House panel finds Republicans negligent in scandal
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Top Republicans were negligent in failing to protect teen-age interns from a lawmaker who resigned in an Internet sex scandal shortly before the November 7 elections, a congressional ethics panel concluded on Friday.
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Spurred by an investigation connected to the majority leader, House Republicans voted Wednesday to abandon an 11-year-old party rule that required a member of their leadership to step aside temporarily if indicted.
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Although there is no indication that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Sugarland is going to be indicted, the House Republican Conference decided Wednesday that a party committee of several dozen members would review any felony indictment against a party
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A House ethics panel has concluded  that Republicans failed to adequately respond to warnings about  a lawmaker blamed for the Internet sex scandal that shook the  U.S. Congress this year, a source said on Friday.
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(CBS/AP) Congressional Republicans on Wednesday turned the high heat on CBS News, charging that last week&#39;s revelations about Lt.
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Comments Friday on the House ethics committee's report on the page scandal:
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House Republicans moved Wednesday to protect controversial Majority Leader Tom DeLay's job in case he is indicted by a Texas grand jury on political corruption charges. The Republicans changed an 11-year-old rule to do so.
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House leaders on Wednesday announced a task force to examine whether an outside panel should investigate ethics problems involving House members.
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WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee rebuked Majority Leader Tom DeLay for the second time in a week for questionable conduct, sternly warning the Texas Republican to temper his behavior.    The committee late Wednesday admonished DeLay for creating an appearance of giving donors special access on pending energy legislation and using the Federal Aviation Administration to intervene in a Texas political dispute...
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Bemoaning a "culture of corruption" in the Republican Party, Democrats are convinced they have a winning election-year issue. The GOP claims it's a wash.
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House Democratic leaders on Thursday sought removal of two recently appointed Republicans from the ethics committee, questioning whether their judgment would be influenced by contributions to Majority Leader Tom DeLay's legal defense fund.
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Members of the House ethics committee who are on the investigative panel looking into the handling of complaints about former Rep. Mark Foley's conduct toward teenage House pages and Internet messages to former pages:
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House of Representatives Republican leaders, already facing a tough election fight to keep control of the U.S. Congress, struggled on Monday to contain a mushrooming sex scandal just five weeks before the November 7 vote.
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The purported reason US House Republicans decided to change their rule on House leaders and indictments is to defang a &quot;partisan crackpot district attorney&quot; who may try to indict GOP legislative leaders for political reasons.
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Emerging Republican proposals to change the way House ethics complaints are handled present a serious threat to the House&#39;s ability to police itself, leaders of independent groups that monitor Congressional ethics say.
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The top Republican in the US House of Representatives said he had been &quot;duped&quot; by disgraced ex-lawmaker Mark Foley, whose sexual solicitations of teenage aides in Congress he decried as &quot;vile,&quot; and &quot;repugnant.&quot;
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A House ethics panel concluded that Republicans failed to adequately respond to early warnings about a lawmaker blamed for the Internet sex scandal that shook the U.S. Congress this year, a source said on Friday.