The Girls of 2008

You might think last night’s Republican debate is the big political story.
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Commerce Dept. Inspector General’s Casino Trip Probed

Commerce Department Inspector General Johnnie E. Frazier, whose retirement was announced Thursday, took five subordinates attending a government conference last spring gambling with him in Atlantic City on federal time, a lawmaker alleged yesterday.
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GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance From Bush

MANCHESTER, N.H., June 6 — If there was an unexpected loser in Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, it was President Bush and his administration’s record.
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Democrats Lose Traction on Reforms

Keeping momentum on ethics reforms is proving tough for House Democratic leaders, who are struggling to sell lawmakers on a proposal for overhauling House ethics enforcement, which is part of the party’s pledge to improve accountability in Congress.
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Senate Majority Leader Backs D.C. Voting-Rights Bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pledged his support today for a D.C. voting-rights bill during a meeting with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and D.C. Council members at the Capitol.
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Brownback Says He Won’t Yield Straw Poll to Romney

With former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Virginia governor James S. Gilmore III gone from the Iowa straw poll, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney — who is not pulling out of the August contest — declared victory.
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Joint Chiefs Chair Will Bow Out

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced yesterday that Marine Gen. Peter Pace will step down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September, a move that Gates said will avert the contentious congressional hearings that would be needed to reconfirm the nation’s top military officer. Pace…
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GOP Environmentalist Linked to Abramoff to Plead Guilty

Italia Federici, the president of a Republican environmental group who came under Senate scrutiny last year because of her ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has agreed to plead guilty to charges of tax evasion and obstructing a congressional investigation.
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Bush-bashing Dominates Republican Debate

Republican candidates in the 2008 presidential race today sharply criticized George Bush for being a vote-loser, during a live televised debate.
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House Votes to Ease Limits on Stem Cell Research

The House easily passed legislation yesterday that would loosen President Bush’s six-year-old restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, but the vote once again fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a promised veto.
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