Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer

• Bill to revamp military justice faces uphill fight

  Ambitious legislation to stanch the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces by overhauling the military justice system faces an ... 

• Republicans boycott committee vote on EPA nominee

  Senate Republicans boycotted Thursday a scheduled committee vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. 

• Tofu? ToWhit? Senators discuss EPA email aliases

  To whom? ToWhit? Tofu? Senators sidetracked their confirmation hearing Thursday for Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the ... 

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  Panel criticizes military on sexual assault cases

  In a stinging rebuke of the military's efforts to curb sexual assault, members of a Senate panel hammered Defense Department officials on Wednesday ... 

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  Victim calls decision in assault case shocking

  An advocacy group says the victim in an Air Force sexual assault case is shocked and disappointed by a general's decision to dismiss the charges ... 

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  Hagel to review Air Force sexual assault case

  A case involving an Air Force general who dismissed charges against a lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault will be reviewed at the top ... 

• Senate panel likely to write gun bills next week

  The Senate Judiciary Committee seems all but certain to start voting on an assault weapons ban and other gun curbs next week, Congress' first roll ... 

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  Senate chair: Count up Hagel vote after hearing

  Top Senate Republicans said Tuesday they would reserve judgment on Chuck Hagel's nomination until after his confirmation hearing next week, a positive ... 

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  Schumer, Boxer to back Hagel for Pentagon's job

  Chuck Hagel secured the backing of two of the staunchest pro-Israel Senate Democrats in a clear boost to the Republican's prospects of becoming ...