Dem candidate jabs GOP over Foley matter
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A Democratic congressional candidate whose son was abducted 17 years ago said GOP congressional leadership failed to protect teenage House pages from former Rep. Mark Foley's advances.
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The top Republican in the US House of Representatives said he had been &quot;duped&quot; by disgraced ex-lawmaker Mark Foley, whose sexual solicitations of teenage aides in Congress he decried as &quot;vile,&quot; and &quot;repugnant.&quot;
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The Republican candidate takes on the tough task of defending his positions before religious conservatives today.
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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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U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns accused his Democratic challenger Saturday of wanting to raise taxes and weaken the U.S. Patriot Act, but brushed off allegations of ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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A Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday called for a federal immigration raid at a meeting in the U.S. Capitol hosted by the Senate's No. 2 Democrat.
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Sen. Joe Lieberman on Friday criticized Republicans who accuse Democratic critics of the Iraq war of encouraging terrorists, arguing such talk "demeans the freedom we are all fighting for."
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Motherhood is hard to miss in Minnesota's most competitive House race. Democrat Patty Wetterling, whose son disappeared 17 years ago, has grabbed the national spotlight in the fallout from the Mark Foley scandal. She immediately launched a hard-hitting television ad that argued Republicans "knowingly ignored the welfare of children to protect their own power."
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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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The Republican leader of the U.S.  House of Representatives said his office knew a year ago about  inappropriate contact between a former intern and newly  resigned Rep. Mark Foley and called on Saturday for a criminal  probe of the matter.
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Federal investigators have asked the House of Representatives to keep computer records and papers from former Rep. Mark Foley, a senior Justice Department official said Wednesday. The move is a sign that a criminal investigation into the congressman's correspondences with teen pages is imminent, Justice Department officials said.
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Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday accused Republicans of an immoral attempt to divide the nation by taking partisan advantage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Republican presidential candidate  Mitt Romney said on Wednesday Republicans in Washington have  hurt the party and have been acting like Democrats.
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Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley sought treatment for alcoholism and "other behavioral problems" as Republicans on Monday picked a new candidate to salvage the seat that Foley abandoned after exchanging lurid online messages with teenage boys.
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Rep. Thomas Reynolds, head of the House Republican election effort, said Saturday he told Speaker Dennis Hastert months ago about concerns that a fellow GOP lawmaker had sent inappropriate messages to a teenage boy. Hastert's office said aides referred the matter to the proper authorities last fall but they were only told the messages were "over-friendly."
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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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House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) was notified early this year of inappropriate e-mails from former representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) to a 16-year-old page, a top GOP House member said yesterday -- contradicting the speaker's assertions that he learned of concerns about Foley only last week.