Senators defy Bush on tribunals
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A US Senate panel defies President  Bush by approving legislation to set up trials for foreign terrorism suspects.
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Two senators leading separate efforts to put Congress on record against President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq joined forces Wednesday, agreeing on a nonbinding resolution that would criticize the plan.
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Some Democratic senators suggested for the first time that they might oppose Michael B. Mukasey if he does not make clear that he opposes harsh interrogation techniques.
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A resolution rebuking President George W. Bush over his new strategy in Iraq moves to the US Senate, one day after it passed the House in a rare wartime blow to the US commander-in-chief.
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Several Republican senators are stepping up their opposition to the Bush administration's plan to authorize military trials for suspected terrorists, with one calling a key part of the bill "ill-advised." The issue in contention involves a White House-backed bid to redefine the U.S. interpretation of the Geneva Conventions. Some GOP senators say that would be a mistake.
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The Senate Thursday brushed past Bush administration protests and passed legislation containing big budget increases for medical care for veterans.
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President Bush on Thursday chastised the Senate for not holding up-or-down votes on more than 180 of his nominations, including 28 to the federal bench. Democrats claim their efforts to compromise with the White House on nominees have been rebuffed.
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Republican senators lobbed criticisms of President Bush&#39;s Iraq war policies during yesterday&#39;s news talk shows, arguing that the US military needs more troops on the ground and should move without
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The Senate refused to consider a resolution on Saturday denouncing President George W. Bush's Iraq troop buildup that the U.S. House of Representatives passed the day before.
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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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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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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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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under attack for defying a popular line of argument among some Democratic officials.
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A measure President Bush proposed would create tribunals similar to those that the Supreme Court rejected in June.
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After months of Senate hearings and eight Pentagon investigations, it is obvious that the Bush administration does not intend to hold any high-ranking official accountable for the nightmare at Abu Ghraib.
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President George W. Bush's demand for immunity for telephone companies that participated in his warrantless domestic spying program won a test vote on Monday in the Democratic-led U.S. Senate.
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The US Senate Wednesday narrowly rejected an attempt to allow &#39;war on terror&#39; prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to challenge their detention in federal courts.