Hastert is longest-serving GOP speaker
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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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House of Representatives Republican  leaders faced growing pressure over a congressional sex scandal  on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step  down amid Republican fears about the potential fallout in  November's fight for control of Congress.
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Republican strategists hoped that three-term GOP Rep. Mike FergusonÃ¢ÂÂs strong 2004 showing in New JerseyÃ¢ÂÂs 7th District had answered the question of whether he is politically vulnerable. Despite the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ efforts to promote their nominee, Marine Corps veteran Steve Brozak Ã¢ÂÂ who was given a speaking slot at their national convention Ã¢ÂÂ Ferguson easily won by 57 percent to 42 percent.
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and 12 other members of Congress have been subpoenaed to testify in a bribery trial involving jailed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham
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House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has asked the Justice Department to cast a wide net in its investigation of lewd e-mails sent by a Republican legislator to young pages, even looking into whether other lawmakers learned of them and failed to notify authorities. But legal experts said yesterday that...
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The Washington Times, a conservative newspaper that generally supports Republicans, called on Tuesday for the resignation of House Speaker Dennis Hastert over his handling of a congressional sex scandal.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert is getting backup from President Bush and other Republican luminaries, while one of the party's Senate candidates calls for him to resign over the congressional page cybersex scandal.
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Following are brief profiles of the main speakers at the Republican National Convention beginning on Monday:
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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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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 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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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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The White House and GOP leaders are standing together in supporting embattled House Speaker Dennis Hastert, under fire over the handling of the scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley. A conservative newspaper has called on Hastert, R-Illinois, to step down, but he says that won't be happening.
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Former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) plans to resign before the end of the year, Republican sources said yesterday.
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WASHINGTON -- Republicans taunted the opposition Thursday by naming a Democrat as their keynote speaker -- US Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia.
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The defense contractor charged with bribing convicted former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham has subpoenaed 13 House members, including former speaker J. Dennis Hastert, to testify in his federal trial.
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The top House Republican, under fire for his handling of a Capitol Hill sex scandal, gained support on Wednesday in his bid to survive the political firestorm over a former congressman's lewd messages to teenage boys, party aides said.