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Oregon Rep. David Wu resigns U.S house

Embattled U.S. Rep. David Wu will resign from the House of Representatives after being accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward a fundraiser's daughter, he announced Tuesday.said Sunday that the seven-term congressman intends to finish his term next year but won't run again. For one thing, that means Brad Avakian, the state labor commissioner who announced his candidacy in May, can no longer tell other Democrats to stay out of the race or risk giving the advantage to Wu. The wellbeing of my children must come before anything else," Wu said in a statement. "With great sadness, I therefore intend to resign effective upon the resolution of the debt-ceiling crisis. This is the right decision for my family, the institution of the House, and my colleagues.Democratic leaders had called for a House Ethics investigation after the initial reports of the allegation. Wu had said that whatever occurred was consensual. Wu said Tuesday the well-being of his children should...

John Boehner to conference: New plan 'not perfect'latest news agency:

the most latest news about the President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner held dueling prime time addresses to the nation and even disagreed on whether there was a stalemate over the debt ceiling. There  is the problem in a nutshell. In an address that immediately followed the president's own, Boehner argued that if the president were to merely sign into law his latest deficit-reduction bill -- which slashes more than a trillion dollars in spending before requiring a second tranche of cuts and a second vote -- "the 'crisis' atmosphere he has created will simply disappear.more infromation about which have taken from the news agencies that is this , "The House speaker did say the U.S. cannot default. He said the crisis would be over if the Senate approves a new House Republican plan to be voted on in the House this week, and if the president signs it. CBS News' Jill Jackson wrote in a tweet that as Boehner left the Capitol he was overheard saying, ...