WASHINGTON — The Bush administration, bowing to an uproar over its firing of eight federal prosecutors, won’t oppose legislation changing the rules for replacing them, senators said yesterday.

“The administration would not object to the bill,” said Senator Schumer, a Democrat of New York, referring to legislation to remove the administration’s power to fill the vacancies without Senate confirmation. He spoke with reporters after a meeting involving Judiciary Committee senators and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Mr. Schumer — as well as the committee chairman, Patrick Leahy, a Democrat of Vermont, and Pennsylvania’s Senator Specter, who is the panel’s senior Republican — said Mr. Gonzales also agreed to let five of his top aides involved in the firings talk with the committee. The committee was prepared to authorize subpoenas for the officials.

Six of the eight ousted prosecutors told House and Senate committees on Tuesday they were dismissed without explanation. Some said the dismissals followed calls from members of Congress concerning sensitive political corruption investigations.

Others said they feared the Justice Department would retaliate against them for talking with reporters and giving lawmakers information about their dismissals.

Mr. Gonzales came under harsh criticism during yesterday’s Senate committee meeting, even from senators of his own party. Mr. Specter suggested Mr. Gonzales might suffer a similar professional fate as the fired prosecutors.

“One day, there will be a new attorney general, maybe sooner rather than later,” Mr. Specter said.

In private, Mr. Specter offered Mr. Gonzales some stiff advice: Acknowledge that the matter is serious.

“And that he take the next step and realize that there is a significant blemish on the records of these individuals,” Mr. Specter told reporters, referring to the prosecutors. Further, “That he acknowledge that the problem arose because he failed to state the reasons why these people were asked to resign.”