Quietly but Firmly, Hastert Asserts His Power
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Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House, is the man President Bush is counting on to enact an ambitious second-term agenda.
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Every seat in the House of Representatives was up for grabs yesterday, but Republicans were expected to handily maintain their majority.
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President Bush said that Alberto R.Gonzales had been "a calm and steady voice at times of crisis" as his White House counsel.
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House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is leaning toward removing the House ethics committee chairman, who admonished House Majority Leader Tom DeLay this fall and has said he will treat DeLay like
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Rep. Thomas Reynolds, head of the House Republican election effort, said Saturday he told Speaker Dennis Hastert months ago about concerns that a fellow GOP lawmaker had sent inappropriate messages to a teenage boy. Hastert's office said aides referred the matter to the proper authorities last fall but they were only told the messages were "over-friendly."
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Mitt Romney expressed confidence that he could quell concerns about his faith as he runs for president.
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Leaving Speaker Dennis Hastert's office with its grand view of National Mall and the city's monuments to Washington and Lincoln, a visitor may pass a winding staircase with a sign that holds new meaning: "Careful Step Down."
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House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert faced intensifying questions about the RepublicansÂ response to Representative Mark FoleyÂs messages to a page.
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Dan Glickman, the new president and chief executive of the Motion Picture Association of America, has been quietly putting his stamp on the organization.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Friday put Congress&#039; constitutional tussle with Justice Department &quot;behind us now&quot; and said he&#039;s working with the Justice Department to set up guidelines for the FBI to review materials it seized from a lawmaker&#039;s office and any other searches of Congress&#039; offices.
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Christine Todd Whitman and others think a moderate stance is GOP's key to survival.
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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 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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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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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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House Speaker Dennis Hastert is considering replacing the chairman of the ethics committee, which admonished Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is the focus of a grand jury probe into his campaign finance practices.
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A moderate Shiite cleric has been quietly floating a proposal that could break a deadlock and ease sectarian tensions.