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Rep. Blake Farenthold, the Texas Republican under scrutiny for using $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim, officially resigned on Friday. Farenthold had already announced he wouldn t run for reelection, after initially saying he would run.His resignation became effective 5 p.m. Friday. While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I know in my heart it s time for me to move along and look for new ways to serve,  Fare water bottle stanley nthold said in a statement.                                        Farenthold hadsaid he would repay the $84,000, but there is no record or claim that he has done so yet. Farenthold has been the subject of a House Ethics Committee review. That review was launched after a report that former Farenthold communications director Lauren Greene received an$84,000 taxpayer-funded settlementafter suing the congressman in 2014 for sexual harassment, gender discrimination and a hostile work environment.Both Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, and the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, urged Farenthold to repay the funds.         Mr. Farenthold made a commitment that he would reimburse taxpayers for the settle stanley cup spain ment. He reiterated his c stanley website ommitment to the speaker and the speaker expects him to follow through,  said AshLee Strong, Ryan s spokeswoman.Farenthold has denied the sexual harassment allegations against him. I want to be perfectly clear. The charges that were made are Qynm Bush Creates Vast Marine Sanctuary
TUCSON, Ariz. Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is taking to the airwaves in hopes of persuading Congress to approve gun-control measures.A political action committee formed by Giffords and husband Mark Kelly says it began airing a TV commercial Monday that shows images of the aftermath of four mass shootings and an on-camera appeal by Giffords for congressional stanley termosky  action.                                        She s recovering from a head wound suffered in a January 2011 shooting in Tucson that left six people dead.The ad notes that nine in 10 Americans support universal background checks, a finding that came in a recent CBS News/New York Times poll.        Americans for Responsible Solutions says the ad is airing in Washington and in home districts and states of congressional leaders in San Francisco, Cincinnati, Las Vegas and Louisville, Ky.Group spokeswoman Jen Bluestein will only say the cost of the airtime tops $100,000. At gun violence hearing, Giffords calls for actionNRA vs. Giffords  husband at Senate gun control hearing Take it from me - Congress must act,  Giffords says at the end of the commercial with her husband by her side.  Let s get th stanley cup is done. In remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence last month, Giffords made a defiant c copo stanley allfor Congress to  be bold  and  act  on gun violence.              Too many children are dying,  she said.  We must do something.  Giffords read slowly but forcefully from prepared remarks, and acknowled

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Rep. Blake Farenthold, the Texas Republican under scrutiny for using $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim, officially resigned on Friday. Farenthold had already announced he wouldn t run for reelection, after initially saying he would run.His resignation became effective 5 p.m. Friday. While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I know in my heart it s time for me to move along and look for new ways to serve,  Fare water bottle stanley nthold said in a statement.                                        Farenthold hadsaid he would repay the $84,000, but there is no record or claim that he has done so yet. Farenthold has been the subject of a House Ethics Committee review. That review was launched after a report that former Farenthold communications director Lauren Greene received an$84,000 taxpayer-funded settlementafter suing the congressman in 2014 for sexual harassment, gender discrimination and a hostile work environment.Both Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, and the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, urged Farenthold to repay the funds.         Mr. Farenthold made a commitment that he would reimburse taxpayers for the settle stanley cup spain ment. He reiterated his c stanley website ommitment to the speaker and the speaker expects him to follow through,  said AshLee Strong, Ryan s spokeswoman.Farenthold has denied the sexual harassment allegations against him. I want to be perfectly clear. The charges that were made are Qynm Bush Creates Vast Marine Sanctuary
TUCSON, Ariz. Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is taking to the airwaves in hopes of persuading Congress to approve gun-control measures.A political action committee formed by Giffords and husband Mark Kelly says it began airing a TV commercial Monday that shows images of the aftermath of four mass shootings and an on-camera appeal by Giffords for congressional stanley termosky  action.                                        She s recovering from a head wound suffered in a January 2011 shooting in Tucson that left six people dead.The ad notes that nine in 10 Americans support universal background checks, a finding that came in a recent CBS News/New York Times poll.        Americans for Responsible Solutions says the ad is airing in Washington and in home districts and states of congressional leaders in San Francisco, Cincinnati, Las Vegas and Louisville, Ky.Group spokeswoman Jen Bluestein will only say the cost of the airtime tops $100,000. At gun violence hearing, Giffords calls for actionNRA vs. Giffords  husband at Senate gun control hearing Take it from me - Congress must act,  Giffords says at the end of the commercial with her husband by her side.  Let s get th stanley cup is done. In remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence last month, Giffords made a defiant c copo stanley allfor Congress to  be bold  and  act  on gun violence.              Too many children are dying,  she said.  We must do something.  Giffords read slowly but forcefully from prepared remarks, and acknowled