...Common sense can be quite uncommon.'' Republicans in Congress, however, see spotty progress. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson says REGO led to modest improvements, ''but they're overshadowed by wildly...

...to release their findings within a few months, said Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Thompson released the report Monday. It said investigators found 64 federal Web sites that used unauthorized...

...Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., may jump-start this debate when he convenes a hearing of his Senate Governmental Affairs Committee later this month to look at the rating systems. As Lieberman recognizes, the institute's study offers...

...said will be an "open process" giving lawmakers the opportunity to make changes. The same day, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will draft a Senate version of the bill. Congressional leaders are racing to get votes on separate versions...

...flexibility President Bush wants would be created under legislation the Senate hopes to pass next week. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, was scheduled to debate and vote on the legislation Wednesday...

...staunchly defended the proposal during their first testimony on the panel's recommendations, telling the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that congressional oversight and other safeguards would help ensure that intelligence information was...

...devote additional resources and attention,'' Secret Service Director Brian Stafford testified before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee's investigative subcommittee. There are three levels of fake ID procurement, subcommittee investigators...

...prosecutions against spies, terrorists or other criminals," said Thompson, a ranking member of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The report comes at a sensitive time for the FBI, which has had a number of black eyes in recent months...

...ties -- or at least its influence -- on the White House. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., whose Senate Governmental Affairs Committee also began hearings into Enron on Thursday, said the panel would issue subpoenas for Enron and Andersen's...

...chairman of the Enron board's finance committee, testified at a hearing by the investigative panel of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. John Duncan, former chairman of the board's executive committee, said the directors "thoroughly...