Senate moves ahead on Bush pick to lead FDA
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The Senate voted on Thursday to end  debate on the nomination of cancer expert Dr. Andrew von  Eschenbach to run the Food and Drug Administration, clearing  the way for a final confirmation vote.
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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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Two U.S. senators urged President  George W. Bush on Friday to push for swift approval of a  Vietnam trade bill held up by textile industry concerns and  election-year politics.
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The Senate health committee said on Thursday it will take action next week on a bill that would let the Food and Drug Administration regulate cigarettes, an idea widely supported by public health groups.
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President Bush's pick for US attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, looks set to pass Senate scrutiny.
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WASHINGTON Nov 5, 2004 - Buffeted by criticism, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it would appoint a director of drug safety and take other actions to assure the safety of medications it approves.
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Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent board of drug safety might be needed to ensure the safety of medications after they're approved for the market.
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WASHINGTON -- The US Senate yesterday hammered out a long-awaited bill that paves the way for generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs, while providing a 12-year financial cushion for local biotechnology leaders who worry that such lower-priced drugs would hurt sales of their name-brand products.
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The U.S. Senate will consider the nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to run the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday as supporters try to overcome objections from three Republicans.
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Chicago Tribune - Despite Republican victories in the elections this week, much of President Bush's agenda faces considerable head winds in Congress, particularly the Senate.
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The US Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a controversial embryonic stem-cell research measure already approved by the House of Representatives, raising the prospect of a veto by President George W. Bush for the first time.
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A Senate committee unanimously approved President George W. Bush's choice for defense secretary on Tuesday after he told the panel the United States was not winning in Iraq and needed a new approach to end the carnage and avert a possible region-wide war.
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Senators on Thursday urged President Bush' pick for agriculture secretary to work with farm-state lawmakers on the five-year farm bill that has stalled in talks between Congress and the administration.
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The US Food and Drug Administration, under fire for its alleged failure to monitor the safety of drugs after they have been approved, is now facing criticism over its lack of leadership during the Bush administration.
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The Senate appears to be nearing a final vote on a bill that would give President Bush one of his top second-term priorities by shifting many class action lawsuits from state to federal courts.
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Senators on Tuesday pressed Health and Human Services nominee Mike Leavitt for a permanent commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration, which has been without one for nearly a year amid rising concerns about the safety of drugs on the market.
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President Bush's choice to head the Food and Drug Administration is refusing to give Congress all the information it seeks about a controversial antibiotic, setting up further confrontations with a Republican senator blocking his nomination.