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House Speaker Dennis Hastert (Republican, Illinois) ignores a call by the conservative Washington Times newspaper to resign for his alleged role in covering-up the Mark Foley scandal. The most conservative Republicans are likely offended by Hastert's strong condemnation of Foley so close to the Nov ... |
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Rep. Mark Foley (Republican, Florida) resigns in the wake of questions about personal e-mails he sent to a 16-year-old former congressional page. Ironically, Foley was a six-term congressman and co-chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus. |
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Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia has lost her Democratic primary runoff election to foe Hank Johnson |
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Former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a Navy flying ace of the Vietnam conflict, is sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison for selling his office and accepting bribes totalling $2.4 million from defense contractors Virgil Goode of MZM Inc. and Brent Wilkes of ADCS Inc. |
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Peace activist Cindy Sheehan, who was invited to attend the State of Union Address, is arrested in the House gallery after refusing to cover up a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan. Capitol Hill police will later apologize and state that the House Rules were "unwritten." |
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U.S. Representative Tom DeLay (Republican, TX) announces through a spokesperson that he will not attempt to regain his post as House majority leader. |
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Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) pleads guilty to conspiracy and tax charges and resigns from office, after admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes to steer defense contracts to conspirators. He agrees to forfeit to the government his Rancho Santa Fe home, worth more than $1.8 millio ... |
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US President Bush delivers his proposed $2.57 Trillion budget to Congress. The austere plan seeks deep spending cuts across 150 government programs and will cut health care payments for veterans and the poor and trim spending on education and the environment. Oddly, the budget does not include pro ... |
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The House of Representatives passes the US Intelligence Overhaul Bill Tuesday evening by a 336-75 vote. |
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Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) sends a letter to L. Paul Bremer questioning the wisdom of entrusting the Oil-For-Food investigation to figures who may have allegiances to Saddam Hussein |
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The US House of Representatives passes an energy bill that will include drilling in the ANWR region of Alaska. In March of the following year, the US Senate will reject the proposal to open ANWR for oil exploration. |
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House Speaker-elect Bob Livingston resigns from Congress amidst revelations of his marital infidelity. |
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House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston admitted that he had had extramarital affairs. |
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U.S. Congress forms the "Irangate" committee. |
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The U.S. Congress establishes the rank of 5-star General, or General of the Army. |
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Congress passes The War Powers Act authorizing the president to reconfigure government agencies for wartime priorities, and regulate the freezing of foreign assets. It also permitted him to censor all communications coming in and leaving the country. |
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In response to Native American uprisings, US Congress passes The Militia Act. General Anthony Wayne is commissioned as Commander in Chief of the Army all white males aged 18-45 are to be enrolled for military service. |
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