After Retreat, G.O.P. Changes House Ethics Rule
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The House enacted a change that would effectively dismiss a complaint in the event of a deadlock in the ethics committee.
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The House of Representatives voted to revise rules for foreign investments in the U.S., seeking to make them clearer for businesses while preserving national security.
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(Washington) The House ethics committee has rebuked Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) for the second time in a week for questionable conduct.
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Justice Department officials are revising controversial guidelines for criminal prosecutions of companies in response to pressure from business groups, civil liberties lobbyists and an influential lawmaker who is expected to introduce legislation on the issue early next week.
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In this era of hypersensitivity and bitter partisanship, the move by House Republicans to change a rule requiring leaders to step down if they are indicted of a felony punishable by a sentence of at least two years in prison makes sense.
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Monday's indictment of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) touched off an ethics battle in the House yesterday, with leaders from both parties moving quickly against Jefferson even as they accused each other of having no real interest in tighter ethics rules.
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MOVE TO EASE ETHICS RULES: After Tom DeLay is snared in an ethics probe, House Republicans consider ways to make it harder to discipline members of Congress.
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A day after moving to nullify the Bush administration's new rules restricting family travel to Cuba, the House on Wednesday voted to remove barriers to agriculture sales and student exchanges in the island nation.
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House Republicans showed their loyalty to Majority Leader Tom DeLay yesterday, changing a party rule that would have cost him his leadership post if he were indicted by a Texas grand jury that has indicted three of his associates.
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House Republicans demonstrated their loyalty to Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Wednesday, changing a party rule that would have cost him his leadership post if he were indicted by a Texas grand jury that has charged three of his associates.
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An NCAA committee recommended Wednesday reversing rules enacted last season to shorten football games because the changes resulted in fewer plays being run and confusion at the end of games.
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WASHINGTON - In a sharp rebuke of a new administration policy, the House moved Thursday to block the Labor Department from carrying out overtime rules that critics argued could deprive millions of workers of their overtime pay.    The 223-193 vote in favor of blocking the rules defied the White House...
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In a sharp rebuke of a new administration policy, the House moved yesterday to block the Labor Department from carrying out overtime rules critics argued could deprive millions of workers of overtime pay.
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U.S. House of Representatives  Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas got fellow Republicans on  Monday to reverse a recent rule change that would have allowed  him to keep his leadership post even if indicted.
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The former chairman of the U.S.  House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, who  earlier this year ended negotiations to head the pharmaceutical  industry's top lobby after critics questioned the ethics of the  move, has now accepted the post, the group said on Wednesday.
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With a dash of pomp and a dose of controversy over ethics rules, the new Congress convened Tuesday, more Republican than the old and intent on tackling Social Security and the rest of President Bush's ambitious agenda.
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Republican leaders are considering a change in House ethics rules that could make it harder to discipline lawmakers.