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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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Fidelity Investments hasn&#39;t given up its opposition to a rule that requires the boards of mutual funds to have an independent chair, and the senior US senator from New Hampshire is backing that effort.
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A Senate committee brushed aside threats of a veto from President Bush in overwhelmingly approving on Thursday a $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program.
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In what senators from both parties called a potential turning point for American intelligence agencies, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to confirm the nomination
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A Senate bill that would propose allowing documents to be self- authenticated without being notarized passed a House committee Tuesday and was placed on the consent calendar.  SB154, sponsored by Sen.
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WASHINGTON - A Senate panel on Tuesday approved the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., to head the CIA, overcoming Democrats' objections that Goss was too political for the job...
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The House voted 336 to 75 for the measure, which now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass on Wednesday.
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Condoleezza Rice won broad support. The attorney-general nominee cleared a Senate panel in a 10-8 vote down party lines.
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A congressional committee on Friday approved a bill that would allow popular President Alvaro Uribe to run for a second term in 2006, clearing the way for a final legislative vote as early as next week.
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A bill that would allow terrorism suspects access to federal courts to challenge their imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
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A divided Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney general, rejecting Democratic complaints about his role in formulating administration policies blamed for contributing to the torture of detainees.
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The Senate Foreign Relations  Committee on Wednesday approved the nomination of Condoleezza  Rice to be secretary of state.
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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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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on a 16 to 2 vote yesterday after Democrats on the panel expressed deep frustration at her answers on Iraq and terrorism in two days of hearings.
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A U.S. Senate committee approved a  bipartisan bill to tighten rules on government eavesdropping on  terrorism suspects, but a Democratic presidential candidate  said on Thursday he would try to block it.
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Lawmakers approved the measure by a bipartisan 344-51 margin on what might be the last day of their postelection session. Though not in doubt, passage was taking longer in the Senate.
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Defying a veto threat from President Bush, the Senate Finance Committee approved a major expansion of the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.