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	J. Dennis Hastert News - The New York Times
		Hastert, Dennis (John Dennis “Denny” Hastert) (hăs'tərt), 1942–;, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2007), b.
		In office Hastert proved generally to be conciliatory and collegial while nonetheless maintaining tight Republican control over the House legislative process; he was instrumental to the passage of Medicare overhaul legislation in 2003.
		Representative J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker, is recovering from surgery to remove his gallbladder after he complained of abdominal pain caused by gallstones, his office said.
	topics.nytimes.com /top/reference/timestopics/people/h/j_dennis_hastert/index.html?inline=nyt-per (841 words)

	Online NewsHour: NewsMaker: Dennis Hastert -- February 7, 2001
		DENNIS HASTERT: Well, you know, one of the things that we tried to do over the last couple of years was to pass good legislation that we hoped that the White House would sign.
		DENNIS HASTERT: Let me just say, first of all, the parameters, most people who are pardoned are people who have committed some type of breach of the law, either have either served their time or gone through a judiciary process.
		DENNIS HASTERT: Well, that's what this debate is all about, and I think one of the things that is refreshing is that there's a lot of Democrats out there as well as Republicans that think the American people need to have a tax relief -- and that there is a tax surplus.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/congress/jan-june01/hastert_2-7.html (2378 words)

	Dennis Hastert - Congresspedia
		Hastert was the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2006.
		Hastert and the DOJ have continued to deny that anybody is looking at Hastert[12] and the Speaker has stated that he may sue ABC for libel if they do not retract their statements.
		Hastert claimed that this was prompted by a telephone conversation with President Bill Clinton in which "Clinton said he was 'deeply concerned' about the language in the document...
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Dennis_Hastert (5663 words)

	Rep. Dennis Hastert is retiring, GOP officials say - CNN.com
		Hastert's planned retirement is likely to set off a lively scramble between the two political parties for a House seat that he has held easily since 1986.
		Hastert's decision to remain in the House after his speakership was unusual.
		Hastert, 65, declined to run for minority leader after his party's defeat in the 2006 elections, taking on a role as elder statesman among Republicans.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2007/POLITICS/08/14/hastert.retirement.ap/index.html (432 words)

	Dennis Hastert - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog
		Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert officially announced today that he would not seek re-election to Congress, saying he still hoped to be an advocate for his home state of Illinois.
		House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert will probably move aside to let new Republican leaders move the party if the G.O.P. has to live in the Democrats’ House, and he might be forced aside if Republicans win, pending the ethics committee’s report on the Foley page scandal.
		Hastert are scheduled to appear at fundraisers in Illinois.
	thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com /tag/dennis-hastert (2340 words)

	The Blotter: Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
		Hastert's spokesman said that Hastert had been a proponent of the highway for 20 years, and there was nothing improper in the deal.
		That, although Hastert is not a formal target, the FBI has been looking into a letter Hastert and others sent to the Secretary of the Interior urging her to block an Indian casino that would have competed with casinos represented by Abramoff.
		Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert said today that is was "a coincidence" that convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff held a fund-raiser for Hastert the week Hastert sent a letter to the Secretary of Interior that benefited some of Abramoff's clients.
	blogs.abcnews.com /theblotter/dennis_hastert (2205 words)

	Dennis Hastert - dKosopedia
		Hastert was born on January 2, 1942 in Aurora, Ilinois.
		Hastert knew that Congressman Mark Foley (R) was sending sexually explicit emails to underage pages for months, but did nothing to stop him.
		Hastert personally made $1.5 million on a series of land deals connected to the Prairie Parkway project, a highway built with $207 million of Federal money, which Hastert inserted into the budget.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Dennis_Hastert (643 words)

	Dennis Hastert/Commentary - SourceWatch
		Dennis Hastert (John Dennis "Denny" Hastert; 1942-), Republican politician from Illinois, served in his state's House of Representatives for six years (1980-86) before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986.
		Hastert and Patriot Act II House Speaker Hastert has the distinction of being one of only two who were "in the know" about the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, otherwise known as Patriot Act II.
		Hastert became one of the Republicans' leading figures on health care issues, overseeing the party's successful opposition to former President William Jefferson Clinton's health care plan in 1994 and later crafting an alternative to Democratic proposals for reforming health maintenance organizations.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Dennis_Hastert/Commentary (822 words)

	CNN.com - Hastert says he won't step aside over Foley scandal - Oct 5, 2006
		Hastert has been the subject of fierce criticism since Foley, a six-term Republican congressman from Florida, resigned Friday amid allegations that he wrote e-mails and lurid instant messages to teenage congressional pages.
		Hastert also suggested that the release of Foley's correspondences may be a ploy by Democrats to get the upper hand during next month's midterm elections.
		Hastert called Pelosi to notify her that he was bringing in an outside investigator, and Pelosi pointed out to him that the move was a "unilateral decision," spokeswoman Jennifer Crider said.
	www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/10/05/hastert.foley/index.html (1388 words)

	Dennis Hastert's Real Estate Investments \| Sunlight Foundation
		House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has used an Illinois trust to invest in real estate near the proposed route of the Prairie Parkway, a highway project for which he's secured $207 million in earmarked appropriations.
		Hastert has argued that the highway is needed to cope with Kendall County's rapid population growth.
		He serves as treasurer of Hastert's federal campaign committee, chairman of the Kendall County Republican Party, and is sometimes described as Hastert's political mentor.
	www.sunlightfoundation.com /node/793 (2691 words)

	Speaker Largely Silent Amid Scandal - washingtonpost.com
		Hastert, an amiable onetime high school wrestling coach, enjoys tremendous personal loyalty from many in the House GOP conference, and he has been credited with holding together the sometimes warring factions within the party.
		Hastert took a laid-back attitude to his job, opening his door to lawmakers, soothing hurt feelings, fixing problems and holding the party together while the bare-knuckled DeLay, first as whip and then as majority leader, drove the political agenda.
		Hastert removed the panel's chairman, Rep. Joel Hefley (R-Colo.), in February 2004, replacing him with Hastings, who was closer to leadership and had handled other sensitive tasks for the speaker.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR2006011600997.html (1511 words)

	Speaker Hastert's Land Deal Questioned, Group Says Lawmaker Pushed For Highway Funding To Boost His Profits - CBS News
		House Speaker Dennis Hastert denied Thursday that he pushed for federal funding for a proposed highway in northeastern Illinois so he and his wife could reap about $1.8 million from land deals near their home in Kendall County.
		Hastert attorney Randy Evans wrote to the foundation, calling its statements false, libelous and defamatory, and demanding that they be withdrawn and corrected.
		The Hasterts were sole owners of one parcel bought in May 2005; Hastert and Ingemunson each had a quarter-interest in the other tract, bought in February 2004, with longtime Hastert friend and supporter Tom Klatt having a half-interest.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/06/22/politics/main1740900.shtml (782 words)

	Dennis Hastert
		Luckily for Hastert, he was then able to shepherd $207 million in earmarked appropriations for the Prairie Parkway, a highway project which includes an exit near his land, and greatly increases its value.
		Hastert was intertwined in the Jack Abramoff scandals of 2006, having signed an impassioned letter ghost-written by an Abramoff co-conspirator in 2003, arguing Abramoff's position against allowing a Louisiana Indian tribe to open a casino.
		The evidence suggests that Hastert was told about Foley's inappropriate emails up to two years before the emails were publicly released, but Hastert not only made little attempt to reign in Rep Foley, he actually urged Foley to run for another term in Congress.
	www.nndb.com /people/150/000026072 (470 words)

	Lawyer: Foley was abused as a teen - Politics - MSNBC.com
		Hastert, an Illinois Republican, said he wouldn't resign as speaker, the top official in Congress and second in the line of succession to the presidency, in the controversy.
		Hastert sought to blame Democrats for leaking sexually explicit computer instant messages between Foley and former pages from 2003.
		Hastert told reporters on Monday that he was not aware of the complaint against Foley until last Friday.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15113942 (868 words)

	Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) \| Beyond Delay
		Dennis Hastert is an eleventh-term member of Congress, representing the 14th district of Illinois.
		Hastert made a $2 million profit on the sale of land several miles away from a highway project called the Prairie Parkway for which he secured $207 million in federal funds.
		In February 2004, Rep. Hastert’s campaign committee treasurer, established a trust through which Rep. Hastert and his business partners purchased a 69-acre parcel for $340,000, providing road access to part of Rep. Hastert’s previously purchased farm that had been landlocked.
	www.beyonddelay.org /summaries/hastert.php (269 words)

	Wonkette: The D.C. Gossip
		Dennis Hastert may be a fat, washed-up old pawn of the power elite who has announced retirement plans, but he’s not going to let that force him into retirement.
		Dennis “the Hutt” Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker in House history until he was forced to resign in the wake of Pagefuckergate, will retire at the end of this term, according to CQ, surprising pretty much no one.
		Dennis Hastert’s top aide testified before the House ethics subcommittee yesterday in a sign that the “Who knew Foley was a perv and when?” investigation may be drawing to a close.
	www.wonkette.com /politics/dennis-hastert (1804 words)

	TPMmuckraker \| Talking Points Memo \| Dennis Hastert
		After less than a year as a rank-and-file House member, former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is expected to call an end to a political career that made him the longest serving Republican Speaker in the history of the House of Representatives.
		Hastert, believing the leadership needed to present a united front, as one by one his colleagues were repudiating his foggy recollections, called a Republican-leadership meeting.
		Van Der Meid, you might remember, was one of the Hastert staffers who was involved in the fall, 2005 response to the "overly friendly" emails that Foley had sent to a staffer.
	www.tpmmuckraker.com /archives/cats/dennis_hastert (4547 words)

	Dennis Hastert on dope. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine
		Hastert used the Fox appearance to blurt out a bizarre and baseless accusation about billionaire George Soros, a Democratic Party financier and donor to anti-Bush 527s.
		Hastert states in a Sept. 1 letter to Soros that he never referred to drug cartels on Fox News Sunday, that Chris Wallace did.
		The "drug groups" Hastert claims to have had in mind were the "Drug Policy Foundation, The Open Society, The Lendesmith [sic] Center, the Andean Council of Coca Leaf Producers, and several ballot initiatives across the country to decriminalize illegal drug use." On this score, Hastert's letter is completely disingenuous.
	www.slate.com /id/2106077 (1174 words)

	Amazon.com: Speaker: Lessons from Forty Years in Coaching and Politics: Books: Dennis Hastert
		Denny Hastert is one of the most powerful men in America-and yet chances are you know little or nothing about him.
		Denny Hastert is not a name most people would recognize in the world of politics.
		Denny was a high school history teacher at one time, so he knows his stuff from that angle as well as from being intimately involved in the legislative process.
	www.amazon.com /Speaker-Lessons-Forty-Coaching-Politics/dp/089526126X (2287 words)

	Dennis Hastert — Infoplease.com
		John Dennis HASTERT - HASTERT, John Dennis (1942—) HASTERT, John Dennis, a Representative from Illinois; born in...
		Dennis Hastert, 1999 People in the News - J. Dennis Hastert, 57, congressman, was chosen Speaker of the House in January by members of the...
		Dennis Hastert at the Helm.(speaker of the House of Representatives)
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	J. Dennis Hastert \| Congress votes database \| washingtonpost.com
		See how J. Dennis Hastert voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.
		Dennis Hastert has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 89.5% of the time during the current Congress.
		View J. Dennis Hastert's official financial disclosure statements, which describe the sources, types and amounts of income earned in a given year.
	projects.washingtonpost.com /congress/members/h000323 (508 words)

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