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Florida Fishing News - Nation & World round up (The State) PERSON TO WATCH
Nation & World round up (The State)
PERSON TO WATCH REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADER SAYS HE WON T STEP DOWN U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Tuesday that he won t resign, despite pressure from Republicans who say he did not do enough to protect teenage pages from the sexual advances of a Florida congressman who resigned last week in disgrace. In a boost, President Bush stood by Hastert, R-Ill.
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A congressional push to expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has apparently run aground, at least for now. News of an impasse between the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives was welcomed by marine conservationists.