Senate Approves DNA Testing Bill
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The Senate on Saturday approved legislation that would give rape victims and convicted felons greater access to DNA testing.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a test to screen donated blood and organs for Chagas disease, an infection common in parts of Latin America.
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The US Senate on Monday gave final approval to a sweeping corporate tax-break bill, the culmination of a two-year effort in Congress to end a trade dispute with the European Union over US export tax subsidies.
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After more than eight months in limbo, a bill that would criminalize the practice of lying to obtain the telephone records of private citizens passed the Senate late Friday.
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Opponents of controversial law win vote in the Senate on Wednesday to restrict uses of the forthcoming digital ID cards, signaling the political winds may have shifted.
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WASHINGTON The Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a bipartisan bill to reorganize the way the nation gathers and shares intelligence, including the creation of the job of national intelligence director and the establishment of a national
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A new genetic blood test allowing a closer match between donors and recipients is being developed.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a   bill setting rules for interrogations and prosecutions of   foreign terrorism suspects, sending it to President George W.   Bush to sign into law.
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Court cases that included use of the controversial Low Copy Number DNA testing technique are to be reviewed.
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New rules will allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities.
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The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill authorizing $23 billion in water resource projects, including $3.5 billion in work for hurricane-ravaged Louisiana.
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SECURITY REFORM: The bill, which adopts many of the findings of the Sept. 11 commission, was also expected to pass the Senate, despite a few remaining conflicts.
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Hoping to solve and prevent more crimes, the federal government and a growing number of states are casting the DNA net wider by taking genetic samples from people accused but not convicted of breaking the law.
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U.S. health officials approved a  genetic test on Tuesday that can provide women with early  breast cancer an estimate of whether the disease is likely to  return in five to 10 years.
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The US Senate approved modifications to the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act Friday, clearing the way for House passage of the bill that would prevent taxing online purchases.
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The House and Senate have passed legislation that will revamp the Bush administration's $5.6 billion effort to counter bioterrorism threats, reorganizing management of the program and providing struggling companies with periodic cash infusions to help fund their research and testing.
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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.