Soros Asks House to Probe Hastert Remarks
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Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has asked the House ethics committee to investigate House Speaker Dennis Hastert over comments suggesting that Soros could be receiving money from illegal drug groups.
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President George W. Bush called House Speaker Dennis Hastert to express support for him, the White House said, amid a sex scandal that has brought intense scrutiny on Congress's Republican leadership as US midterm elections loom.
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The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising an array of oversight investigations that could provoke sharp disagreement with Republicans and the White House.
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The House Republicans' campaign arm may be a victim of fraud by a former employee, and it has asked law enforcement officials to investigate "irregularities in our financial audit process."
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House leaders Ã¢ÂÂ namely Speaker J. Dennis Hastert Ã¢ÂÂ did not violate the rules of the House earlier this year in the handling of reports that ex-Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., had sent suggestive e-mails to a former page, according to the ethics committee, which concluded a nine-week investigation Friday.
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The chairman of the House education committee called yesterday for an investigation into whether nonprofit student loan companies are abusing their tax-exempt status.
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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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A US House of Representatives panel announced a probe into the handling of a widening congressional sex scandal that has rocked the majority Republican party.
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House Financial Services Committee   Chairman Michael Oxley on Wednesday urged U.S. Treasury   Secretary Henry Paulson to push harder for a Senate compromise   on legislation to reform government-sponsored housing   enterprises, saying time was quickly running out.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The congressional panel investigating Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom spying probe has demanded that CEO Mark Hurd explain $1.37 million worth of options he exercised just before the scandal became public, two congressmen said Wednesday.
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Republican lawmakers on Tuesday asked investigators to examine whether Bush administration efforts to transfer $25 million from a North Korean account would violate money laundering and counterfeit laws.
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WASHINGTON - US Rep. Joe Barton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Chiron Corporation
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The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security wants answers from the Department of Homeland Security about data mining programs that were shut down for privacy reasons after millions of dollars were spent on them.
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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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Billionaire financier George Soros is putting his wealth and personal reputation on the line in his quest to convince voters to cast ballots against George W. Bush in the November 2 presidential election.
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The top Republican in the U.S. House of  Representatives, Dennis Hastert, will meet reporters at 1 p.m.  (1700 GMT) as he faces calls for his resignation over the  handling of a sex scandal involving a fellow Republican  Congressman who resigned.
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Behind the scenes, senior Republicans weighed whether Speaker J. Dennis Hastert could survive the the scandal surrounding former Representative Mark Foley.