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WASHINGTON – House Speaker Dennis Hastert demanded Wednesday that the FBI surrender documents it seized and remove agents involved in the weekend raid of Rep. William Jefferson‘s office, under what lawmakers of both parties said were unconstitutional circumstances. “We think those materials ought to be returned,” Hastert said, adding that …

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist declared Tuesday that “surrendering is not a solution” in Iraq as Democrats embraced a proposal to start troop withdrawals this year, setting up an election-year showdown in the GOP-controlled Senate. “We cannot retreat. We cannot surrender. We cannot go wobbly. The price is …

WASHINGTON – Some of the staunchest advocates of eliminating estate taxes said Wednesday they could accept, with some reservations, a compromise that stops short of complete repeal. “It’s hard to get excited about it,” said Pat Toomey, president of the conservative Club for Growth. “I suppose, on balance, it’s better …