Laurie Kellman

May 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Laurie Kellman

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October 03, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - A "dial-a-porn" service and the New York Daily News are among companies Michael Mukasey, President Bush's choice for attorney general, has listed as former legal clients in documents turned over to senators who will decide whether to confirm him.Responding to questions posed by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the former federal judge said he also quit a private club that refused to admit women.

By Laurie Kellman

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April 19, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - His job in jeopardy, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insisted Thursday he played only a small role in the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors. Skeptical senators reacted with disbelief."We have to evaluate whether you are really being forthright," Sen. Arlen Specter bluntly informed the nation's chief law enforcement officer.

By Laurie Kellman

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March 14, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire on Wednesday became the first Republican in Congress to call for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' dismissal, hours after President Bush expressed confidence in his embattled Cabinet officer.''I think the president should replace him,'' Sununu said in an interview with The Associated Press.

By Laurie Kellman

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April 10, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP _ Democrats subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for more documents, escalating their fight with the Bush administration over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.The subpoena, issued a week before Gonzales is to testify under oath before Congress about the dismissals, seeks hundreds of documents either withheld or heavily blacked out by his department.

By Laurie Kellman

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May 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales came under renewed pressure Wednesday, as two more Republican senators came out against him and Democrats challenged his truthfulness about President Bush's no-warrant eavesdropping program. The developments revived a debate over Gonzales' fitness to head the Justice Department a day after a former deputy attorney general recounted a dramatic hospital bedside confrontation between Gonzales and his predecessor, John Ashcroft.

By Laurie Kellman

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April 24, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP -Senate Republicans killed legislation Wednesday aimed at removing limits on how long workers can wait before suing their employers for pay discrimination.Democrats, speaking to key constituencies of women, minorities and swing voters this election year, said they weren't finished trying to pass the bill.

By LAURIE KELLMAN

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October 31, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - President Bush's nominee for attorney general told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that an interrogation technique called waterboarding is repugnant but that he did not know if it is legal.Michael Mukasey's four-page letter did not satisfy Democrats, many of whom said their vote hinges on whether he's willing to say that the technique, which simulates drowning and is banned by the military, is illegal.

By Laurie Kellman

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July 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Turns out that not-funny senator bit was an act."I'm an extremely good-looking person," satirist-turned-senator Al Franken cracked as photographers snapped his picture Tuesday after he took the oath of office.Funny, ha-ha. But the Senate can be funny-odd, too, not to mention unforgiving.

By LAURIE KELLMAN

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May 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

White House aide Brett Kavanaugh won Senate confirmation as an appeals judge Friday after a wait of nearly three years, yet another victory in President Bush's drive to place a more conservative stamp on the nation's courts.

By Laurie Kellman/The Associated Press

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