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 US Senator Orrin Hatch
The measure passed the Senate with a 54 to 45 vote.
Judge Michael Chertoff was confirmed by the Senate with a 98 to 0 vote.
Senate voted 72 to 26 to pass the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, which would shift many class action suits from state courts to federal courts and protect injured parties from unfair settlements made on their behalf by plaintiffs’ attorneys.
hatch.senate.gov /index.cfm?FuseAction=Legislation.VotingRecord   (1717 words)

  
 2002 - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nuclear waste: US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States' nuclear repository.
October 2 - Iraq disarmament crisis: The U.S. Congress passes a joint resolution which explicitly authorizes the President to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate.
November 25 - US President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security in the largest US government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 (the Senate passed the bill 90-9 on November 19).
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /2002.htm   (3758 words)

  
 INDEX OF LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION BY CITY AND TOWN
Senator Jack Hart:-ward 1, precinct 15, wards 6, 7 and 13, ward 14, precincts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 12 to 14, inclusive, wards 15, 16 and 17, ward 18, precincts 1 to 6, inclusive, and 21
Senator Marian Walsh:- ward eighteen (precincts seven to twenty, twenty-two and twenty-three), ward nineteen (precincts ten, eleven to thirteen) and ward twenty (all precincts)
Senator Harriette L. Chandler:- ward one (all precincts), ward two (all precincts), ward three (all precincts), ward four (all precincts), ward nine (all precincts) and ward ten (all precincts)
www.state.ma.us /legis/citytown.htm   (3428 words)

  
 Visiting US senator meets with Crown Prince, PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Receiving US Senator Jon Corzine (Democrat- New Jersey) at the Royal Court, Crown Prince Hamzah underlined the significance of the Arab peace initiative and US President George W. Bush's vision to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state in the coming three years.
The senator is a former CEO of the investment brokerage firm Goldman Sachs and was elected to the US Senate in November 2000.
The senator also met on Thursday with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb, who was quoted by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, as saying: “Establishing a Palestinian state to live side by side with Israel holds the key to security and stability in the region.
www.jordanembassyus.org /08302002005.htm   (439 words)

  
 Aljazeera.Net - US senator's insults upset Muslims   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
US Muslims have been angered by a state senator who distributed a flier which suggested human bombings might be deterred if attackers' bodies were buried with pig entrails.
"If the senator believes that this is a solution to terrorism and believes such ridiculous notions then this is disturbing for an elected official to have such a belief and (be) spreading such beliefs," Tayeh said in a statement.
Glodis sent the leaflet to 39 colleagues, recounting the execution of Muslim fighters in the Philippines by US General John Pershing in 1913.
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/78828E93-DD79-43E4-BF7C-6C635FAA15AD.htm   (356 words)

  
 Patty Murray - U.S. Senator from Washington State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
U.S. Senator Landrieu (LA)- Recovering from Hurricane Katrina
From a hearing in Seattle, to a forum at Camp Murray and roundtables in Pasco and Longview, Senator Murray heard a variety of answers from veterans, their families, and service providers.
At the ceremony in Everett, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., spoke to soldiers of the 898th Engineer Battalion.
murray.senate.gov   (550 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Iran next on US hit list?
US President George W. Bush has found a new target for his second term if he is re-elected in November.
McClellan claimed the US is engaged in a broad war on terrorism thanks to the threats it faces in the world.
A US government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the London Times that military action would not be overt in changing Iran, but rather the US would work to stir revolts in the country and hope to topple the current conservative religious leadership.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200407/24/eng20040724_150648.html   (1127 words)

  
 U.S. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Senator Reed stated, “The confirmation of a Justice to the Supreme Court is one of the most consequential processes the Senate undertakes.
Senator Reed stated, “I am disappointed by President Bush’s announcement that he will appoint John Bolton to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations without the approval of the Congress.
Senator Reed is urging the federal government to update and modernize decades old federal flood insurance maps with recent Army Corps of Engineer data on possible flood damage from hurricanes.
reed.senate.gov   (1289 words)

  
 Office of U.S. Senator George Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Senator Allen recently returned from his trip to Iraq where he visted Virginia National Guard troops and other American service members stationed in the country.
Senator Allen stands strong with the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces as they fight to protect our freedoms around the world.
Each year, Senator Allen goes on his Listening Tour to bring his Senate office to you, the owners of the government.
allen.senate.gov   (459 words)

  
 The Australian: Japan declares US trade war [ 01aug05 ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Trade Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Japan had "been urging the US repeatedly to abolish this amendment to avoid the countermeasures but we see an extremely low possibility that it will be abolished in the (US) current fiscal year" which ends in September 2005.
Japan banned US beef imports in December 2003 after a case of mad cow disease was discovered in Washington state.
Japan, the biggest importer of US beef before the ban, is under intense US pressure to resume the imports but has insisted it will wait until its scientists complete a review.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,16114783,00.html   (484 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com Senator Kennedy: US policy in Iraq is blunder after blunder
The US, whose military is playing a key role in aiding stranded victims in Indonesia's badly-hit Aceh province, meanwhile pledged to turn a new page in military ties with the world's largest Muslim nation in the wake of the December 26 tragedy More details...
US Army Specialist Charles Graner has been sentenced to 10 years jail, five years less than the maximum sentence possible, and a dishonourable discharge for beating and sexually abusing prisoners at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq More details...
U.S. lawmakers returning from the North Korean capital are optimistic about the resumption of talks to deal with the North's nuclear weapons programs.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/01/18/57883.html   (1902 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | How the plotters slipped US net
In December 1999, the US government abandoned controls on the use of "strong encryption".
In the US and in Britain, some advocates of escrow had seemed almost eager to see a major terrorist disaster using internet encryption, to prove them right.
One US senator has claimed that soon after the attack, NSA received a call from a US cell phone to a "suspected bin Laden operative in Europe" announcing: "We hit the targets."
www.guardian.co.uk /waronterror/story/0,1361,558371,00.html   (1569 words)

  
 U.S. Senator Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Senator Corzine is dedicated to the issues New Jerseyans care about and has worked in the Senate to invest in New Jersey's economy and improve the quality of life for all New Jerseyans.
Senator Corzine is the author of legislation that would establish mandatory federal safety and security standards for chemical plants and other chemical facilities.
Pursuant to Senate Policy this homepage may not be updated for the 60 day period immediately before the date of a primary or general election.
corzine.senate.gov   (351 words)

  
 Aljazeera.Net - US senator talks conscription for Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A senior US lawmaker has said deteriorating security in Iraq may force the reintroduction of the military draft.
Senator Chuck Hagel told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday all US citizens knew exactly what was at stake in the occupied country.
The senator also argued that restoring compulsory military service would force "our citizens to understand the intensity and depth of challenges we face".
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/B9CDF0AB-FC48-4E10-B33D-2E2009D3DF04.htm   (388 words)

  
 United States Senator Lincoln Chafee -- State of Rhode Island -- Republican   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Senator Chafee was recently honored by the Rhode Island Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), who presented him with their Leadership Award “in deepest appreciation” for his support of LISC and the communities they serve.
Senator Chafee has announced that the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has informed him that $7.926 million in federal funding will be sent to Rhode Island to fund the GEAR UP Program for fiscal years 2007 and 2008.
Senator Chafee, a staunch advocate for the preservation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is shown here addressing thousands of Americans from across the country who converged on Washington, D.C. to voice their opposition to drilling.
chafee.senate.gov   (1175 words)

  
 rediff.com: US help on Kashmir won't compromise Indian stand: Torricelli
Torricelli was among a few senators who at one time recommended to then president Bill Clinton that he appoint a US trouble-shooter on Kashmir.
Pakistan has implored the US to mediate, but India has been totally opposed to any such third-party intervention in Kashmir.
On whether he would like to see the US remove sanctions imposed on India in the wake of the 1998 nuclear tests, he replied in the affirmative.
www.rediff.com /us/2001/aug/24us1.htm   (443 words)

  
 Richard G. Lugar, United States Senator for Indiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Dick Lugar had been pushing for prompt consideration by the Senate of these priorities of President Bush.
U.S. Senator Dick Lugar announced that appropriations he requested for HMMWV fleets and Man Overboard Identification System (MOBI) procurement were included in the Defense Appropriations Bill that passed this morning by a vote of 97-0.
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar’s office was notified that eight Indiana gas stations will receive $1,000 grants to establish new E85 fueling locations throughout the state.
lugar.senate.gov   (1320 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com US Senator demands Kofi Annan to resign
US Ambassador John Danforth, whose resignation as envoy to the United Nations was confirmed late Thursday, met Mr Annan.
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth, says the recently signed peace memorandum between the government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement offers the best hope to end the humanitarian crisis and bring peace in Darfur More details...
US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson Friday resigned from President George W. Bush's cabinet, the eighth secretary to do so since Bush won re-election on November 2 More details...
newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/12/05/57366.html   (1848 words)

  
 The death of US Senator Paul Wellstone: accident or murder?
The liberal Democrat was a well-publicized opponent of the war resolution, the only Senator in a tight race to vote against it.
More broadly, with the Senate controlled by the Democrats by a margin of 50-49, the loss of even a single seat could shift control to the Republicans.
Republican control of the Senate would make it possible to push through new tax cuts for the wealthy and other perks for corporate America worth billions of dollars—more than enough of an incentive to commit murder.
www.wsws.org /articles/2002/oct2002/well-o29.shtml   (1211 words)

  
 LookSmart - Record as US Senator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Provides a short biography of the former Democratic senator of Illinois who was the first African American woman to be elected to the US Senate.
Offers a photo archive and biographical profile of the first woman to be elected to the US Senate.
Find brief biographical notes about the former Democratic Illinois senator and information about her work in the US Senate.
www.looksmart.com /eus317836/eus552286/eus53384/eus10118664/eus10139418/eus10202599/r?l&pin=050721x2c74d8bb58d75f1b411&   (295 words)

  
 Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator from New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Senator Clinton is joined by Congressman Walsh, Governor Pataki and General Maguire to announce that the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle mission will be coming to the Air National Guard Base at Hancock Field in Syracuse, NY.
Senator Clinton speaks at the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation “Spring Into Action” Rally to launch the reintroduction of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act.
Senator Clinton speaks at the dedication of the Maxwell School Global Affairs Institute at Syracuse University in honor of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
clinton.senate.gov   (224 words)

  
 US Senator Allen's bullying can only be regarded as a destabilizing element   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
US Senator Allen's bullying can only be regarded as a destabilizing element
US Senator George Allen's bullying can only be regarded as a destabilizing element
Dear Senator Allen: Why is it incumbent upon you to meddle in the internal affairs of a sovereign country?
www.vheadline.com /printer_news.asp?id=22044   (192 words)

  
 United States Senate : US Senator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The United States Senate is the upper house of the Congress of the United States, whose lower house is the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Senate chamber is located in the south wing of the U. Capitol, in Washington, D.C. The first session of Senate to be open to the public was held on February 11, 1794 and on February 27, 1986 the Senate allowed its debates to be televised on a trial basis (which was later made permanent).
It uses material from the wikipedia article United States Senate : US Senator.
www.eurofreehost.com /us/US_Senator.html   (216 words)

  
 US senator promotes mass destruction of remote PCs
A PILLAR OF the US establishment yesterday said that it would be a really really good idea to remotely destroy PCs belonging to people who illegally download music from the Internet.
The suggestion, made by Utah senator Orrin Hatch, told a Senate committee that using software to break a user's PC remotely if she or he download music illegally for a third time wouldn't be such a bad idea at all.
However the good Senator realises that such a move would break anti-hacking legislation so the politicians would have to pass an exemption so that owners of copyright would be protected from those laws.
www.theinquirer.net /?article=10062   (307 words)

  
 Maher meets US Senator on bilateral in relations, Iraqi issue
On the situation in Iraq, the US congressmen said he is deeply concerned with the situation there and expressed hope that a military action on the part of the US would be the last option.
On the future of peace in the Middle East with the US proposed roadmap plan adjourned, Specter said he is still optimistic despite the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories.
As regards linking terrorism to Islam, the US senator said the US is in war with Al-Qaeda organisation, not with Islam for which Washington looks with all due respect.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/030104/2003010431.html   (570 words)

  
 Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) speaks to the media October 3 from his Burlington, Vt. office following President Bush's announcement of his intent to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Withdrawal Of The Nomination Of Timothy Flanigan To Be Deputy Attorney General October 7, 2005
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of Harriet Miers To Be Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court October 3, 2005
leahy.senate.gov   (666 words)

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