U.S. Senate panel won't confirm Bush broadcast chief
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A White House nominee may lose his  job overseeing U.S.-backed international TV and radio services  after a Senate committee said on Wednesday it would not vote  this year on another term for Kenneth Tomlinson, following a  government report that said he used the office for personal  gain.
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Description: Republicans are under pressure to deny Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) chairmanship of the committee that considers President Bush&#39;s judicial nominees, after Specter said Supreme Court nominees who
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A congressional investigator warned a Senate panel Wednesday that there is no lead agency responsible for helping the nation navigate the transition to digital TV broadcasting.
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Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are mum or undecided about whether they will support President Bush&#39;s nominee to head the CIA, saying they&#39;re still
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Three congressional Democrats asked President Bush on Wednesday to dismiss the head of the agency that oversees government broadcasts, who is accused of misusing government money, overbilling for his time and hiring a friend as a consultant.
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The Bush administration has yet to name a new national intelligence director, and the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat says he wants an explanation. The position, created in last year's intelligence reorganization bill, has been open for more than eight weeks.
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WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are mum or undecided about whether they will support President Bush's nominee to head the CIA, saying they're still concerned about his independence and objectivity.    During a 4 1/2-hour confirmation hearing for former House Intelligence Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla., the panel's Democrats appeared most concerned about his Republican background and recent politically charged comments...
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has blocked appointment of Senate conferees on the stalled lobbying bill, casting doubt on the future of the biggest overhaul of ethics and lobbying legislation in a dozen years.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators  threatened on Monday to override the Federal Communications  Commission if the agency votes to loosen media ownership  restrictions at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
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The Federal Communications Commission chairman, Kevin J. Martin, has rejected a senatorâs request to delay a vote on a change in media-ownership rules.
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A US television network continues to stand by its recent report questioning President Bush&#39;s military service during the Vietnam era, despite questions about the authenticity of documents on which the story was based.
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The controversial ambassador is in political limbo with a Senate committee vote deadlocked.
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The Bush administration says it won't appeal a court decision that blocks proposed regulations aimed at loosening limits on media ownership.
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The White House denied Iraqi television reports that U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Thursday.
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A Republican senator who has questioned whether an abortion opponent could win approval to the U.S. Supreme Court must agree to back President Bush's nominees if he is to head the committee acting on those nominations, the Senate's Republican leader said.
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U.S. President George W. Bush's fellow Republicans in the Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic proposal to force him to withdraw American combat troops from Iraq after a rare round-the-clock debate.
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With no resolution in sight to a partisan stalemate over one of President Bush's nominees to the Federal Election Commission, campaign finance experts said yesterday that there is a real prospect the commission could start the 2008 election year without enough members to take any official action.