Rocket won't commit to House deposition
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Roger Clemens' lawyer wouldn't commit Sunday to having the pitcher give a deposition to congressional investigators, even as he said the seven-time Cy Young Award winner remains willing to testify in open session before a House committee investigating denials that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. tells reporters on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, that Congress has failed to agree on legislation adopting the Sept.
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Business & money: Fallen media tycoon's lawyers fail to convince US judge to allow him to remain at liberty while appeal against conviction is heard
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The former head of pipeline-corrosion monitoring for BP in Alaska refused to testify under oath Thursday as outraged lawmakers grilled company officials over the causes of a massive oil spill earlier this year.
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused Wednesday to reinstate a dropped conspiracy charge against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
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Indicted former U.S. House of  Representatives Republican leader Tom DeLay said on Tuesday he  will not run for his former seat in Congress even though  federal courts have ruled his name cannot be replaced on the  November ballot.
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A House committee chairman threatened to subpoena the president of the government's legal aid service for the poor after the official declined to attend a hearing Tuesday on allegations the program lost sight of its anti-poverty mission.
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After weeks of refusing to back down to President Bush on setting a timetable on Iraq, House Democratic leaders face having to explain to their party's rank and file why they've now relented
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With the former White House Counsel refusing to appear on Capitol Hill, the showdown over Bush's executive privilege is heating up
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MANNHEIM, Germany - A U.S. military judge Tuesday refused to let lawyers question Defense Secretary Donald H...
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By ALICIA CHANG and JEREMIAH MARQUEZ LOS ANGELES - Dennis V. Byrnes, a veteran engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fired off a 1,300-word letter to his congressman in April complaining of &quot;unwarranted intrusion&quot; into his life.
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The congressional hearing involving Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and former trainer Brian McNamee was postponed Wednesday, The Associated Press learned. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was informing witnesses that the Jan. 16 session will be pushed back, a lawyer involved in the hearing told the AP.
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A federal judge declined Tuesday to throw out a conviction or order a new trial for a former Bush administration official convicted of lying about his relationship with lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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Republican congressional leaders decided yesterday not to bring to the floor a bill giving the District a full voting member of the House, dooming the measure's chances in this legislative session.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, ignored a call by a conservative Washington newspaper for him to resign as fallout continued from the political scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley and his explicit instant messages.
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A lawyer's long-shot bid to challenge the U.S. detention of Saddam Hussein as unconstitutional failed Monday after the Supreme Court declined to grant special permission to hear the case.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The lawmaker whose bill would block California and other states from regulating tailpipe emissions is standing firm despite opposition from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  Rep.