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27 Jan 2011, 5:02 pm by Jeff Foust
Thursday afternoon the Republican leadership of the Senate Commerce Committee announced the GOP members who will serve on the full committee in the new Congress. [read post]
30 Jul 2009, 12:25 am
Today, the Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to consider the nomination of John M. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 4:38 pm by Jason Buckingham
Bayh, claiming to be acting as a "centrist," is threatening to side with Republicans in opposing the Senate version of the bill, as well as the Senate Democrats' efforts to add the bill to the budget bill. [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 8:06 am
Scott Brown, a lawyer running as a Republican to fill Ted Kennedy's U.S. [read post]
7 Mar 2006, 11:00 pm
[JURIST] Majority Republicans on the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [official website] agreed Tuesday to establish a new seven-member subcommittee to oversee surveillance methods [press release] utilized by President George W. [read post]
11 Mar 2007, 8:45 am
[JURIST] South Carolina US senators Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint [official websites], both Republicans, have angrily criticized a Democrat-sponsored proposal to transfer current prisoners held at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the state's penal system or facilities in any other US state. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 4:07 am
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website], the Davis confirmation was delayed [press release] by Republicans for five months after the committee [read post]
17 Jun 2005, 2:07 am
[JURIST] Senate Democrats refused a Republican compromise over the nomination of John Bolton [JURIST report] as US ambassador to the UN Thursday, demanding more information than GOP leadership offered on his pre-Iraq war assessments of several countries' weapons programs. [read post]
12 Sep 2005, 8:18 am
[JURIST] As US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] confirmation hearings commenced Monday [JURIST report] for nominee John Roberts [JURIST news archive], Democrats and Republicans sparred over the appropriateness of questioning Roberts about controversial issues such as privacy rights and abortion. [read post]
9 Feb 2006, 11:58 pm
[JURIST] A long-term renewal of the USA Patriot Act [PDF text; JURIST news archive] now seems likely as four key Republican senators who had been holding out on approving an extension have reached an agreement [JURIST report] with the White House. [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 1:00 pm
Two U.S. senators on the antitrust subcommittee urged the Federal Trade Commission's chairman to submit Google Inc's purchase of advertising company DoubleClick to "serious scrutiny. [read post]
22 Sep 2005, 12:55 pm
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Judge John Roberts [JURIST news archive] as Chief Justice of the United States by a vote of 13-5 with all Republican members voting for and five Democrats voting against. [read post]
13 Sep 2006, 7:11 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] approved the National Security Surveillance Act of 2006 [S 2453 summary] Wednesday, a bill that pushes forward Republicans' efforts to confer legal status on the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive], which involves warrantless wiretapping by the National Security Agency [official website]. [read post]
26 Jan 2006, 3:36 pm
[JURIST] US Senate Democrats Charles Schumer (D-NY) [official website] and Ken Salazar (D-CO) [official website] Thursday urged US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile] to appoint a special counsel to lead the investigation of Jack Abramoff [JURIST news archive] and his allegedly corrupt connections [JURIST report] with more than 20 Republican congressmen, staffers, and White House [read post]
19 May 2005, 8:49 am
After consultations with the Bush administration, Republican leaders of the US Senate Committee on Intelligence [official website] have proposed allowing the FBI to subpoena records from businesses without a judge's approval if it was [read post]
16 Mar 2006, 11:04 am
[JURIST] Four Republican Senators introduced a bill Thursday that would legalize but limit warrantless domestic surveillance [JURIST news archive] of US citizens. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 11:35 am
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean and Senator Mike Doherty, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, sent a letter today to Senate President Steve Sweeney asking him to convene hearings on the subject of tax abatement policy in New Jersey. [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 4:45 pm by Kent Scheidegger
  "All three major election forecasting models saw an uptick in the likelihood of Republicans winning the six seats they need to retake the Senate majority over the past week, movement largely due to the party's strengthened chances in Alaska, Colorado and Iowa. [read post]