Republicans, Democrats Try for Intelligence Bill Compromise
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IS lawmakers are engaged in intense negotiations aimed at a possible last minute compromise on final legislation to reform the US intelligence system, before the end of the 108th Congress.
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Unwilling to concede defeat, congressional leaders expressed hope Sunday that lawmakers could return next month to resolve a turf battle that has blocked passage of an overhaul of the nationâs intelligence agencies.
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Both sides in a Republican Party dispute over standards for interrogating suspected terrorists said Sunday they are confident they will reach a compromise.
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Racing the clock, Senate leaders are applying finishing touches to bipartisan legislation addressing the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations just as House GOP leaders prepare to debate their version, which Democrats call partisan and weak.
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Congressional negotiators Monday cleared the way for a final vote on a sweeping intelligence reform measure, reaching a compromise over the authority that a new national
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Breaking a monthslong deadlock, key congressional negotiators reported agreement Saturday on legislation to overhaul the nation's intelligence agencies along lines recommended by the Sept. 11 commission.
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The House of Representatives was scheduled to reconvene today without any sign of compromise on an intelligence-overhaul bill sought by President Bush that is being blocked from a final vote
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The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday evening to approve a compromise bill overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence programs -- despite persistent opposition from
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Key legislators on opposite sides of the deadlocked effort to reorganize the nation&#39;s intelligence community said yesterday they will not compromise their positions to give Congress a chance
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Description: President Bush is still pushing Congress to pass legislation to reform the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies. But last month, House Republicans refused to send the bill to the floor for a vote, citing Pentagon objections.
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Democrats are aiming for a resolution that is simpler than the Senate's.
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House Republicans are getting ready to put the final stamp on long-awaited legislation overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies now that President
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The White House and Senate   Republicans who revolted against the president's proposal on   tough CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects said on Sunday a   compromise was possible to heal a party rift over treatment of   prisoners.
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An agreement reached on Saturday by congressional negotiators on post-Sept. 11 intelligence reforms was thrown into doubt by resistance by some Republicans in the House of Representatives.
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Advocates of intelligence reform in the Republican Party said it was still possible to get a bill passed by Congress to establish a national intelligence director, and called
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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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A key Republican's proposal to break up the CIA and rearrange the Pentagon's spy agencies under a national intelligence director met immediate and broad resistance Monday. A top Senate Democrat called it a "severe mistake" and the agency's former director said it showed a "dangerous misunderstanding of the business of intelligence."