House, Senate diverge on 9/11 response
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With most of its legislative work unfinished, the closing days of the 108th Congress are coming down to a quick march
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A member of the 9/11 commission told House lawmakers Wednesday that the risk of an airline passenger detonating a suicide bomb has increased as a result of security precautions to prevent hijackings.
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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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Two Republican senators said Sunday that Congress must rein in the Supreme Court ruling that international law applies to the Bush administration&#039;s conduct in the war on terror.
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An agreement reached on Saturday by congressional negotiators on post-Sept. 11 intelligence reforms was thrown into doubt by resistance by some Republicans in the House of Representatives.
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An influential bipartisan group of members of Congress, backed up by leaders of the Sept. 11 commission, announced yesterday that they were offering a bill in the House and Senate
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Sept. 11 commission members are unhappy with the way House Republicans are handling legislation needed to implement some of the commission's terror-fighting recommendations.
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Two key congressional chairmen add their support to a measure embracing the Sept. 11 commission&#39;s recommendations. BY JESSE J. HOLLAND.
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Comparison of some provisions in the House and Senate bills with the recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission:
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The chairman of the Sept. 11 commission warned that Congress is moving too slowly to negotiate a compromise intelligence reform package, and relatives of Sept. 11 victims said a White House official raised doubts about the fate of the legislation.
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The House of Representatives defied the White House yesterday by refusing to make an expiring surveillance law permanent, prompting a harsh exchange between Republicans and Democrats as they prepared for an extended, election-year battle over national security.
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ARGUMENTS: The Bush administration told the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review that discrepancies between the nation's new terrorism law and the way it is being carried out should not stall one of the Pentagon's first terror trials.
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The Bush administration argued Friday that discrepancies between the nation's new terror law and the way it is being carried out should not stall one of the Pentagon's first terrorism trials.
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ASHINGTON, Aug. 17 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the acting director of central intelligence urged Congress on Tuesday to move cautiously in adopting recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission. They also joined in opposing ...
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Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, DN.Y., far right, is greeted by family members of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, just after the House of Representatives voted to overhaul the nation&#39;s intelligence network, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004.
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NEW YORK : Americans will pay quiet tribute Saturday to victims of the September 11 terror strikes, amid a presidential election war of words over national security.
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The Senate vote, 89 to 2, ended a debate that began last summer with the release of the final report of the 9/11 panel.