Intelligence bill foes appear firm
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President Bush urged Congress again Saturday to pass the intelligence restructuring bill, but key House opponents appeared to remain firm, and some dissenters began to emerge in the Senate.
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Legislation to reorganize the US intelligence community has been approved by the US House of Representatives. The vote sets the stage for negotiations with the Senate on a final bill implementing recommendations
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The top U.S. military officer said  on Thursday congressional negotiators have resolved his  concerns about a sweeping intelligence reform bill, signaling  he no longer opposed the measure, which has been stalled partly  by Pentagon unease.
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House-Senate negotiators trying to resolve differences in bills to restructure the nation's intelligence community announced minimal progress Friday.
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House Democrats, who let the law expire Saturday, see little danger. Intelligence officials argue the ability to track potential terrorists is impaired.
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President Bush yesterday said he would work with Congress to pass a bill overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence services for the struggle against
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Leading Republican and Democratic lawmakers continue to press for passage of a landmark bill to reform US intelligence agencies. The fate of the legislation appears to hinge on a few key
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Two powerful House committee chairmen who defied the White House and their leadership by refusing to compromise with the Senate version of an intelligence reform bill on Saturday were not alone.
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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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Defying President Bush, Reps. Duncan Hunter and James Sensenbrenner &#151; who led opposition dooming legislation based on the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations &#151; said they won't change their minds without Senate concessions.
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For all the changes in the intelligence bill, many question whether it will help prevent another terrorist attack and make the major improvements promised by ardent supporters.
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Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., walks to a meeting to discuss the status of the intelligence bill with other Republican lawmakers on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004 in Washington.
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A long-delayed bill overhauling the nation's intelligence agencies is nearing passage now that President Bush and House Armed Services chairman Duncan Hunter have endorsed a compromise guaranteeing battlefield commanders access to top-secret information.
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In scuttling major intelligence legislation that he, the president and most lawmakers supported, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert last week enunciated a policy in which Congress will pass bills only if most House Republicans back them, regardless of how many Democrats favor them.
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Two senators working on legislation that would overhaul U.S. intelligence agencies said Thursday a new intelligence chief should have significant and clear power over the budget.
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The Senate on Thursday endorsed President Bush's plans to prosecute and interrogate terror suspects, all but sealing congressional approval for legislation that Republicans intend to use on the campaign trail to assert their toughness on terrorism.
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(Capitol Hill-AP) Dec. 8, 2004 - Congress is nearing final approval of the Nine-Eleven intelligence bill. A majority of the Senate has voted in favor of the measure, though voting will be held open for a while