Lawmakers investigate scandal
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U.S. lawmakers opened their own investigation on Thursday of the cybersex scandal involving a Republican congressman who sent lewd messages to young aides, and will interview dozens of officials just weeks before the November 7 elections, imperiling Republican control of Congress.
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A congressional inquiry into online data brokers has raised concerns that federal and local law enforcement may be skirting privacy laws to obtain calling records
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Lawmakers say they want to know whether a Veterans Affairs employee was being unfairly blamed for losing veterans&#039; personal information, citing newly disclosed documents showing he had received permission to work on the data from home.
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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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A committee responsible for  enforcing ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday began investigating a sex scandal that has enveloped  Republicans struggling to keep control of Congress in the  November 7 election.
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Democrats are ratcheting up their efforts to oust Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, in the wake of the congressional page scandal that has raised pointed questions about how Reynolds handled the issue when he first learned of it.
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A House ethics panel concluded that Republicans failed to adequately respond to early warnings about a lawmaker blamed for the Internet sex scandal that shook the U.S. Congress this year, a source said on Friday.
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A state investigation team is examining whether hackers were involved in releasing a digital recording of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talking about a Hispanic legislator's fiery temper, a spokesman said.
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A sex scandal on Capitol Hill is gaining steam, exactly five weeks before Congressional elections, as a conservative Washington paper urged a top Republican to relinquish his leadership post.
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Four-term New York Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds Ã¢ÂÂ who heads the committee orchestrating the RepublicansÃ¢ÂÂ national House campaign this year Ã¢ÂÂ already faced a vigorous and increasingly competitive longshot challenge, even before the stunning scandal involving Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley blew up last Friday.
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A congressman asked the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday to investigate whether the district attorney prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players charged with rape has violated the athletes' civil rights.
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A US House of Representatives ethics panel launched an investigation into a sex scandal that has rocked President George W. Bush's Republican party ahead of key elections next month.
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Two senior senators said that an official review has raised serious questions about the Securities and Exchange Commission's handling of an insider-trading investigation and the possibility of a cover-up.
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A US lawmaker called on Wednesday for a probe of reports that Food and Drug Administration officials tried to discredit a veteran scientist who testified over Merck &amp; Co.
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A House ethics panel has concluded  that Republicans failed to adequately respond to warnings about  a lawmaker blamed for the Internet sex scandal that shook the  U.S. Congress this year, a source said on Friday.
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A congressional ethics committee approved about 50 subpoenas on Thursday as it launched a probe into disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage assistants in a sex scandal enveloping Republicans as they struggle to keep control of Congress.
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A watchdog group asked the Justice Department on Thursday to investigate whether a congressman broke the law by not paying taxes and using his office's resources for campaign activities.