Bush to Renew Intelligence Reform Pressure on Congress
554774
By David Morgan SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush will renewpressure on Congress to reach agreement on intelligence reformsthis year, after a weekend deal collapsed in the face ofRepublican opposition, the White House said on Sunday.
594584
WHITE HOUSE President Bush is cheering Congress for passing what he calls a &quot;historic&quot; intelligence overhaul. The president says intelligence is America&#39;s &quot;first line of defense&quot; against terrorists, and the overhaul bill includes important reforms.
243257
WASHINGTON - President Bush told members of Congress on Wednesday he supports giving a new national intelligence director strong budgetary authority over much of the nation's intelligence community, a key provision in the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations...
47757
President Bush said he will spend  political capital to force a debate in Congress on his  immigration reform proposal, adding in an interview published  on Wednesday that it will be a big agenda item in his second  term.
720797
President Bush, embroiled in a  fierce campaign battle over national security, on Friday will  give the post of CIA director some of the broad authority that  the Sept. 11 commission envisioned for a new intelligence czar.
227101
President George W. Bush will give more power to the head of the Central Intelligence Agency as an interim step until a new national intelligence director is confirmed by Congress, spokesman Scott McClellan said.
294593
The Senate sent the restructuring bill to the White House on Wednesday, where President Bush is expected to sign it into law next week, setting in motion the first major changes in the U.S. intelligence community since the CIA was established in 1947.
28995
A battle between President Bush and Congress over immigration policies and related security concerns continues in the wake of lawmakers&#39; approval of a hard-fought bill to revamp the nation&#39;s intelligence network.
53761
WASHINGTON - It will take pressure by President Bush on the Republican-controlled Congress to ensure passage of bottled-up legislation to overhaul intelligence agencies, the chairman of the Sept.
112851
Washington -- A fierce dispute over the powers of a new national intelligence director threatened Friday to derail congressional negotiations aimed at completing an intelligence reform bill before the Nov. 2 elections.
98566
The chairman of the commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States says President Bush must pressure Congress to pass intelligence reform legislation.
46123
Lawmakers return this week for a  pre-election push to overhaul U.S. intelligence services as  Republicans strive to strengthen their hold on a closely  divided Congress and Democrats battle to retake control.
731885
President Bush on Friday signed the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence-gathering in a half century, aiming to transform a system designed for Cold War threats so it can deal effectively with the post-Sept. 11 scourge of terrorism.
694107
The fate of an overhaul of U.S. intelligence agencies rests with President Bush, who must exert more pressure on holdout Republicans if he wants compromise legislation to pass this year, a lead Senate negotiator said Sunday.
101593
The US Congress is ready to vote on sweeping changes to the country's intelligence agencies.
743030
Under election-year pressure,  President Bush agreed on Wednesday to give a new national  intelligence director what he called full budgetary authority  over much of the intelligence community despite initial  objections.
227223
Congress will &quot;risk lives&quot; if it fails to pass an intelligence-reform measure before it adjourns in December, leaders of the September 11 commission said yesterday.