... access to" as a candidate, said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah. FBI Director Mueller made his comments before the House Judiciary Committee. Prodded by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., to agree that Guantanamo detainees could be kept safely in ...

... fashion since there are not competing bills. McDaniel said more than half of the members of the Senate and House judiciary committees will co-sponsor the legislation. "A lot of people have been working on this for a long time," McDaniel ...

... or driving while intoxicated. The measure also requires public employers to verify the work eligibility status of every contracted employee hired after July 1 of this year. The bill has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee.

... officers can arrest someone for animal cruelty. The House Judiciary Committee could take up the bill as early as next week ... felony under a bill advanced Thursday by the House Judiciary Committee. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Dawn Creekmore ...

... this week and go to Gov. Mike Beebe, who has said he'll sign it. The bill on Tuesday will go before the House Judiciary Committee, where a majority of its members have signed on as co-sponsors. The committee will also consider a bill ...

... legislation that would make aggravated cruelty to cats, dogs and horses a felony on first offense was endorsed by the House Judiciary Committee. The proposal, which has passed the Senate, has 51 co-sponsors in the 100-member House and Beebe said ...

... family members?" Creekmore said. The measure passed 96-0. Creekmore has a similar bill, pending before the House Judiciary Committee, that deals with harsher sentences for some cases of third-degree domestic battery.

... and other places of worship, is headed to the House Judiciary Committee this week. The bill's backer, Rep. Beverly ... Stewart, D-Kirby, has yet to come up before the House Judiciary Committee. Stewart, a former Olympic shooter who also ...

... May. McDaniel spokeswoman Kathy Roche said the attorney general traveled to Washington to testify before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. Other than his state salary, McDaniel reported ...

... in a sanctuary two decades ago and still opposes the measure. Pastor John Phillips Jr. told members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that churches should be safe places, free from weapons. "As a group of lawmakers, are we really ...