McConnell vows to keep panel in loop
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Retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell told skeptical senators Thursday that he would keep them fully informed of undercover activities if he is confirmed as director of national intelligence.
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The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday he wants to hold a hearing next week on draft legislation he is preparing to establish a national fund for compensating asbestos victims.
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The Idaho senator pleaded guilty, while other senators who are under investigation have not been charged with wrongdoing, said GOP leader Mitch McConnell.
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BATAVIA, Ill  - Embattled Republican leader Dennis Hastert on Thursday outlined steps to investigate the House cybersex scandal and said he intends to stay in office despite calls for him to step down before the November elections.
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In a move to protect Majority Leader Tom DeLay, House Republicans are expected to change caucus rules Wednesday to ensure he can keep his job if indicted.
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Talks to create a national fund to compensate asbestos victims will continue, the new leader of the Democrats in the US Senate said on Tuesday.
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JOHN Howard has promised to implement key elements of a reform agenda that has been frustrated by the Senate in recent years, while promising not to ride roughshod over the electorate despite an overwhelming mandate.
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Ethics reform, a higher minimum wage and more money for stem cell research are the top items on the Senate agenda next year, incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press.
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As Congress began its final week before the midterm elections, a veteran Senate chairman was asked the question ricocheting all over town:
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Â· Chancellor to seek longer detention without chargeÂ· Parliamentary and judicial oversight 'to guard rights'
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U.S. intelligence chief Mike McConnell said in a magazine interview that waterboarding would be torture if it was used against him personally, but stopped short of condemning the controversial interrogation technique.
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A Republican member of the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to lead a revolt against President Bush's immigration reform proposals and predicted that up to 180 party members would support him.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stripped embattled Rep. William Jefferson of his seat on a powerful tax committee last year, has decided to put him on the Homeland Security panel, infuriating some Republicans who charge he may be a security risk.
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The best the President could accomplish, on his trip to Capitol Hill, was get some Senators to keep an open mind
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As Senate Democrats question his independence, Rep. Porter Goss of Florida says he is committed to providing fair and accurate intelligence.
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The incoming Democratic chairman of  the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee promised on Wednesday to  combat what he denounced as President George W. Bush's war-time  trampling of American rights.
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The top Republican in the U.S. House, battling calls for his resignation over a Capitol Hill sex scandal, called a news conference on Thursday to again say he will not step down, senior party aides said.