Bush sends Iraq resolution to Capitol Hill

• Keith Koffler and Brody Mullins
• September 19, 2002

Senate stuck in slow motion on homeland security bill

• Brody Mullins
• September 18, 2002

Lawmakers expect end of month vote on action in Iraq

• Brody Mullins
• September 13, 2002

House Republicans pressure Senate Democrats on homeland bill

• Brody Mullins
• September 12, 2002

Senator to offer amendment to create Sept. 11 panel

• Brody Mullins
• September 11, 2002

Senators negotiating compromise on homeland labor issues

• Keith Koffler and Brody Mullins
• September 10, 2002

Key senator aims to give Congress role in shaping new department

• Brody Mullins
• September 6, 2002

Senate may vote Sept. 11 on civil service issues in homeland bill

• Brody Mullins
• September 4, 2002

Senate delays vote on homeland security bill

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• August 1, 2002

Senator to press for civil service protections despite veto threat

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday strongly reaffirmed his commitment to civil service protections in the new Homeland Security Department and expressed doubt that President Bush would veto the legislation.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 31, 2002

Senate debate over homeland security bill heats up

• Kirk Victor and Brody Mullins
• July 30, 2002

Bush pushes hard for flexibility in new department

• Keith Koffler and Brody Mullins
• July 26, 2002

White House threatens veto of homeland bill over managerial flexibility

White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said Thursday that President Bush may veto the Senate's bill to create a Homeland Security department if it passes in its current form.

• Brody Mullins
• July 25, 2002

Senate panel rejects move to loosen civil service protections

Debate in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on a proposal to create a Department of Homeland Security moved swiftly Wednesday, until senators took up the controversial issue of civil service protections for employees.

• Mark Wegner, April Fulton, Brody Mullins, Geoff Earle and Charlie Mitchell
• July 24, 2002

Senate chairmen take aim at Lieberman on homeland bill

• Brody Mullins and Geoff Earle
• July 23, 2002

Deal on civil service issues eludes House homeland panel

House Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a deal Thursday on civil service protections for the 170,000 employees of the proposed Homeland Security Department—setting up a partisan clash over the issue in a markup Friday.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 19, 2002

House homeland panel reverses field on baggage-screening deadline

• Tom Shoop and Brody Mullins
• July 19, 2002

House panel votes down civil service protections

Two attempts to give standard civil service protections to federal employees at the proposed Homeland Security Department were defeated at a House hearing Friday.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 19, 2002

Senate, House homeland drafts will mimic Bush proposal

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 18, 2002

GOP seeks to broker deal on civil service issues in homeland bill

House Republicans are scrambling to reach a compromise with Democrats over the civil service rules that would govern the 170,000 employees of the proposed Homeland Security Department.

• Brody Mullins and Charlie Mitchell
• July 18, 2002