Senators Hopeful Spy Reforms Will Be Enacted
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With time running out for Congress  to overhaul U.S. spy agencies, Senate backers said on Thursday  they hoped President Bush could persuade House Republican  leaders to allow a vote next week on post-Sept. 11 reforms.
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Senate Republicans have come up with a reform plan for US intelligence that while awesome in its audacity, could very well cause more problems than it solves by making it harder for intelligence units to share information.
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In what senators from both parties called a potential turning point for American intelligence agencies, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to confirm the nomination
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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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WASHINGTON  - Congressional efforts to pass intelligence reform will mark a major test of President George W. Bush&#39;s clout with his Republican Party to push his ambitious second-term agenda, supporters of the bill said.
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The Senate prepared Wednesday to fulfill an election year promise by approving a massive reorganization of the U.S. intelligence network in line with some recommendations the Sept. 11 commission suggested after finding widespread failures.
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Congress is close to approving a broad intelligence overhaul, but the changes that will matter most still lie ahead.
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New immigration barriers and expanded police powers, as well as making more of the public airwaves available for emergency services, are some of the issues trying to find a home in a bill to overhaul U.S. spy agencies.
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A Republican lawmaker said on Sunday his U.S. Senate committee would look into a reported move by the Pentagon to reinterpret U.S. law to give Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld broad authority over spy operations abroad.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday  approved an overhaul of U.S. spy agencies that would establish  a new powerful national intelligence director post in response  to the Sept. 11 commission report that cited major failures  leading to the attacks.
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The US Senate will pass legislation today to reorganize the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies and create a national director of intelligence to oversee efforts to prevent terrorist attacks, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said.
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WASHINGTON - Two influential Senate Republicans are putting forward competing proposals to change the intelligence community's leadership structure, despite words of caution from top Pentagon officials.    As Congress works through the August recess to consider recommendations from the Sept...
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U.S. House of Representatives  Republican leaders pushed ahead on Thursday with plans to pass  their version of a spy agency overhaul despite warnings that  controversial immigration provisions could snarl the bill in a  showdown with the Senate.
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The House is poised to vote Tuesday on an overhaul of the nation&#39;s intelligence apparatus, with the Senate likely to follow suit Wednesday.
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President Bush on Tuesday embraced a  stalled bill to overhaul U.S. spy agencies as "necessary and  important," and said he hoped Congress would pass the measure  next week before it adjourns for the year.
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WASHINGTON - If House GOP leaders would allow a vote on legislation designed to overhaul the nation&#39;s intelligence community, it would easily pass, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle predicted Sunday.
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Chicago Tribune - House Republican leaders introduced legislation Friday that grafts broadened police powers onto a plan to reform the nation's intelligence gathering agencies.