Dennis Hastert - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/dennis_hastert/?source=rss&aim=dennis_hastert en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT An early departure for Hastert? Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/18/hastert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/18/hastert/index.html?source=rss A special election could help Democrats -- unless Fox News is reporting, of course. Can you say "cut and run"? Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/15/pryce/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/15/pryce/index.html?source=rss Another GOP leader to retire from the House. Report: Dennis Hastert to retire Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/14/hastert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/14/hastert/index.html?source=rss The former House speaker may be best remembered for making a mess of the Mark Foley scandal. "A disconcerting unwillingness to take responsibility" Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/08/report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/08/report/index.html?source=rss The House investigation into the Mark Foley scandal says virtually no one did his job. The truth? It's two-on-one against Hastert's chief of staff Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/08/palmer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/08/palmer/index.html?source=rss Did Scott Palmer hear about Foley's problems? Did he confront Foley about them? Stories diverge. Hooking the big fish in Foleygate? Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/24/foley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/24/foley/index.html?source=rss Dennis Hastert testifies before the House Ethics Committee. Queer and loathing on Capitol Hill By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/10/19/republicans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/10/19/republicans/index.html?source=rss The succession of scandals among GOP lawmakers is shattering the remaining shards of the Republican "revolution." Multistate analysis: Democrats poised to take the House in November Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/12/multi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/12/multi/index.html?source=rss Current polling shows Democrats ahead in 224 races, Republicans leading in just 205. Two bad heartbeats away from the presidency Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/11/hastert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/11/hastert/index.html?source=rss Dennis Hastert is duped into spending time with a self-promoting preacher who says the speaker vowed to resign. Traditional values? Hastert flip-flops on Foley, again Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/11/sheldon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/11/sheldon/index.html?source=rss The religious right's Louis Sheldon says the GOP needs to decide how to deal with homosexuals in the party's leadership. From Foleygate, another story and another conflict Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/10/kolbe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/10/kolbe/index.html?source=rss 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. Is Hastert's future a "moot point"? Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/09/hastert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/09/hastert/index.html?source=rss Bob Novak suggests Republicans have given up any hope of holding on to the House. Report: GOP congressman knew of Foley's problem six years ago Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/09/foley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/09/foley/index.html?source=rss A spokeswoman for Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe confirms that he confronted Foley about inappopriate exchanges with a former page in 2000. Paging the Ethics Committee By Michael Scherer Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/06/ethics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/06/ethics/index.html?source=rss After all the muck and scandal of the last two years, the ethical watchdogs of Congress have accomplished nothing. Will Foleygate be any different? Hastert in a Foley contradiction, again Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/hastertstory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/hastertstory/index.html?source=rss If House Republican leaders are telling the truth, why are they having such a hard time keeping their stories straight? Memo to Hastert: They don't believe you Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/polls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/polls/index.html?source=rss A new poll has 61 percent of Americans saying they think House Republican leaders have been protecting Mark Foley for years. Hastert holds off on probe anouncement Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/hastertpc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/hastertpc/index.html?source=rss He says he'll run for speaker again in January. Hastert to announce Foleygate probe Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/hastert2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/hastert2/index.html?source=rss CNN says a resignation announcement isn't likely. But if he does, he'll be greeted as a liberator Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/cheney/index.html?source=rss Cheney says Hastert shouldn't step down. Hastert on Foleygate: It's all a vast, left-wing conspiracy Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/hastert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/05/hastert/index.html?source=rss 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. It's the coverup, stupid By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/10/05/foley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/10/05/foley/index.html?source=rss As Foleygate festers, the finger-pointing GOP leadership is proving once again that it's not the crime that kills you. From Foleygate, signs of things to come? Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/04/update/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/04/update/index.html?source=rss A Republican cancels an apppearance with Hastert; Pelosi says GOP leaders should answer questions under oath. Resigned Reynolds aide says he warned Hastert's office three years ago Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/04/warning/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/04/warning/index.html?source=rss Kirk Fordham says he asked people at the "highest levels" to "intervene" in Foley's page problems. McCain: The House can't investigate Foleygate itself Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/04/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/04/mccain/index.html?source=rss The Arizona senator suggests that Republican House leaders aren't "credible" enough to do it on their own. Looking past Hastert: Should Rep. John Shimkus resign? Tim Grieve Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/04/shimkus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/04/shimkus/index.html?source=rss 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.