John McCain, R-Arizona, chairs the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which handles most of these Internet privacy bills, may give McCain's own proposals an edge.

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Republicans are asking the same questions of transportation secretary-designate Rodney Slater, but the panel that must confirm him, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, is giving him a much easier time.

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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on pay equity, while the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the proposed merger between NBC and Comcast.

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Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, to thank for pushing this disapproval resolution forward in the Senate.

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During his time in the Senate, he has been chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and is the senior Republican on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

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Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

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About a year ago, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation identified several major billing consolidators who are responsible for the majority of these unauthorized charges.

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Tuesday the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will haul in, among others, the chairman of the agency that oversees railroad mergers, the head of the Norfolk Southern railroad and a top official from the Government Accountability to discuss the state of competition in the freight rail industry.

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The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a product liability bill (S648) in May 1997, similar to the legislation vetoed by Clinton in 1996.

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