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Senate vote on war resolution delayed by voice of Byrd
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate ground to a halt yesterday as one West Virginia Democrat, his hands trembling and his voice raised, refused to yield the floor. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the 84-year-old master of Senate rules and procedures and fierce protector...Tags: Saddam Hussein, History, Defense, Jim Ryan, Elections
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Senate OKs defense bill in 99-0 vote
The Senate approved its $345 billion defense spending bill without a dissenting vote Tuesday after dispensing with Republican objections that had stymied progress for a week as the nation geared up for war. The vote was 99-0 for the bill that...Tags: Finance, Patrick Leahy, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party, John Ashcroft
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Ethics scholars back stem cell research
More than 50 ethics scholars have signed a letter asking President Bush to support medical research using cells from human embryos, and more U.S. senators went on record Friday as supporting the research. "We urge you not to close this door on what might...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Abortion, Research, Orrin Hatch, Lincoln Chafee
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Thurmond curriculum vitae
Strom Thurmond was president pro tempore of the United States Senate and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was third in the constitutional line of succession to the presidency of the United States. Thurmond was born in Edgefield, S.C., and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Armed Forces, Local Elections, World War II (1939-1945), Defense
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Lott asks for forgiveness
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Trent Lott asked black Americans on Monday for forgiveness for his seeming nostalgia for segregation, announced a change of heart on some civil rights issues and promised to use his position to help push through...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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CBS News appoints 2 to conduct outside review of report on Bush
Sun StaffCBS News appointed a former U.S. attorney general and a retired chief executive of the Associated Press yesterday to investigate how a botched story about President Bush's military record was researched and approved for broadcast. Network executives...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Corporate Officers, News Media, Lawyers, Government
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The convention for grown-ups -- on TV
Staff WriterC-Span is like the late Republican icon Sen. Barry Goldwater: dedicated to the notion of eternal vigilance. During this week's GOP convention C-Span is doing exactly what it did during last month's Democratic soiree: covering the proceedings live and in...Tags: Ed Koch, Madison Square Garden, Democratic National Conventions, Steve Martin, CNN (tv network)
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Solemn vote ends 'year of agony'
Sun ReporterSuspenseful it was not. And yet, when Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called for the verdict in President Clinton's impeachment trial, he suddenly placed the weight of history on 100 sets of shoulders in the hushed Senate chamber. "Senators, how say...Tags: Shoulders, Lawyers, Mary L. Landrieu, Barbara A. Mikulski, Phil Gramm
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Ehrlich, Steele have some explaining to do
ROBERT EHRLICH and Michael Steele aim to be Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for the working-class set. Riding across the state's political prairie, they wish to be perceived as products of their humble origins trying to swipe an election from the...Tags: Richard Nixon, Parties and Movements, Elections, Racism, Washington Post Co.
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Kennedy beloved by his friends, respected by his foes
Special to the Chicago TribuneIt was an eye-rolling moment of sticky sentimentality: Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell serenading a stocky white-haired man with "The Impossible Dream."To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear the unbearable sorrow To run...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Education, Joseph P. Kennedy, National Government, Lawyers
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Plain talk from GOP senator
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- Twenty years ago, a young military lawyer defending an Air Force pilot on a drug charge landed himself on 60 Minutes, exposing widespread flaws in the Air Force drug-testing system that led to an overhaul of the program. Today, the same...Tags: Steve Buyer, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Gun Control, Armed Forces
Oct 10, 2002
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Jul 21, 2001
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Mar 8, 2002
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Dec 17, 2002
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Sep 23, 2004
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Aug 30, 2004
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Feb 13, 1999
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Jul 11, 2002
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Mar 13, 2002
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May 11, 2004
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