House GOP Seeks to Quash Draft Rumor
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WASHINGTON - House Republicans sought Tuesday to quash an undying Internet rumor that the government will reinstate a military draft after the election, hoping with a vote to kill legislation that would do it, and the rumor as well.    The specter of a wartime military draft like that of the Vietnam era has lingered around the presidential campaign for the past few weeks, fueled by an e-mail driven rumor mill and a campaign by Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan group that seeks to boost voting among young people...
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Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Wednesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.
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The congressional Republicans, in changing rules to protect Tom DeLay, were criticized as hypocritical. Such criticism was not founded on all the facts and ignores the reason for the change.
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WASHINGTON - The GOP-controlled House on Thursday refused to endorse a Senate proposal addressing the Sept. 11 commissionâs terror-fighting recommendations, pushing ahead with a bill that would increase
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House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi has decided not to choose Rep. Alcee Hastings as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, according to a Democratic congressional aide who is knowledgeable about the decision.
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California Rep. Duncan Hunter is leaving the House after 14 terms to seek the 2008 GOP presidential nomination Ã¢ÂÂ and guess what? A certain Duncan D. Hunter is running succeed him. But in a San Diego district that&#39;s virtually assured of electing the Republican nominee, a bevy of party hopefuls are lining up to block the family&#39;s succession plans in the 52nd District.
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As the House prepared to debate a resolution opposing President Bush's troop escalation in Iraq, the GOP House leader acknowledged that a number of Republicans are likely to support it
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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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Rep. Thomas Reynolds, head of the House Republican election effort, said he told Speaker Dennis Hastert after learning a fellow GOP lawmaker sent inappropriate messages to a teenage boy.
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Supporters of House majority leader Tom DeLay proposed a Republican rules change yesterday that would protect the Texan&#39;s leadership position
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As the House prepared to debate a resolution opposing President Bush's troop escalation in Iraq, the GOP House leader acknowledged that a number of Republicans are likely to support it.
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Under assault from Republicans on issues of national security, congressional Democrats are planning to push for a vote of no confidence in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld this month as part of a broad effort to stay on the offensive ahead of the November midterm elections.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; House Republicans on Monday reversed a decision, made less than two months ago, that would have allowed Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas to remain in his leadership post if he was indicted by a grand jury in his home state.
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House Republicans seeking to build a pre-election record for getting tough on illegal immigration plan a new vote Thursday on a border fence proposal that won House approval last December.
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Top House Republicans knew for months about e-mail between Representative Mark Foley and a former teenage page, but kept the matter secret.
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House Republicans sought to quash a persistent Internet rumor that the government will reinstate a military draft after the election, engineering an overwhelming vote Tuesday to kill legislation they hope will put the rumor to rest.
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Republicans in the House of Representatives sought a vote to end speculation that the government plans a new compulsory military service as the United States struggles in Iraq.