House GOP Brings Up Draft  In Order to Knock It Down
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Rumors of reinstating the military draft, which have flourished for months in panicky e-mails, online chat rooms, college dorms and student newspapers, suddenly dominated  the House floor yesterday in one of the strangest parliamentary maneuvers in memory. With even its sponsor voting against it, a bill to require young adults to perform military or civil service failed, 402 to 2.
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House Republicans have whipped through a series of bills to crack down on illegal immigration with hopes they might provide an election boost in November.
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There are plenty of signs that Republicans are hunkering down against an aggressive and well-financed Democratic effort to reclaim the House majority it lost in 1994 Ã¢ÂÂ including the $12.5 million in Ã¢ÂÂindependent expendituresÃ¢ÂÂ that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) reported making in September.
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While they still can, House Republicans are looking at scheduling a vote next week on a fetal pain abortion bill in a parting shot at incoming majority Democrats and a last bid for loyalty from the GOP's base of social conservatives.
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With the U.S. Senate gridlocked over pulling troops out of Iraq, a more modest House of Representatives proposal gained momentum on Thursday as the chamber's Republican leader said he would likely vote for it.
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Republicans are expected to hold on to their House majority tomorrow, but the Senate is turning into a nail-biter, with nine races in play that could upset the party&#39;s precarious hold on power.
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WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders, unveiling their proposal to revamp the government&#39;s intelligence operations, placed much more emphasis Friday on beefing up border control and law-enforcement powers than has the Senate.
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An Ohio candidate in a long-shot bid to unseat a 16-term House veteran has an unusual approach in deciding how to spend his campaign. He asks Web surfers: Should he sleep in? Prepare for his debate? Campaign door to door?
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House Republicans are changing party rules to protect their leader, native Texan, Tom DeLay. The GOP is trying to help DeLay keep his job, even if he`s indicted by a Texas grand jury.
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House Republicans pushed through legislation Tuesday aimed at reducing frivolous lawsuits.
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Republicans vacating the Capitol are dumping a big spring cleaning job on Democrats moving in. GOP leaders have opted to leave behind almost a half-trillion-dollar clutter of unfinished spending bills,
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One stage in the life of bills making their way through Congress has been shoved aside recently.
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Republican leaders are considering a change in House ethics rules that could make it harder to discipline lawmakers.
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In the convoluted political atmosphere of the Capitol, where lawmakers worry about re-election, it may not be so easy for the Republicans to steamroller the Democrats.
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Republicans battled Tuesday to retain control of the House as Democrats pinned their longshot takeover hopes on sweeping the lion&#39;s share of the few truly competitive races.
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Republicans controlling Congress will focus on traditional strong suits of national defense and battling terrorism in a brief pre-election session that's a prelude to the battle for control of Capitol Hill.
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House Republican leaders were forced yesterday to summon lawmakers back into session next month to quell an uproar over a belatedly discovered provision in a huge spending bill that would have