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Dennis Hastert

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An early departure for Hastert?
A special election could help Democrats -- unless Fox News is reporting, of course.
Tim Grieve Oct 18, 2007
Can you say "cut and run"?
Another GOP leader to retire from the House.
Tim Grieve Aug 15, 2007
Report: Dennis Hastert to retire
The former House speaker may be best remembered for making a mess of the Mark Foley scandal.
Tim Grieve Aug 14, 2007
"A disconcerting unwillingness to take responsibility"
The House investigation into the Mark Foley scandal says virtually no one did his job.
Tim Grieve Dec 8, 2006
The truth? It's two-on-one against Hastert's chief of staff
Did Scott Palmer hear about Foley's problems? Did he confront Foley about them? Stories diverge.
Tim Grieve Dec 8, 2006
Hooking the big fish in Foleygate?
Dennis Hastert testifies before the House Ethics Committee.
Tim Grieve Oct 24, 2006
Queer and loathing on Capitol Hill
The succession of scandals among GOP lawmakers is shattering the remaining shards of the Republican "revolution."
By Sidney Blumenthal Oct 19, 2006
Multistate analysis: Democrats poised to take the House in November
Current polling shows Democrats ahead in 224 races, Republicans leading in just 205.
Tim Grieve Oct 12, 2006
Two bad heartbeats away from the presidency
Dennis Hastert is duped into spending time with a self-promoting preacher who says the speaker vowed to resign.
Tim Grieve Oct 11, 2006
Traditional values? Hastert flip-flops on Foley, again
The religious right's Louis Sheldon says the GOP needs to decide how to deal with homosexuals in the party's leadership.
Tim Grieve Oct 11, 2006
From Foleygate, another story and another conflict
Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe says he didn't confront Foley in 2000 -- but that he did inform the House clerk's office about inappropriate communication with a former page.
Tim Grieve Oct 10, 2006
Is Hastert's future a "moot point"?
Bob Novak suggests Republicans have given up any hope of holding on to the House.
Tim Grieve Oct 9, 2006
Report: GOP congressman knew of Foley's problem six years ago
A spokeswoman for Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe confirms that he confronted Foley about inappopriate exchanges with a former page in 2000.
Tim Grieve Oct 9, 2006
Paging the Ethics Committee
After all the muck and scandal of the last two years, the ethical watchdogs of Congress have accomplished nothing. Will Foleygate be any different?
By Michael Scherer Oct 6, 2006
Hastert in a Foley contradiction, again
If House Republican leaders are telling the truth, why are they having such a hard time keeping their stories straight?
Tim Grieve Oct 5, 2006
Memo to Hastert: They don't believe you
A new poll has 61 percent of Americans saying they think House Republican leaders have been protecting Mark Foley for years.
Tim Grieve Oct 5, 2006
Hastert holds off on probe anouncement
He says he'll run for speaker again in January.
Tim Grieve Oct 5, 2006
Hastert to announce Foleygate probe
CNN says a resignation announcement isn't likely.
Tim Grieve Oct 5, 2006
But if he does, he'll be greeted as a liberator
Cheney says Hastert shouldn't step down.
Tim Grieve Oct 5, 2006
Hastert on Foleygate: It's all a vast, left-wing conspiracy
As the House speaker tries to hold on, his spokesman delivers another contradictory story on what House leaders did or didn't do about Mark Foley.
Tim Grieve Oct 5, 2006
It's the coverup, stupid
As Foleygate festers, the finger-pointing GOP leadership is proving once again that it's not the crime that kills you.
By Sidney Blumenthal Oct 5, 2006
From Foleygate, signs of things to come?
A Republican cancels an apppearance with Hastert; Pelosi says GOP leaders should answer questions under oath.
Tim Grieve Oct 4, 2006
Resigned Reynolds aide says he warned Hastert's office three years ago
Kirk Fordham says he asked people at the "highest levels" to "intervene" in Foley's page problems.
Tim Grieve Oct 4, 2006
McCain: The House can't investigate Foleygate itself
The Arizona senator suggests that Republican House leaders aren't "credible" enough to do it on their own.
Tim Grieve Oct 4, 2006
Looking past Hastert: Should Rep. John Shimkus resign?
The head of the House Page Board says it's "ludicrous" to expect him to have done more to protect pages from Rep. Mark Foley.
Tim Grieve Oct 4, 2006
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