The Foley Scandal: How Bad a Blow to the G.O.P.?
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The congressman's resignation doesn't just open up a seat for the Democrats in Florida. It could do major damage to the party's reelection hopes nationwide
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House Republican leaders should have kept Democrats in the loop &#151; and now must conduct a thorough investigation &#151; about the inappropriate e-mails that led to Rep. Mark Foley's resignation, a top Democrat said Sunday.
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Considered a long shot just two days ago to unseat a prominent House Republican, Democrat Tim Mahoney on Saturday began to talk about the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley that may propel him to Congress.
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Our position is: Politics trumped ethics in the House GOP vote to drop its no-indictment rule for the majority leader. When he was admonished by the House ethics committee last month for holding a golf fund
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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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House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office was notified of concerns about then-Rep. Mark Foley more than three years ago, a former aide to Foley says. If true, that would suggest GOP leaders knew of concerns about Foley earlier than they have said. Hastert's chief of staff said the meeting "did not happen."
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The state that gave the world butterfly ballots and the hanging chad is headed for a new battle over whether and how voters should be told that disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley has dropped out of the Florida congressional race.
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Disgraced lawmaker Mark Foley's behavior was affected by alcoholism and childhood molestation but he "never attempted to have sexual contact with a minor," his attorney said yesterday in the first extensive defense of the Florida Republican's actions, which have rocked Congress and the GOP.
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An increasing number of conservative advocates are laying the blame for the intensifying Foley scandal at the feet of the House speaker.
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In the wake of the Foley scandal, some House members are calling for the suspension, if not the end, of Congress' venerable study program
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Luv your jock strp 4ever Representative Mark Foley of Florida may soon be wishing he wasn't so aggressive in passing legislation against sex offenders. The Republican up for reelection resigned today after various groups revealed a number of sexually charged messages allegedly sent by Foley to young boys.â¦
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A former congressional page who was reportedly told in an instant message from former Rep. Mark Foley to "strip down and get relaxed" likely will talk to federal agents investigating the scandal next week, his lawyer said Friday.
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When disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley announced he was entering rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other behavioral problems," some of those who have known him for years were shocked and suspicious.
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With just five weeks to go before Election Day, the nationÃ¢ÂÂs political scene Ã¢ÂÂ and most especially the closely contested partisan battle for control of the House Ã¢ÂÂ has been rocked by the scandal surrounding Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley, who abruptly resigned Friday after reports emerged that he allegedly sent sexually explicit e-mail and instant messages to underage male congressional pages.
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After controlling both houses of Congress for most of President Bush's time in office, the GOP's governing record has dismayed those who fantasized about what Newt Gingrich and his band of rebels might accomplish. The current crisis arrived with a sex scandal that muddied one of the GOP's few remaining patches of moral high ground. And if Republicans worried it would hurt their chances of keeping the House, they were right.
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Democrats used the Foley scandal to turn up the heat on Republicans on Saturday, a month before elections to the House and Senate. They devoted their weekly radio address to accusing House Republican leaders of ignoring then-Rep. Mark Foley's "obvious predatory signals ... to protect their political power." Inquiries have begun and Speaker Dennis Hastert says he did "nothing wrong."
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Officials of the Florida Republican Party are expected Monday afternoon to announce their choice to replace resigned Republican Rep. Mark Foley as their candidate in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 16th Congressional District.