GOP sets up Senate collision on judges
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President Bush&#39;s move to renominate 20 judicial candidates whose confirmations have been blocked by Senate Democrats sets the stage for a bitter procedural battle that
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Judge Michael Mukasey's nomination for attorney general ran into trouble Thursday when two top Senate Democrats said their votes hinge on whether he will say on the record that an interrogation technique that simulates drowning is torture.
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The presidentÂs call for creating military tribunals to try terror suspects has erupted into a clash with some of the best-known Republican Party warriors.
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Senate Republicans are facing off against the White House in an effort to block a controversial immigration bill
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CLEVELAND -- A federal court judge has ruled that partisan challengers at Ohio polling locations is unconstitutional. The judge was asked to stop more than 3,000 Republicans who are planning to monitor polling places and challenge voters.
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By David Bowermaster, Seattle Times  Sep. 21--A long-simmering debate over how justice is meted out in the Western U.S. rose to a boil Wednesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee debated proposals to split the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Senator Arlen Specter was under attack by some conservatives as too liberal to lead the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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A moderate Republican Senator is under threat from a conservative challenger on a day of primaries in the US.
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Washington -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged Democrats on Thursday to stop blocking President Bush&#39;s federal court nominees and hinted that he may try to change Senate rules to thwart their delaying tactics.
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Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker punched a Democratic colleague in the head before they were pulled apart.
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WASHINGTON - Republicans expanded their Senate majority in Tuesday&#39;s US elections, picking up as many as four more seats and knocking off Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle in the process.
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Liberal and conservative activists will closely watch a procedural Senate vote this week that could herald a renewed battle over judicial nominees.
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Republican Party leaders on Monday recommended punishing five states for shifting their nomination contests earlier
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Jubliant over their Election Day domination, GOP senators say those results prove that Democrats should stay away from filibusters and other tactics they term "judicial obstructionism" &#151; the label conservatives used to help defeat Democratic leader Tom Daschle.
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A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily stopped hearings on Republican challenges of thousands of voter registrations, ruling in favor of Democrats who alleged the challenges were an attempt to keep legitimate votes from being counted.
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President Bush said on Thursday he  would renominate a group of controversial judicial nominees who  were blocked by Senate Democrats, signaling the start of a  second-term battle over the make-up of the nation's top courts.
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Some experts predicted that the Supreme Court decision on sentencing guidelines would renew a struggle between Congress and the judiciary.