Word: cornyn
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...Unlike Republican colleagues Orrin Hatch of Utah or John Cornyn of Texas, Chairman Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania didn't easily accept that rationale. He expressed his skepticism early on, telling Gonzales that federal law has a "forceful and blanket prohibition against any electronic surveillance without a court order"; he even suggested that the program's legality should be reviewed by a special court. Specter did come to Gonzales' aid early on, when Democrats on the committee ate up twenty minutes with a doomed procedural vote to force Gonzales to testify under oath, a gesture Specter thought was unnecessary...
...back to their homelands and, if they want to return to the U.S., file an application. "There's growing national consensus that in a post-9/11 world, we simply have to know who's coming into our country and why they're here," says Senator John Cornyn, who is sponsoring the bill with Jon Kyl of Arizona...
...million for a jail that his Choctaw Indian clients were planning to build in Mississippi. As it happened, Abramoff had caught Reed at a ripe moment. "Am at a lunch with Rove at the [Republican National Committee] meeting and just talked to the AG [then Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, now a U.S. Senator]," he e-mailed Abramoff on his BlackBerry. "Will report the substance shortly." Reed agreed to give Rove materials arguing the Choctaws' case...
...Senate gave her last week, which included questions on her views on "judicial activism," cases she's worked on constitutional issues and whether she was asked or made promises to people on how she would vote on the Court before her nomination. Both Bush and Texas Senator John Cornyn will hold events with former Texas Supreme Court justices who will announce their support for Miers. And while Democrats have mostly been content to watch the Republican intramural fight, Senators Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein will meet with the nominee on Monday. Feinstein's impressions will be particularly important...
During a break, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tex., called Roberts “the most qualified nominee who has ever been put up for a Supreme Court vacancy...