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about Newt Gingrich's precarious future as Speaker of the House. Republicans are rallying around Gingrich in the aftermath of his admission that he violated House ethics. But a censure from the Ethics Subcommittee would prevent him from re-election to the Speaker's seat.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that House Speaker Newt Gingrich was re-elected as Speaker today, despite his admission that he had violated House rules. Only a handful of Republicans defected, despite doubts raised earlier by a couple of dozen GOP members about the wisdom of putting a tainted Gingrich back in charge. The election marked the opening of the 105th Congress.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the progress being made by the White House and Capitol Hill in attempting to end the appropriations process and send lawmakers home to campaign. President Clinton's signing of the Interior Department's appropriations bill meant that money spent on conservation projects will double next year. But the House also voted to override the President's veto of an energy and water bill, meaning that much contentiousness remains before the 106th Congress comes to a close.

NPR's David Welna reports on the second installment of President Bush's tax plan, which passed the House Ways and Means Committee today on a party-line vote. This installment, which the full House is expected to take up next week, focuses on the so-called marriage tax and the child tax credit. But Democrats argue -- and some Republicans agree -- that none of this addresses the immediate problem of the faltering economy.

For the first time since the U.S. led the recent invasion of Iraq, the House and Senate are both debating the war. In the House, Democrats are attacking the policies of President Bush, while Republicans are defending them as part of the war on terror.

Peoria State Representative David Leitch is retiring at the end of his term in 2016. Leitch has served in the Illinois House since 1989 and previously in…

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A group of Republicans in the House are joining Democrats in a campaign to increase the minimum wage. Yesterday Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole postponed consideration of the immigration bill because Senate Democrats kept trying to attatch a minimum wage amendment. The bill announced today by House Republicans would raise the minimum wage one dollar, ten cents more than the Democrats are proposing. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott says Alexis Herman's confirmation as Labor Secretary is being held up by questions about her political activities when she worked at the White House. The Republican-led Senate is looking into Herman's role in a White House gathering last year, in which President Clinton and the Comptroller of the Currency met with banking industry executives. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's defense today of his choice of overnight White House guests. The President said that the vast majority were personal friends, but that it was "entirely appropriate" to invite political contributors as well. He also broadly defended the use of coffees to entertain donors, saying they abided by "strict legal advice" about what could be done inside the White House.