Lawmaker Says He Has Cancer And Will Not Run for Reelection
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Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), a Holocaust survivor who became the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced yesterday that he has cancer and will not run for reelection in November.
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James T. Walsh, a New York Republican who has represented the Syracuse region since 1989, does not intend to pursue re-election and plans to retire from Congress when his term ends.
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A top Republican congressman has broken from his party in the final days of his House career, saying he believes the U.S. military assault on Iraq was unjustified and that the situation there has deteriorated into "a dangerous, costly mess."
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Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of the Democratic running mate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer hours after her husband conceded defeat in the US elections, the party said yesterday.
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A top Republican lawmaker on Wednesday called on Merck &amp; Co. Inc. to answer questions about its withdrawn drug Vioxx at the first congressional hearing on Nov.
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JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.), facing questions about his ethics, announced Friday that he will not seek an eighth term.
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MINNETONKA, Minn. &#151; Republican Rep. Jim Ramstad announced Monday that he will not seek a 10th term, saying he is "burned out" after splitting his time between home and Washington for nearly two decades.
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US Representative Charlie Norwood of Georgia died of lung cancer, lawmaker Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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Connecticut's governor, a cancer survivor, vetoed a bill that would have allowed people with certain serious illnesses to use marijuana, saying it was fraught with problems and sent a mixed message to children.
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By Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma City lawmaker said Monday that she won't press her bill that would require all girls entering the sixth grade to be immunized against the human papillomavirus, which is said to lead to cervical cancer.
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Arizona Congressman John Shadegg has announced he won't seek re-election, becoming the latest Republican to step aside before the November elections.
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Rep. Tom Lantos, a California Democrat and House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, announced that he will not seek re-election because he has cancer of the esophagus
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Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., said Monday he will not be seeking re-election.
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Rep. Edward L. Schrock, a conservative Republican from Hampton Roads and a retired Navy captain, announced yesterday he was withdrawing his bid for re-election to a third term
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LINCOLN, Neb.  A top Republican congressman has broken from his party in the final days of his House career, saying he believes the US military assault on Iraq was unjustified and the situation there has deteriorated into &#39;&#39;a dangerous, costly mess.&#39;&#39; ...
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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, a treatable cancer of the lymph system, his office announced on Wednesday.
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The ranking minority member of a House committee on Wednesday blasted the Food and Drug Administration, saying it failed to properly address problems that may have led to a shortage of flu vaccine.