Rice Is Closer to Final Vote Of Senate
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on a 16 to 2 vote Wednesday after Democrats on the panel expressed deep frustration at her answers on Iraq and terrorism in two days of hearings.
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Condoleezza Rice is set to start senate hearings, to be confirmed as President Bush's next Secretary of State.
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At the White House's request, confirmation hearings for Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state will not begin until Congress reconvenes in January, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.
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President Bush is expected to nominate Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state today at 12:30 p.m. ET.
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The House neared action Wednesday on requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, and the Senate moved to build a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border, sharpening attacks on illegal immigration before the midterm elections.
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Fueled in part by election-year politics, a bill loaded with tax breaks and topped off by a $10.1 billion buyout for tobacco farmers was advancing toward a final vote in the House as early as today.
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A Democratic campaign promise to boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade moved closer to completion on Tuesday when U.S. Senate Republicans lifted a roadblock against it.
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The deciding votes in this critical battleground state could be cast long before President Bush and Sen. John Kerry make their final pleas to voters.
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The US Senate confirms Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state after vigorous debate.
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The Senate debated today whether to confirm Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general with a final vote likely to take place late this afternoon.
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The Senate voted yesterday to clear a major obstacle to passage of a $10.1 billion buyout of tobacco farmers, and a final vote was scheduled for noon today.
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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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Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice gave no ground in Senate confirmation questioning Tuesday, insisting the United States was fully prepared for the Iraq war and its aftermath and refusing to give a timetable for U.S. troops to come home.
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A bill authorizing construction of a   fence along the U.S. border with Mexico advanced in the U.S.   Senate on Thursday as Republican backers pushed to get an   immigration measure to President George W. Bush desk before the   November 7 elections.
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Assuming Senate approval of her nomination as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice hopes to make an early February trip to Western Europe to meet with NATO and European Union officials, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.
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Condoleezza Rice, nominated to be US secretary of state, will have surgery at a Washington hospital Friday, a spokesman said. Sean McCormack said Rice would remain overnight at the hospital and return to work the next day or so.
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as  U.S. secretary of state on Wednesday as a large majority of  senators swept aside objections from some Democrats who said  she should be held accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.