Key Senator Denies Warning Bush on Abortion Issue
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The presumptive incoming chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee denied on Thursday that he had issued a warning to President Bush not to nominate anti-abortion judges for the Supreme Court.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under attack for defying a popular line of argument among some Democratic officials.
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An anti-abortion group Thursday accused President Bush of ignoring his anti-abortion principles in nominating White House counsel Alberto Gonzales for the post of attorney general.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday  called for the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm his choices for  his top military advisers and warned that the risk of new  attacks on the United States had not ceased.
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After two days of appealing to fellow GOP senators, embattled Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said he would make a public statement to assure Republicans at large he would not block anti-abortion judicial nominees from President Bush.
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In picking a new Attorney General, Bush wants to avoid a confirmation fight. But he also needs someone who backs the policies that have angered the Senate
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President Bush told abortion foes on Monday he shared their support for "a culture of life" and claimed progress in passing legislation to protect the vulnerable.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid offered no apologies yesterday for his decision to reject compromise efforts to alter President Bush's Iraq strategy that had the support of a growing number of Republicans.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton complained the Bush administration was shortchanging family planning efforts and said that may be causing abortion rates to go up.
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Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Monday urged President Bush to stop the Republican National Committee from calling him an obstructionist and criticizing his Senate record, a tactic the GOP used to help defeat Reid's predecessor.
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The battle over the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee intensified yesterday, as Republican Arlen Specter reassured his doubters that he will not block anti-abortion nominees to the Supreme Court.
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Senate Democrats, including several prospective presidential candidates, charged Thursday that the Bush administration&#039;s optimistic assessments on Iraq are not borne out by events on the ground.
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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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President George W. Bush vowed Friday that no public money would be spent on abortion -- which with embryonic stem cell research provoked an impassioned ethical clash with Democratic challenger John Kerry.
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Republicans blocked a debate on the Iraq war in the U.S. Senate on Monday, dealing a setback to critics of President George W. Bush's plan to send in thousands more troops, but Democrats warned they would not give up trying to force Bush to change course.
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The Senate refused to consider a resolution on Saturday denouncing President George W. Bush's Iraq troop buildup that the U.S. House of Representatives passed the day before.
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The Senate's most senior member on Thursday defended Sen. Mark Dayton's decision to close his Washington office over concerns about a terrorist attack.