Open Congress : News Articles for Dennis Hastert

State capital plan still awaiting approval

2008-06-16T20:00:00Z

Drafted based off a set of recommendations provided by Former Speaker of the US House J. Dennis Hastert and Southern Illinois University President Glenn ...

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Capital Budget Battle

2008-06-16T20:00:00Z

The final bill is drawn from a set of recommendations presented by Illinois Works Coalition Co-Chairs Former Speaker of the US House J. Dennis Hastert and ...

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Counting Steps, Not Votes, on Capitol Hill

2008-06-11T20:00:00Z

J. Dennis Hastert lost his position as speaker of the House, and some weight, when the Democrats took over Congress in 2006, and some Capitol Hill staff ...

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Capital funds frozen for ninth year

2008-06-08T20:00:00Z

... moving this bill forward," said Rep. Jay C. Hoffman, D-Collinsville, at the press conference Monday. Former US Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert ...

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Bush in the Background

2008-06-05T20:00:00Z

On Thursday, making up for the picnic rain-out, the president caught up with the House Speaker, Representative Nancy Pelosi â€“ not in a bare-knuckled ...

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With Net Gain of Three Seats, Democrats Tighten House Control

2008-05-19T20:00:00Z

In the 14th District of Illinois, former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert resigned Nov. 26 and was replaced by Democrat Bill Foster in an March 8 special election. ...

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Two Parties In Trouble

2008-05-14T20:00:00Z

Earlier, the party dropped seats in Louisiana and Illinois, the latter vacated when former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert decided to retire. ...

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GOP Loses Congressional Election, Faces Bloodbath in Nov.

2008-05-13T20:00:00Z

And in March, Democrat Bill Foster defeated Republican Jim Oberweis in an Illinois district that former Republican House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert had held ...

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Marylandâ€™s superdelegates are undeclared, unfazed

2008-05-13T20:00:00Z

As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, US Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. said it was in the best interest of Democratic ...

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Is Dem Win in Mississippi Shape of Things to Come?

2008-05-13T20:00:00Z

... Democrats narrowly won special elections for the historically Republican districts of former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (Ill.) and former Rep. ...

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House Takeover in Mississippi Shows Good Things Come in Threes for ...

2008-05-12T20:00:00Z

... former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, and Don Cazayoux , who on May 3 captured the Louisiana 6th District seat from which 11-term Republican Rep. ...

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Plea Expected in Prostitution Ring Used by Spitzer

2008-05-12T20:00:00Z

[New York Post] Scott Palmer, who was chief of staff to J. Dennis Hastert when Mr. Hastert was the speaker of the House of Representatives, said he filed a ...

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Miss. Democrats hope to win another House seat

2008-05-12T20:00:00Z

The seat was formerly represented by Republican J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House. On May 3, Democratic state Rep. Don Cazayoux won a Republican-held ...

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Mississippi Showdown to Make or Break Democratic Winning Streak

2008-05-11T20:00:00Z

The seat was formerly represented by Republican J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House. On May 3, Democratic state Rep. Don Cazayoux won a Republican-held ...

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GOP Looks for Ways to Regroup After Losses

2008-05-06T20:00:00Z

On March 8, Democratic Rep. Bill Foster captured the suburban and rural Illinois seat of former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, which had been in Republican ...

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Was Carville Involved?

2008-05-05T20:00:00Z

And to believe the Post, you'd have to accept that, after picking up of the House district of former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert in Illinois in March and ...

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La. Democrat Wins In GOP Stronghold

2008-05-03T20:00:00Z

Cazayoux's victory followed that in March of Bill Foster, a Democrat who won the seat of former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) in a special ...

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Louisiana Dem Cazayoux Nabs GOP Seat

2008-05-02T20:00:00Z

... the GOP â€” given that the seat had been vacated by the November 2007 resignation of longtime Republican Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, the former House Speaker. ...

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Vito's ride: A single mom, 'old friend'

2008-05-02T20:00:00Z

Laura Shoaf, were both listed as guests at a dinner in honor of then-GOP House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert on July 27, 2003. While it's unclear where exactly ...

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Louisiana's Special Election

2008-05-02T20:00:00Z

He also pointed out that â€œthis race is about momentumâ€”after Democrats won the [former Speaker J. Dennis] Hastert district in Illinois in March and then ...

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