The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to end the Bush administration's ability to unilaterally fill U.S. Attorney vacancies as a backlash to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' firing of eight federal prosecutors. Amid calls from lawmakers in both parties to resign, Gonzales got a morale boost with an early-morning call from President Bush, their first conversation since a week ago, when the president said he was unhappy with how the Justice Department handled the firings.
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Senate Votes to End Gonzales' Power to Name Prosecutors
The Associated Press
March 21, 2007
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