GOP considering rule change to forbid judicial filibusters
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Senate Republicans are considering changing the rules to prevent Democrats from filibustering judicial nominees, Majority Leader Bill Frist said Nov. 14.
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House Republicans voted on Wednesday to change their own rules to allow Tom DeLay keep his position as majority leader even if he is indicted in Texas, where a number
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House Republicans are changing party rules to protect their leader, native Texan, Tom DeLay. The GOP is trying to help DeLay keep his job, even if he`s indicted by a Texas grand jury.
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The Republican National Committee has told top California party leaders they can change their voting rules to allow independents to vote in the presidential primary.
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Republicans pushed a bill supported   by President George W. Bush to set rules for interrogating and   trying terrorism suspects through the U.S. House of   Representatives on Wednesday and Senate Republicans were   expected to follow the next day.
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A Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee is cautioning Republicans against blocking a vote Monday on a resolution opposing President Bush's troop increase in Iraq
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House Republicans on Monday considered ways to make it harder to discipline members of Congress, prompted by a rebuke of Majority Leader Tom DeLay that infuriated some GOP colleagues.
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Senate Republicans rejected complaints that a new law that denies terrorism detainees the right to appeal their detention to federal courts ran against the nationâs principles.
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upholds New York's system of choosing trial judges is likely to renew calls for legislative reform, but even some proponents of change say their chances of success are slim.
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Republicans in the US House of Representatives changed their rules so that Majority Leader Tom DeLay could stay in power if he&#39;s indicted by a Texas grand jury.
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Why a Supreme Court ruling on sentencing guidelines puts more power back on the bench
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Bucking opposition in the Senate, President Bush on Wednesday nominated five people for the U.S. Court of Appeals, including one whom Democrats have threatened to block with a filibuster.
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Bill would strip federal courts of right to hear cases about the wording, including &#39;under God.&#39;. WASHINGTON -- The US House voted Thursday to strip the Supreme Court and lower federal courts of their power
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In a move to satisfy the GOP's most conservative supporters, President Bush on Wednesday nominated five people as appeals court judges, including one whom Democrats have threatened to block with a filibuster.
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Republican Party leaders on Monday recommended punishing five states for shifting their nomination contests earlier
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The Senate's Democratic leader said Sunday that Republicans "would rue the day" if they try to make it harder for Democrats to stall judicial nominees who could not get a vote last year.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who has long favored a change in Senate rules, said on Thursday "one way or another" procedural roadblocks against federal judicial nominees must end.