The panel then met in Washington June 1, and rejected the proposal.

The panel rejected the bill by a 8-7 vote on 26 January 2012.

But the panel, under pressure from the Bush administration, rejected a measure that would have kept the program alive until the fall.

In a unanimous decision, the panel rejected the defendants' claims of insufficient evidence.

A week later, the panel officially rejected the Verniero nomination in a 17-to-6 vote.

The 17-member panel rejected the idea of returning America to the gold standard - except for two dissenting members.

Earlier this month, a three-judge panel rejected a similar request.

Under the proposal the panel rejected, the company would have had to put up just $1.2 billion during the appeals process.

The panel rejected charges that could have brought the death penalty.

Last July the panel rejected the measure, 20 to 12.