Biden, Bond seek probe of vehicle delay
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Two senators are urging the Pentagon to investigate a Marine Corps report that bureaucrats refused an urgent request from battlefield commanders in 2005 for blast-resistant vehicles. "We need an official investigation to figure out why this happened and to make sure it never happens again," said Sen. Joseph Biden Jr., D-Del.
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A Romney administration task force working on overhauling the state's auto insurance system is preparing to issue a preliminary report that endorses four principles and asks for more time to complete its job.
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An effort to provide U.S.-made military transport planes to NATO nations stalled Thursday as allied countries said they needed more time to review the plan.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 7, 2004 - Democrats sought election-year gain Thursday from Majority Leader Tom DeLay&#39;s latest brush with the House ethics committee, while the powerful Texas lawmaker drew widespread expressions of support from fellow Republicans.
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Commuters got their first glimpse Monday of what to expect for at least the next couple of months as investigators and construction crews work on identifying and repairing problems in the tunnels of the city&#039;s Big Dig highway system.
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Two senior Democratic lawmakers asked Wednesday for a congressional investigation into long Election Day lines, including some that took hours to get through and continued even past midnight.
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Four big banks face a U.S. Securities  and Exchange Commission probe of their auction-rate bond  operations, a securities filing shows.
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By Michael Hardy and Jeff E. Schapiro, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 24--Republican lawmakers yesterday rolled out a "last, best opportunity" for an election-year fix for transportation, but Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said it ignores much of the state.
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Sen. Joe Biden planned to spend Wednesday focusing on his official announcement that he was running for president, but the Delaware Democrat instead found himself defending remarks he made to the New York Observer about his Democratic opponents.
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The White House has raised last-minute concerns over regulation of automobile emissions and fuel economy that aides said Tuesday could lead to a presidential veto of the energy bill now before Congress.
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Democratic lawmakers on Friday  requested an investigation into why the State Department  delayed word of sanctions on two Indian companies for  Iran-related dealings until after the U.S. House of  Representatives approved a nuclear agreement with New Delhi.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) - In what appeared to be a bipartisan attack Sunday, Sens. Joseph Biden and Richard Lugar accused the Bush administration of incompetence in its handling of security in Iraq.
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Democratic Sen. Joe Biden has been saying for months he's running for president. He makes it official on Wednesday. The Delaware senator will file the paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and release a videotaped campaign message to voters on his Web site, joebiden.com. He also is planning another trip to New Hampshire early next week.
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WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee rebuked Majority Leader Tom DeLay for the second time in a week for questionable conduct, sternly warning the Texas Republican to temper his behavior.    The committee late Wednesday admonished DeLay for creating an appearance of giving donors special access on pending energy legislation and using the Federal Aviation Administration to intervene in a Texas political dispute...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers delayed   filling the space shuttle Atlantis' fuel tank early on   Wednesday to give technicians time to trouble-shoot a problem   with one of the ship's three onboard fuel cells, a spokeswoman   with the U.S. space agency said.
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Democratic leaders are still pushing for more time to work out a compromise on legal immunity for telephone companies, but the president says he won't accept more delays.
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A lingering dispute over a contract imposed on air traffic controllers last year is delaying the introduction of legislation needed to modernize the nation's air traffic control system, according to congressional staff members and administration officials.