Senate Sends Mixed Signals on English
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The Senate voted Thursday to make English the national language of the United States. Sort of.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Trent Lott doesn&#39;t usually answer his Senate phone himself, but when angry callers are burning up the lines &#8211; as they are over this week&#39;s debate about revising America&#39;s immigration laws &#8211; the Republicans&#39; No. 2 Senate leader has picked up to hear what they&#39;ve got to say.
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Â· Clean record and ability to speak English required Â· Spokesman admits proposal is contentious
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Senator Barack Obama has held his tongue when given the chance to criticize his rivals. The same rules may not apply on late-night television.
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A Senate committee on Thursday acted to restore the government's authority to fine television and radio broadcasters for airing profanities, even if they are fleeting references.
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The argument in the Senate today seems likely to focus on potential changes to the bill, rather than on its overall fate.
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The six senators seeking the White House can talk the talk. Voting the vote is not so easy.
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When the Senate Judiciary Committee considers legislation Thursday aimed at punishing voter intimidation, it is expected to strip language that would allow private parties to bring lawsuits to block deceptive voting practices.
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Presidential politics and partisan resentments reached a boil in the Senate Wednesday night, as a heated exchange between Sens. Barack Obama and Lindsey Graham erupted on the chamber floor and continued in a nearby corridor.
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When organized opponents of the immigration bill being debated in the U.S. Senate want to rally the troops, get the e-mails churning and the congressional switchboards lighting up, they almost invariably invoke the "A-word."
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The House chairman who had opposed the bill overhauling intelligence said his concerns were answered with new language.
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Despite the brouhaha the Senate has caused with its immigration bill, making English the &quot;national language&quot; of the United States will not change current laws, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 26  Â A Senate vote this week on a bill threatening to impose steep tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States was put into doubt on Tuesday after the billÂs authors said they were unsure whether to press ahead with the vote.
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From wardrobe malfunctions to erectile dysfunction, it's been a tough year all around for the guardians of English &#151; language purists from blue, red and battleground states who long to say "You're fired!" to offensive words and phrases.
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Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who expects to head the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, moved Thursday to quell an uproar over comments that were widely interpreted
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Democrats are aiming for a resolution that is simpler than the Senate's.
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A growing number of senators are questioning whether the Senate should abandon pledges to make far-reaching changes to the nation's intelligence bureaucracy before Election Day, doubts that could dampen the bill's momentum.