Dem. reconsiders dropping U.S. House bid
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A former Democratic congressman said Thursday he would reconsider his campaign hours after he dropped out of the crowded free-for-all race against Republican incumbent Rep. Henry Bonilla for a newly-drawn congressional district.
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The incoming leader of the U.S.  House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bid by a  lawmaker earlier ousted as a federal judge on corruption  charges to head a congressional panel that helps protect  America's security.
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Democrats may try to override a decision by President Bush to leave stopgap children's health insurance money out of his 2007 emergency war spending proposal.
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House Democratic leaders yesterday called on Republican Tom DeLay to step down as majority leader after the powerful Texan was rebuked two times in the last week by the House ethics committee.
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As the embattled Republican senator asks a court to withdraw his guilty plea, politics in his home state is in a holding pattern.
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Six-term Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich has decided to drop his longshot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination after struggling for weeks, mostly without success, to draw media and voter attention.
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The incoming Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said yesterday that he will push to renew the military draft, as lawmakers in both parties sharpened their criticisms of the situation in Iraq and struggled for consensus and solutions.
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U.S. Rep. Thomas M. Davis announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election to Congress, giving Democrats a strong opportunity to pick up a congressional seat in November.
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Democrat Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second, long-shot bid for the White House as he faces a tough fight to hold onto his other job Â U.S. congressman.
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House Republicans are considering a change in party rules so that Tom DeLay would not have to step down as majority leader should he be indicted in a Texas investigation.
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His inclusive approach is the way to go. But his party's failure to follow his lead is offering the Democrats an enormous political opportunity.
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The incoming leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bid by a lawmaker earlier ousted as a federal judge on corruption charges to head a congressional panel that helps protect America's security.
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House Democrats range from nervous centrists to an antiwar contingent that wants a swift withdrawal.
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Defeated Texas Congressman Martin Frost is among potential candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee who are telephoning members about the situation, a leading Democrat said Monday.
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Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, according to the Associated Press.
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Former Gov. James Blanchard said Tuesday he is considering entering the race for Democratic National Committee chairman.
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For the Democrats, the shifting fortunes of Christine Gregoire may seem to justify the pursuit of a hand recount of statewide ballots.