Ex-Rep. Barr quits GOP for Libertarians
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A former Georgia congressman who helped spark President Clinton's impeachment has quit the Republican Party to become a Libertarian, saying he is disillusioned with the GOP on issues such as spending and privacy.
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House Republicans voted to abandon a party rule that requires a member of the leadership to step aside if indicted.
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Former Law and Order actor withdraws from the race for the Republican nomination
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John Ashcroft, who was a proponent of encryption and privacy as a US senator and a champion of expanded Internet surveillance as the nation&#39;s attorney general, resigned on Tuesday.
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Surgeon and Republican legislator John Barrasso, who became the nation's newest U.S. senator on Friday, has left little doubt that he will be a conservative voice in this traditionally conservative state. "I believe in limited government, lower taxes, less spending, traditional family values, local control and a strong national defense," Republican John Barrasso said in his application for the seat fellow Republican Craig Thomas held until he died June 4.
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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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Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig quit Mitt Romney's presidential campaign after pleading guilty to a charge stemming from his arrest at an airport. Roll Call newspaper reported Craig was picked up by an officer investigating complaints of lewd behavior in the men's room.
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A Florida Republican congressman resigns after a series of raunchy e-mails and instant messages to high-school-age congressional pages was made public. Rep. Mark Foley is the author of legislation to protect children from predatory adults on the internet.
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns resigned yesterday to return to Nebraska, where Republican officials expect him to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Chuck Hagel (R).
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Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former teenage male page.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, a strong supporter of tougher immigration laws, dropped his long-shot Republican presidential bid on Thursday and endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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By Susan Kuczka, Chicago Tribune  Dec. 8--It's been six years since former Republican U.S. Rep. John Porter resigned his 10th District seat in the House of Representatives to join a prestigious Washington law firm after representing the North Shore in Congress for 21 years.
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Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states
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After string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states, former Tenn. senator quits race.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, one of the most vocal Republican critics of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, announced his retirement yesterday -- bringing to three the number of GOP incumbents set to leave the Senate in 2008.
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Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig will resign from the Senate amid a furor over his arrest and guilty plea in a police sex sting in an airport men's room, Republican officials said Friday.
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Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, known mainly for his harsh stance against illegal immigrants, is set to quit the Republican race today.