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- India nuclear bill to be on president's desk this week: Frist
- WASHINGTON AFP — US Senate leader Bill Frist assured India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that a major US-India nuclear energy bill is on track for completion this week. "I spoke today by telephone with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the pending legislation to authorize civil nuclear cooperation between the...
- Research articles 2006-12-05
- Frist the feckless
- SENATE Majority Leader Bill Frist was in Afghanistan briefly this week and made a statement that ought to raise both eyebrows and concerns. According to an Associated Press reporter, he said the war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and called for efforts to bring the Islamic militia...
- Research articles 2006-10-08
- Meet the new boss: quietly, Senate Republicans have already chosen Mitch McConnell as their next leader—because Congress just isn't partisan enough
- One of the Senate's quirkier traditions was inaugurated in the late 1990s by then-Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.). On certain summer Thursdays, Lott decreed, members should leave their customary dark blue and gray suits at home and, as a tribute to southern fashion, instead conduct the people's business in pale...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Frist defends raid in bribery probe
- WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the majority leader, defended on Sunday the raid by federal agents on a Democratic lawmaker's Capitol Hill office, breaking with senior House Republicans who had said the search was unconstitutional. Frist said agents from the FBI acted appropriately when they searched the...
- Research articles 2006-05-29
- Senate Republicans Will Renew Fight Over Judges
- Long-Stalled Kavanaugh Nomination May Draw Another Democratic Filibuster After months of inaction on President Bush's appellate court nominees, Senate Republicans have settled on a plan to bring D.C. Circuit Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the floor for a vote later this month. Kavanaugh, the current White House staff...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- US senator proposes 100 dollar handout against higher oil prices
- WASHINGTON AFP — The top US senator proposed that the government give Americans 100 dollars for gasoline as the skyrocketing cost of fuel for cars has lawmakers worried just six months ahead of mid-term elections. Stipulating that the money be paid by August 30 -- just two months before...
- Research articles 2006-04-27
- Reid: Bush Is Not Credible on Immigration
- WASHINGTON, April 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid released the following statement on President Bush's continuing effort to hide his failure to convince Republicans to support comprehensive immigration reform. "President Bush has as much credibility on immigration as he does on Iraq and national security. If he...
- Research articles 2006-04-13
- INTELLIGENCER; Frist Holds the Key
- Irish Voice 03-14-2006 WHAT are the true prospects for immigration reform in Congress this year? That may well depend on Senate majority leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, who has made no secret of his presidential ambitions. Two likely Republican rivals of Frist...
- Research articles 2006-03-14
- US Senate leader questions UAE firm's US ports deal
- WASHINGTON AFP — US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist called to delay a United Arab Emirates company's takeover of operations at six major US ports, saying the deal raises "serious questions regarding the safety and security of our homeland." Frist, one of US President George W. Bush's top allies,...
- Research articles 2006-02-21
- Death Tax Gone in '06, Group Predicts; President, VP, Majority Leader All Call For Repeal of Unfair, Unpopular, Un-American Tax
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Senate Majority Leader Frist each have called for repeal of the death tax in recent days, sending a clear signal to the nation that 2006 may very well be the year when American families finally are cut free...
- Research articles 2006-01-11
- Up To $16 Million In Drug Company Stock Investments Conflict 42 U.S. Senators Out of Vaccine Vote, Says FTCR
- SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Forty-two U.S. Senators hold stock in pharmaceutical companies even as they vote on legislation to benefit the drug industry, according to an analysis released today by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights FTCR. The Senate is expected to...
- Research articles 2005-12-13
- Ready, Fire, Aim: Frist Makes Commitment to Bring Up Asbestos Bill in Jan. Despite Major Flaws
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Susan Vento, chair of the Committee to Protect Mesothelioma Victims CPMV, statement in response to Sen. Frist's commitment to bring up the flawed asbestos trust fund bill, S. 852, in January is as follows: Today, Sen. Frist has issued a slap in the face...
- Research articles 2005-11-16
- Asbestos Victims' Groups Say Bill's Funding Is Questionable; Groups Voice Opposition to S.852 in Letter to Frist and Reid
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, leaders of the nation's top asbestos victims' organizations voiced serious concerns about the funding of the asbestos trust fund bill in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist and Democratic Leader Reid. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing on Thursday,...
- Research articles 2005-11-15
- Frist probe raises questions on blind trusts
- WASHINGTON -- Among the U.S. Senate's 40 or so millionaires, nearly half have stowed assets in blind trusts to eliminate conflicts of interest. But two -- with eyes on other offices -- have sold potentially troublesome holdings. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., each recently...
- Research articles 2005-10-24
- Bush ally forced to step down after conspiracy indictment
- WASHINGTON AFP — Tom DeLay, a powerful political ally of President George W. Bush, stepped down as head of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives Wednesday after being indicted on a campaign finance charge. DeLay vowed he was only stepping aside temporarily and said the case by...
- Research articles 2005-09-28
- Frist's stock sales under investigation
- WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday he had no insider information when he sold stock this summer in HCA Inc., the hospital company founded by his father and brother. The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into the sales. Also Monday, the...
- Research articles 2005-09-27
- Senate Approves $10.5 Billion for Hurricane Relief
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> Late last night the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill authorizing $10.5 billion in relief funding for the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The House is expected to follow suit today. Congress returned to Washington from their summer recess early to address the devastation...
- Research articles 2005-09-02
- Frist's stem-cell vote may keep him out of White House
- WASHINGTON -- Dr. Bill Frist has discovered (if he hadn't already) that the first rule of politics is: "What have you done for me lately?" The revelation came when the scientist in him finally overcame his political judgment and he declared he would back a House-passed bill stuck...
- Research articles 2005-08-02
- Congress poised to act on weak bio-preparedness.(CHEM-BIO DEFENSE)
- Flaws in the U.S.' current defenses against dangerous diseases are numerous and institutional, according to experts. In response to these shortcomings, key congressional leaders are vowing action to fix the problems. Speakers at a recent bioterrorism and infectious disease conference, hosted by Georgetown...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Stem cell debate divides top US Republicans
- WASHINGTON AFP — The future of human embryo stem cell research in the United States has divided top officials of George W. Bush's Republican party in a roiling morality debate. The leader of the majority Republicans in the Senate, Bill Frist, detonated a political time bomb by calling for...
- Research articles 2005-07-31
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