Hastert Says He WonÂt Step Down as Speaker
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An increasing number of conservative advocates are laying the blame for the intensifying Foley scandal at the feet of the House speaker.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N   Chairman Patricia Dunn on Friday defended her role in an   inquiry into a boardroom leak that has led to a California   state investigation, and said she has no plans to resign unless   asked by the board.
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President Bush has called House Speaker Dennis Hastert, under fire for his handling of the Mark Foley scandal, and "expressed his support," White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino said. On Thursday, Hastert, R-Illinois, said he had "done nothing wrong" and would not step down over the controversy surrounding Foley.
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With three open seats to defend, Republicans winnowed the field Tuesday in their bid to replace former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and picked a candidate they hope will succeed GOP Rep. Jerry Weller, who is stepping down amid ethics questions.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., will swear in Vice President Dick Cheney at the inauguration Jan. 20, an unusual but not unprecedented choice.
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House of Representatives Majority  Leader Tom DeLay, admonished twice in six days by his chamber's  ethics committee, withstood calls on Thursday by rival  Democrats and citizen groups that he step aside.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. tells reporters on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, that Congress has failed to agree on legislation adopting the Sept.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert is getting backup from President Bush and other Republican luminaries, while one of the party's Senate candidates calls for him to resign over the congressional page cybersex scandal.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Monday defended his office's handling of questions raised about Rep. Mark Foley last year, saying the parents of a former male page were concerned about an e-mail Foley sent their son but didn't want the matter pursued.
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Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert will resign soon rather than complete his term 15 months from now, ending a 21-year career in Congress, Republican aides said Thursday.
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Regardless who wins the US presidency, Republicans are likely to remain a key voice in the nation&#39;s capital since they appear positioned to keep control of a sharply divided Congress in Tuesday&#39;s elections.
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The incoming Democratic speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, is planning to expropriate the second-floor suite of offices now occupied by the current speaker, J. Dennis Hastert.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert brushed aside resignation talk Tuesday, even as the Republicans' No. 2 House leader contradicted him in the page scandal. President Bush gave Hastert a vote of confidence as the party struggled to contain pre-election fallout.
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The top Republican in the U.S. House, Dennis Hastert, will not announce he is resigning because of a Capitol Hill sex scandal but instead underscore reforms, senior party aides said on Thursday.
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House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) -- in a showdown with Senate Republicans -- has vowed he will not bring a major defense policy bill to the chamber floor this week unless Senate negotiators add a federal court security bill and a controversial House anti-illegal-immigration measure, senior...
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, ignored a call by a conservative Washington newspaper for him to resign as fallout continued from the political scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley and his explicit instant messages.
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Republican insists he is still in president race despite falling poll ratings, loss of staff and spending crisis.