Senate president vows tort reform
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State Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. yesterday told a group of doctors that lawmakers will resolve Maryland&#39;s looming medical malpractice insurance crisis.
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A Republican U.S. senator  who admitted to &quot;serious sin&quot; after he was linked last week to  a Washington escort service apologized for the sex scandal on  Monday, but said he will go back to work.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid  vowed on Wednesday to block former Solicitor General Theodore  Olson from becoming attorney general if President George W.  Bush nominates him to replace Alberto Gonzales.
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Insisting he has no litmus test, the Republican in line to head the Senate Judiciary Committee pledged Sunday not to stall President Bush's judicial nominees, even if the prospective judges oppose abortion rights.
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Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) spoke publicly yesterday for the first time since Monday's indictment on bribery, racketeering and money-laundering charges, vowing to "sell every stick of furniture in our home and anything else we may own" to fight the government's accusations.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.  - President Bush,  faced with opposition in Republican ranks to his intentions to  revamp Social Security, pledged on Friday to provide members  with political cover from any fallout over the debate.
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Stymied by Republicans on the Sept. 11 commission bill and a lobbying overhaul, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened Friday to take away senatorsÃ¢ÂÂ August vacation time.
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President Bush pressured Congress yesterday to pass legislation limiting jury awards for medical malpractice, saying the legal system favors attorneys who file baseless cases that drive up the cost of healthcare.
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Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives pledged on Friday to pass immediately a business-backed bill to curb class action lawsuits, if the Senate first approves the measure without changing it.
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U.S. senators vowed on Wednesday to move forward with legislation to legalize the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from certain countries, despite resistance from regulators and drugmakers.
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Text of speech by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., as prepared for delivery Tuesday at the Republican National Convention:
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President Bush prodded the new Congress today to put curbs on medical-malpractice lawsuits, which he said were driving up the cost of care and driving good doctors out of medicine.
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The senatorâs plan aims to cover uninsured Americans and to reduce premium costs for everyone else.
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The chairman of the banking committee of the Senate will on Wednesday afternoon unveil a comprehensive plan to reform mortgage lending, sources familiar with the plan said.
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President Bush vowed yesterday to use the &quot;political capital&quot; gained from his victory on Tuesday to push an aggressive domestic agenda in a second term, beginning with limiting medical malpractice
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is aligning himself with Democrats in hopes of enhancing his political legacy through an effort to improve minority health care.
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A senior Senate Republican said on  Sunday Congress should adjust the Medicare drug benefit to rein  in costs, even though President Bush has threatened to veto any  weakening of the plan.