Senate panel backs Bush's FDA nominee
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A Senate committee Wednesday approved President Bush's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, but a full Senate vote on confirming Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach remained in doubt.
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President Bush on Wednesday  established a high-level government panel to recommend steps to guarantee the safety of food and other products shipped into the United States
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A U.S. Senate panel voted on Wednesday to set a path for generic drugmakers to seek approval of cheaper, copycat versions of expensive biotechnology medicines.
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A manufacturing trade association executive is President Bush's pick to be chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Democrats and consumer advocates on Thursday voiced concern that the nominee would be too beholden to business interests.
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President Bush on Monday nominated Lester Crawford to serve as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
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A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday  approved the nomination of John Negroponte, the outgoing  director of national intelligence, to become deputy secretary  of state, sending the nomination to the full Senate.
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Senators on Tuesday pressed Health and Human Services nominee Mike Leavitt for a permanent commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration, which has been without one for nearly a year amid rising concerns about the safety of drugs on the market.
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A bill backed by President George W.   Bush to enable a court review of his domestic spying program   won the approval on Wednesday of a U.S. Senate panel under   election-year pressure to safeguard civil liberties.
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A Senate panel Tuesday endorsed a larger pay raise for military personnel than President Bush had recommended and made cuts in the president's request for several weapons programs.
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Defying a veto threat from President  George W. Bush, a U.S. Senate panel overwhelmingly approved a  bill on Thursday to finance expansion of a children&#39;s health  care program with an increase in tobacco taxes.
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Former President George H.W. Bush has endorsed Sen. John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination.
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An advisory panel of experts recommended unanimously yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration reject a new weight-loss drug after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal behavior.
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The US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not reflect the views of the agency.
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The U.S. Senate will consider the nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to run the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday as supporters try to overcome objections from three Republicans.
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The Senate voted on Thursday to end  debate on the nomination of cancer expert Dr. Andrew von  Eschenbach to run the Food and Drug Administration, clearing  the way for a final confirmation vote.
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President Bush's nomination of Robert Gates as defense secretary headed to the full Senate Wednesday for approval, a day after it sailed through the Armed Services Committee.
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By BEN EVANS  WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats signaled on Wednesday that they might oppose President Bush's nominee to the Federal Election Commission over his views on voting rights and criticism that he politicized his office at the Justice Department.