Warner won't let GOP add causes to bill
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Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Tuesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.
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Lawmakers at the Senate have delayed a controversial bill that would make it easier to sue online file-trading networks because there is too much opposition to it.
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The run-up to November elections means that even if Congress takes another crack at Net neutrality and related broadband legislation when it returns from a month-long recess next week, some observers don't expect either bill to pass.
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Top Senate Democrats joined with Republican Sen. John Warner on Wednesday to support a nonbinding resolution opposing President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy, increasing prospects that Bush will face an embarrassing repudiation.
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THE REGION Legislation has been filed to block a Romney administration plan for assigning high-risk drivers to auto insurers as an industry executive warned the initiative was illegal and could undermine group discounts. The bill filed by Senator Joan M. Menard, a Somerset Democrat, would bar implementation of the plan without legislative approval. At a hearing, John F. Donohue, chairman ...
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John Warner is trying to broker a compromise resolution critical of the Iraq surge. But can the Republican senator stand up under White House pressure?
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An Oregon senator is threatening to filibuster a must-pass spending bill if Congress does not extend payments to rural counties hurt by cutbacks in federal logging.
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Republican congressional leaders decided yesterday not to bring to the floor a bill giving the District a full voting member of the House, dooming the measure's chances in this legislative session.
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Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Wednesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.
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Senator John W. Warner of Virginia dealt a setback to the White HouseÂs proposal to bring terrorism suspects to trial.
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Amending the Constitution to prohibit flag burning may be considered political posturing in the nation&#039;s capital, says Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, but it&#039;s not pandering to the GOP&#039;s conservative base to pursue such protection.
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For months, Sen. John Warner has been looked upon as the man who could &#151; at any moment &#151; tip the Iraq debate on Capitol Hill because of his influence on a Republican caucus growing increasingly uneasy about the war.
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Tempers flare over Va. Republicans' handling of controversial collective bargaining measure.
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Senate Republicans blocked a broad energy bill Thursday because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies.
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A measure that would make it easier  to sue online file-trading networks like Kazaa and Morpheus  failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday because lawmakers  said there was too much opposition.
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A U.S. Senate plan to create a $140  billion asbestos compensation fund has hit further snags over  ways to stop victims being paid twice and sagging support among  members of the Republican majority, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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Republican congressional leaders struggled Wednesday to sidetrack legislation allowing prescription drugs to be imported from abroad, a pre-election controversy threatening to delay billion of dollars for homeland security.