Washington ? The House on Friday overhauled the board supervising its teenage pages, responding to a scandal that left youngsters vulnerable to a lawmaker’s sexual come-ons and helped Democrats win control of Congress.

The vote was 416-0 to equalize the political membership of the House Page Board, whose Republican chairman never told two board colleagues that he believed that Rep. Mark Foley was a “ticking time bomb.”

The expanded board also will include a former page and the parent of a current or former page, to add new pairs of eyes to spot any future examples of misconduct.

Pages are high school students who run errands for lawmakers while learning about Congress, attending a congressionally run high school and living in a supervised dormitory.

Members of the page board, part of a congressional network serving as surrogate parents, also would meet regularly under the legislation.

Foley, R-Fla., resigned Sept. 29, and polls showed the scandal was a factor in Republicans losing control of the House in November.

The former lawmaker became acquainted with the teenagers while they worked in Congress and kept in touch after they left – sending some overly friendly e-mails and others, sexually explicit instant computer messages.

In remarks before the vote, lawmakers expressed anger that the past board chairman, John Shimkus, R-Ill., failed to convene the board when he learned in the fall of 2005 that Foley had sent overly friendly e-mails to a former Louisiana page.

Frozen out were Reps. Dale Kildee, D-Mich., the new board chairman, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.

Both said they learned of Foley’s conduct when he resigned and his conduct became public.