Hours before the vote Tuesday, President Obama told reporters at the White House that education and the safety of communities should not be a political party issue.

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The bill faces strong opposition in the Senate. The upper house of Congress is not expected to take up the issue until September.

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi,said progress is being made on the issue.

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However, the behavior of some House Republicans became an issue after revelations that some of them knew that former Rep. Mark Foley of Florida was sending lurid text messages to underage pages for months before it became public.

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The three American soldiers on the cover of Time magazine's Person of the Year issue attended as guests of House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

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On Friday, the full Illinois state House of Representatives took up the issue and voted to impeach the governor.

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