Laurie Kellman

April 28, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Acosta heads to Washington on a 60-38 vote that fills out President Donald Trump's Cabinet.

By Laurie Kellman

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March 30, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Florida International University law school dean Alexander Acosta has moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump's secretary of labor.

By Laurie Kellman

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June 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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May 02, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Senators subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday, ordering him to provide all e-mails related to presidential adviser Karl Rove and the firings of eight federal prosecutors."It is troubling that significant documents highly relevant to the committee's inquiry have not been produced," Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

By Laurie Kellman

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November 30, 2007 | National Law Journal

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy acknowledged explicitly Thursday that President Bush was not involved in the firings of U.S. Attorneys last winter and ruled illegal the president's executive privilege claims protecting his chief of staff, John Bolten, and former adviser Karl Rove. Leahy directed Bolten, Rove, former political director Sara Taylor and her deputy, J. Scott Jennings, to comply "immediately" with their subpoenas for documents and information about the White House's role in the firings.

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January 15, 2002 | Law.com

After seven years of negotiations, the Social Security Administration has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by 2,200 black male employees who worked at the agency's national headquarters in Woodlawn, Md. The $7.75 million settlement, announced Tuesday, also provides for a committee of Social Security employees to oversee the promotion process for four years, as well as an employee-elected panel to serve as advocates for workers.

By Laurie Kellman

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April 19, 2007 | Daily Report Online

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April 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - President Bush's aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Thursday, vowing to subpoena those documents if the administration fails to cough them up.''They say they have not been preserved.

By Laurie Kellman

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February 14, 2008 | Daily Report Online

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June 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Republicans blocked the Senate's no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday, rejecting a symbolic Democratic effort to prod him from office despite blistering criticism from lawmakers in both parties.The 53-38 vote to move the resolution to full debate fell seven short of the 60 required.

By Laurie Kellman

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