Senate considers no-confidence vote in Gonzales
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Senators hoping to prod Attorney General Alberto Gonzales into resigning moved on Monday toward a symbolic show of no confidence that President George W. Bush called "meaningless" and is likely to fail.
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The Senate voted on Wednesday against considering a measure to give Guantanamo detainees and other foreigners the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. courts.
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In picking White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as attorney general, President Bush set the stage for political history: If confirmed by the Senate, Gonzales, 49, would be the first Hispanic to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer.
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Gonzales, the president's lawyer and Texas buddy, is twisting slowly in the wind, facing a vote of no confidence from the Senate.
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By BEN EVANS  WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats signaled on Wednesday that they might oppose President Bush's nominee to the Federal Election Commission over his views on voting rights and criticism that he politicized his office at the Justice Department.
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A divided Senate Judiciary Committee  on Wednesday approved Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney  general, rejecting concerns about his role in formulating  administration policies blamed for contributing to the torture  of suspected terrorists.
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Alberto Gonzales, President Bush&#39;s White House general counsel during his first term, is President Bush&#39;s choice to replace John Ashcroft as attorney general, sources say.
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The third-ranking Democrat in the Senate called on Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to resign, and congressional reaction to two unfolding controversies at the Justice Department grew sharper.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat said Wednesday that Alberto Gonzales will face tough questioning during hearings on his nomination to become the next attorney general but is on track to be confirmed.
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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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The Justice Department is  investigating U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales&#39;s meeting  with a former top aide about the controversial firing of  federal prosecutors last year, according to a letter released  on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary committee.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to hold two men who have been top aides to President George W. Bush in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in its probe of the firing of federal prosecutors.
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Michael Mukasey, the man President Bush will nominate Monday morning to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, is not expected to prompt the confirmation battle that Senate Democrats threatened to wage if a more partisan nominee was chosen.
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A sharply divided Senate on Thursday threw into doubt the fate of the plan backed by President George W. Bush to revamp U.S. immigration laws.
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Former federal judge Michael Mukasey, picked by President Bush to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, appears unlikely to face a bruising confirmation battle in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
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Alberto R. Gonzales's confirmation today came after one of the most polarized debates over a cabinet nominee in years.
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Alberto Gonzales, the White House nominee for attorney general, is likely to face a grilling at a Senate hearing.