Sen. Hagel leaving Congress after '08
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Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a thorn in his own party's side when it comes to Iraq, announced Monday he would retire from the Senate and not seek any elected office in 2008.
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Senator Chuck Hagel, the Nebraska Republican, will retire at the end of his term and will not run for the White House, aides said.
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Rep. Loretta Sanchez said Wednesday she is quitting the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, citing opposition to the chairmanship of fellow California Democratic Rep. Joe Baca.
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By bowing out now, the GOP conservative leaves his options open for 2012
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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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Rasmussen Reports - Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D) leads Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel (R) by 16 percentage points in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. The Election 2008 poll, part of a series looking at all potential match-ups, shows Obama attracting 50% of the vote to Hagel&#39;s 34%.
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Sean Harrigan, the President of Americaâs biggest pension fund, California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System (CalPERS), has been removed from his post.
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Outspoken war critic Sen. Chuck Hagel, a possible Republican presidential contender, will announce his "future plans" Monday in his home state of Nebraska, aides said.
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Members of Congress considering running for president in 2008:
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Prominent US Republican Senator Chuck Hagel criticised &quot;very unwise decisions&quot; in going to war in Iraq, during a return visit to Vietnam where he served as a soldier in the late 1960s.
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Bloomberg - Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist won't seek his party's presidential nomination in 2008, saying the ``season of being an elected official has come to a close.''
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The retirement of 11-term centrist Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe created the possibility of a Democratic takeover in ArizonaÃ¢ÂÂs politically competitive 8th Congressional District. And many Republican officials, including Kolbe, warned that the candidacy of conservative Randy Graf Ã¢ÂÂ who ran a serious but unsuccessful challenge to the incumbent in the 2004 primary Ã¢ÂÂ would put the seat more at risk.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), a mainstream conservative who raised his profile nationally through his fierce opposition to President Bush's Iraq policies, will announce tomorrow that he will retire from the Senate and will not run for president, sources close to the senator said yesterday.
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Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), who led much of Congress&#39; oversight of federal information technology during the past two years, has left the House Government Reform Committee and joined the Rules Committee.
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A former congressman who resigned after being convicted of having sex with an underage campaign worker has been ordered to leave his Chicago home because it is near an elementary school.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel, one of the more forceful Republican voices in opposition to the Iraq war, on Monday put off a decision about a possible 2008 presidential bid, saying he wanted to focus on the conflict
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A former Democratic congressman said Thursday he would reconsider his campaign hours after he dropped out of the crowded free-for-all race against Republican incumbent Rep. Henry Bonilla for a newly-drawn congressional district.