congress Tuesday.
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A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved the nomination of John Negroponte, the outgoing director of national intelligence, to become deputy secretary of state, sending the nomination to the full Senate.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday gave   final approval to a bill for tough interrogations and   prosecutions of terrorism suspects, as President George W. Bush   prevailed after a series of setbacks on his detainee policies.
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WASHINGTON - The Republican-led Senate approved President Bush's choice to head the CIA, Rep. Porter Goss, over protests from some Democrats who said he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence...
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Bush's nominee for Defense Secretary gave senators some straight talk they've been desperate for. And the Armed Services committee rewarded him with a unanimous vote of approval
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President Bush picked a new energy secretary Friday and dubbed him "a problem solver" &#151; a talent Samuel W. Bodman will need as he deals with high oil prices, nuclear waste and a Congress unwilling to pass the president's long-term energy plan.
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In late June, the U.S. Senate passed an energy bill that would raise gas mileage standards for the first time in 20 years and fund research on alternative energy sources.
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President Bush nominates top Treasury Department official Sam Bodman to be the next US energy secretary.
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President Bush nominated Deputy Treasury Secretary Samuel W. Bodman yesterday as his second secretary of energy, tapping an administration veteran to lead the Energy Department at a time
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President George W. Bush nominated Samuel W. Bodman, currently deputy secretary of the Treasury Department, to be the new US energy secretary.
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The US Senate has confirmed President George W. Bush's nomination of former US spy chief John Negroponte as deputy secretary of state.
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At the urging of the White House, a key Senate panel put off consideration of the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Sunday.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the confirmation of outgoing national security adviser Condoleezza Rice as US secretary of state.