Lawmakers Seek to Prevent Another Riggs
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House and Senate members are proposing legislation to slow the revolving door carrying federal regulators into private banks, following revelations of the role played by a former U.S. examiner in the Riggs Bank affair.
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AUSTIN, May 26 -- Hours after lawmakers who tried to overtake the speaker's podium seeking to oust him were physically restrained, House Speaker Tom Craddick (R) charged through a rowdy floor session Saturday without ceding his coveted post.
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The US textile industry officials would plead for blocking Chinese imports to the Bush administration this month. Earlier this year, the White House had rejected a similar request made by 130 Republican and Democratic members of Congress.
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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 Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Republican-controlled Congress to punish oil companies that won't renegotiate faulty drilling leases issued by the government almost a decade ago that have allowed companies to avoid paying billions in oil and gas royalties.
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A fight between two powerful lawmakers over boxing reform legislation might have KO'ed the anti-smut Family Movie Act and a bill that makes it a federal crime to camcord a movie.
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A group of lawmakers wants to make it harder for police to use "no-knock" warrants in the wake of a shootout that left an elderly woman dead after plainclothes officers stormed her home unannounced in a search for drugs.
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A document calls for an independent group that could block hirings and firings and conduct investigations.
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The railroad industry is hiring relatives of Capitol Hill lawmakers and staff members as it faces tighter federal safety legislation, employing a tactic untouched by the Democrats' new ethics proposals: lobbying by congressional family members.
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The odds are against this trio.
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In the convoluted political atmosphere of the Capitol, where lawmakers worry about re-election, it may not be so easy for the Republicans to steamroller the Democrats.
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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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Republican Party leaders yesterday laid the groundwork for a possible challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire&#39;s victory over Dino Rossi in the hand recount for governor, claiming a number of irregularities in the way King County handled ballots.
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Lawmakers charged with enforcing  ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Thursday to  begin an investigation of a sex scandal that has ensnared top  Republicans and could harm their chances of keeping control of  Congress in the November 7 elections.
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Several U.S. lawmakers yesterday stepped up efforts that could delay the initial public offering of private-equity giant Blackstone Group on the eve of its highly anticipated launch.
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Two GOP lawmakers, South Carolina's Graham and Arizona's Kyl, take a calculated risk in backing the Senate bill.
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House Republican leaders are urging members to alter one of the chamber&#39;s fundamental ethics rules to make it harder for lawmakers to discipline a colleague.