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This has not pleased Mr. Obama's Democratic allies on the Hill; Senators Charles E. Schumer of New York, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, and Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, strongly oppose the bill.

As Judge Alito continued on Thursday to make the rounds on Capitol Hill, senators of both parties examined his views on issues like the separation of church and state.

Across Capitol Hill, senators from both parties emerged from a classified briefing on the bombings sounding generally supportive of the F.B.I. "I wish there would have been more," said Senator Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican on the Intelligence Committee, "but I'm not in a position to say that I would have done it differently".

On Capitol Hill, senators of both parties quickly made their way to the floor and the galleries for a morning of speeches and briefings, hailing Justice O'Connor and trying to frame the debate to come -- Democrats stressing a need for consultation and consensus, Republicans emphasizing a need for a fair process.

And on Capitol Hill, senators began considering proposals to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.

Since Lynch is unfamiliar to many on Capitol Hill, senators will have to get up to speed on her record quickly.

On Capitol Hill, Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, said he hoped the Senate could move this year to ban all cloning.

On Capitol Hill, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts has hired Douglas Frantz as his chief investigator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

But at a hearing this week on Capitol Hill, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, said the system lacked accountability.

At a news conference on Capitol Hill, Senator Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican and the chairman of the panel, declined to assess Mr. Tenet's role directly.

As negotiators tied up the last points of dispute, officials said that the two top Democrats on Capitol Hill — Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and Representative Nancy Pelosi of California — had signed off on the agreement.