Frist bids farewell to Senate
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who fanned partisanship during much of his reign, preached the need for the two parties to work together as he bid farewell to the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Thursday urged Democrats to stop blocking President Bush's federal court nominees and hinted that he may try to change Senate rules to thwart their delaying tactics.
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For a man who has given so much to athletics both on an off the track, Frank Fredericks deserved a more fitting farewell. The booing and chanting that delayed the start of the Olympic 200 metres final on Thursday
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged Democrats yesterday to stop blocking President Bush&#39;s federal court nominees and hinted that he might try to change Senate rules to thwart their tactics.
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The TV star and former Senator ends a run for the Presidency that was scuttled by the candidate's own apparent apathy
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The state Senate's top Republican resigned his leadership post Wednesday after criticism for asking a trash hauler to threaten a man he believed had abused his granddaughter.
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Senator Bill Frist said that Senator Arlen Specter must convince his fellow Republicans that he deserves to be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Presidents and dignitaries from more than 50 countries say a last farewell on Friday to late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Egypt, his second home and one of his closest allies in years of struggle for a homeland.
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Vietnamese political activists spanning  the generations on Saturday bade farewell to onetime senior  Communist Party member turned dissident Hoang Minh Chinh, who  died in his late 80s earlier this month.
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Embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig will announce his resignation from the Senate today, a GOP source in Idaho said Friday. Craig has been under pressure to quit after widespread calls from fellow Republicans to resign over a men's room sex sting.
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Sen. Arlen Specter hoped to wrap up his bid for the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, despite protests from social conservatives.
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Their farewell hug was awkward at best. When Democratic leader Harry Reid held open his arms to the man he battled and will replace, retiring Majority Leader Bill Frist, the Tennessee doctor hesitated before returning the embrace.
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Senate Republican leader Bill Frist asked House leaders for help reducing taxes on inherited estates, conceding that the GOP cannot eliminate them during this election year.
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The White House and Senate   Republicans were near a deal on legislation setting out rules   for interrogating and trying foreign terrorism suspects, an   aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Thursday.
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Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee announced today he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
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Rallying a party stung by presidential and congressional losses, the incoming Senate Democratic leader reminded fellow lawmakers on Saturday of their shared commitment to help the nation.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Leading the majority party in the Senate, a job that has been likened to herding cats, is tough enough in ordinary times. For Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), last week's Republican election triumphs paradoxically made the job tougher yet.