Senate considers no-confidence vote in Gonzales
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Senators hoping to prod Attorney General Alberto Gonzales into resigning moved on Monday toward a symbolic show of no confidence that President George W. Bush called "meaningless" and is likely to fail.
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Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.
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A Senate committee's decision to defy President Bush on terrorist tribunals is expected to dominate a presidential news conference this morning. The briefing comes a day after the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 15-9 to recommend a bill -- over the objections of the Bush administration -- that would authorize tribunals for terror suspects in a way that it says would protect the defendants' rights.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be US attorney general in a vote that was sharply divided along party lines.
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Congress seeks a successor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who will restore faith in the US justice system.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid  vowed on Wednesday to block former Solicitor General Theodore  Olson from becoming attorney general if President George W.  Bush nominates him to replace Alberto Gonzales.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee may seek testimony from controversial prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald about the obstruction of justice case against vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, two senators said on Sunday.
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Michael Mukasey, the man President Bush will nominate Monday to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, will likely see a less hostile confirmation environment than someone considered more partisan.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted  on Thursday to hold two men who have been top aides to  President George W. Bush in contempt for refusing to comply  with subpoenas in its probe of the firing of federal  prosecutors.
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Alberto Gonzales&#39; record suggests he may be as dismissive of individual rights and the rule of law as the current attorney general.
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Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says he is opposed politics in Justice Department decision-making and plans to stay in his post to "fix the problems," according to testimony prepared for Congress.
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Republicans blocked a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday, rejecting a symbolic Democratic effort to force him from office amid blistering criticism from lawmakers in both parties.
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Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales told senators that the Justice Department would not oppose a change in the rules for replacing federal prosecutors.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vowed on Wednesday to block former Solicitor General Theodore Olson from becoming attorney general if President George W. Bush nominates him to replace Alberto Gonzales.
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White House counsel Alberto Gonzales  will be grilled over what critics call his "appalling" role in  policies blamed for abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and  Guantanamo Bay, when Senate hearings begin on Thursday over his  nomination to be U.S. Attorney General.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee would, according to the conventional wisdom, almost certainly give a rough going over to White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales once they were asked
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U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign following disclosures of mass firings of federal prosecutors and a report that the FBI improperly obtained information on private citizens, top Democratic senators said on Sunday.