Hastert to resign soon, GOP aides say
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Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert will resign soon rather than complete his term 15 months from now, ending a 21-year career in Congress, Republican aides said Thursday.
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For Democrats, heâs an easy target. But for Republicans, addressing his departure is tricky political terrain. A rundown of how the 2008 field handled the attorney generalâs resignation.
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In a move to protect Majority Leader Tom DeLay, House Republicans are expected to change caucus rules Wednesday to ensure he can keep his job if indicted.
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Republican U.S. House leaders faced mounting pressure over a congressional sex scandal on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step down for his handling of sexual messages sent to teen-age boys by Rep. Mark Foley.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will resign his Cabinet post to run for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska, a state Republican official said Wednesday.
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A top House Republican on Tuesday called for Rep. Bob Ney to resign, days after the six-term GOP lawmaker agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges.
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Patricia Dunn will resign as chairwoman of Hewlett Packard Co next January amid a controversial internal probe into media leaks that has exposed a bloody board battle.
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Six-term Republican Rep. Mark Foley   of Florida will resign from the U.S. Congress following   allegations he sent inappropriate e-mails to a 16-year-old male   congressional intern, Republican sources said on Friday.
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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 aide, Kirk Fordham, said that he had warned Republican leaders about Representative Mark FoleyÂs behavior prior to 2005.
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Tom Ridge, the nation&#39;s first director of Homeland Security, announced Tuesday that he would resign his post effective Feb. 1, or earlier if a replacement is named.
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Republican Rep. John Doolittle, who is under investigation in a congressional lobbying scandal, plans to announce Thursday that he'll retire from Congress at the end of his current term, according to a Republican official who spoke with Doolittle.
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Gen. Peter Pace is expected to leave his job as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when his term ends in September, Pentagon sources told CNN Friday.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Monday that voters have a big yet easy choice in November: Stay with the party that favors "job-creating tax cuts" and will "keep America strong" and avoid the one that is "weak on the war and wrong on taxes."
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Officials of the Florida Republican Party are expected Monday afternoon to announce their choice to replace resigned Republican Rep.
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Rep. Dennis Hastert, who vaulted out of political obscurity when Newt Gingrich resigned as speaker of the House more than seven years ago, on Thursday became the longest-serving Republican speaker in history.
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert will resign his congressional seat rather than serve out the rest of his term, two GOP congressional sources told CNN.