A leading ally of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has resigned as speaker of the country's parliament. Boris Gryzlov announced his resignation Wednesday in a statement posted to the ruling United Russia party website. Gryzlov, who was elected a...
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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 15 November 2007 The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House of Representatives gave his formal farewell to Congress on Thursday. Dennis Hastert presided over the House for nearly a decade, a period that included...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 11 October 2007 The speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, says a resolution approved by a House committee this week characterizing the World War I-era killings of tens of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 22 August 2007 Nigerian lawmakers, opposition party pressing for an investigation into how the parliamentary speaker spent nearly $5 millionto renovate two official residences. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA th...
By Scott Stearns White House 03 April 2007 President Bush says the opposition leader in the House of Representatives is sending the wrong signals to America's friends and foes by visiting Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad. VOA White House C...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 10 October 2006 The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives has pledged to fire anyone on his staff who may have tried to cover up improper Internet contacts between a former Republican congressman, Mark Foley...
By Dan Robinson Washington 05 October 2006 Majority Republicans in the House of Representatives have moved to prevent further damage from the scandal involving a former Republican congressman, Mark Foley, who resigned amid revelations he sent sexual...