Democratic Effort to Limit Surveillance Bill Is Blocked
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The Senate Judiciary Committee today endorsed a bill backed by the White House to have a secret court review the constitutionality of the eavesdropping program.
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Democrats have had since January to schedule a vote on a bill that would protect Internet users from access taxes. They still haven't done so, and a temporary moratorium expires in just a few weeks.
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A weary and sharply divided U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort that would have brought all American combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.
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Republicans in the US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic measure which would have required President George W. Bush to pull most combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.
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House Republican leaders blocked and appeared to kill a bill Saturday that would have enacted the major recommendations of the Sept.
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The House approved the surveillance measure after rejecting efforts by Democrats and some Republicans to impose greater restrictions on the wiretapping authority.
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The Senate late Monday delayed its consideration of a vote on a new government eavesdropping bill until January.
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A House of Representatives panel on Thursday rejected along party lines a Democratic bid to force the Bush administration to turn over records about the estimated cost of last year&#39;s Medicare drug bill.
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Lawmakers at the Senate have delayed a controversial bill that would make it easier to sue online file-trading networks because there is too much opposition to it.
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Congress fails to pass electronic-surveillance and phone-records-privacy legislation before recessing.
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Senate Democratic leader says more time is needed to finalize proposed legislation that would make telephone and Internet companies immune to lawsuits alleging illicit spy aid to the feds.
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The Democratic-led House of  Representatives defied President George W. Bush on Friday and  recessed without replacing an expiring spy law with one that  would shield telephone companies from lawsuits.
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Legislation faces major hurdle in the House of Delegates, which rejected the ban last year.
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Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee  are complaining that the National Security Agency has played politics in support of the secret program to intercept phone calls between alleged terrorists in the United States and abroad.
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The House of Representatives defied the White House yesterday by refusing to make an expiring surveillance law permanent, prompting a harsh exchange between Republicans and Democrats as they prepared for an extended, election-year battle over national security.
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A bill backed by President Bush to  overhaul American spy agencies faced an uncertain future on  Sunday and a top Democrat said the Republican-led Congress  should not adjourn for the year until it passes.
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The government surveillance authorization bill approved this week by a Senate committee Wednesday "would radically undermine the privacy of innocent Americans," according to tech experts scrutinizing the legislation.