"I'm a big proponent of just accepting how you actually live in your house, " said Ms. Savage.

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In January the Secretary of State, Peter Mandelson, announced in the House of Commons that the government was accepting the bulk of the Patten recommendations for reform.

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In accepting the job, Kennedy chose to remain in the House -- disappointing the hopes of many, including his father, that he would run for the Senate from Rhode Island in 2000.

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Initially, the White House asked for a permanent extension of these breaks, before accepting a two-year extension, some of it applied retroactively, in the face of resistance from the Senate GOP.

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For example, the US House of Representatives voted in 1993 to ban the National Biological Survey from accepting the services of volunteers.

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Last month, the House of Representatives' ethics committee sent members and their employees lenient guidelines on accepting gifts at the conventions.

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The White House has been carefully drafting the bill, and I think Senator McCain is basically accepting whatever they come up with, hoping that they will push the bill for him.

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