J. Hastert

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06/16/08
State capital plan still awaiting approval

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

Source: Daily Illini, IL
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06/16/08
Capital Budget Battle

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 ...

Source: WEEK-TV, IL
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06/11/08
Counting Steps, Not Votes, on Capitol Hill

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 ...

Source: BlueRidgeNow.com, NC
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06/08/08
Capital funds frozen for ninth year

... 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 ...

Source: SIU - Daily Egyptian, IL
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06/05/08
Bush in the Background

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

Source: New York Times, United States
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05/19/08
With Net Gain of Three Seats, Democrats Tighten House Control

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. ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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05/14/08
Two Parties In Trouble

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

Source: Harrisonburg Daily News Record, VA
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05/13/08
GOP Loses Congressional Election, Faces Bloodbath in Nov.

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

Source: NewsMax.com, FL
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05/13/08
Maryland’s superdelegates are undeclared, unfazed

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

Source: Business Gazette, MD
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05/13/08
Is Dem Win in Mississippi Shape of Things to Come?

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

Source: Human Events, DC
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05/12/08
House Takeover in Mississippi Shows Good Things Come in Threes for ...

... 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. ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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05/12/08
Plea Expected in Prostitution Ring Used by Spitzer

[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 ...

Source: New York Times, United States
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05/12/08
Miss. Democrats hope to win another House seat

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 ...

Source: USA Today
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05/11/08
Mississippi Showdown to Make or Break Democratic Winning Streak

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 ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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05/06/08
GOP Looks for Ways to Regroup After Losses

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 ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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05/05/08
Was Carville Involved?

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 ...

Source: Human Events, DC
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05/03/08
La. Democrat Wins In GOP Stronghold

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 ...

Source: Washington Post, United States
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05/02/08
Louisiana Dem Cazayoux Nabs GOP Seat

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

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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05/02/08
Vito's ride: A single mom, 'old friend'

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 ...

Source: Staten Island Advance - SILive.com, NY
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05/02/08
Louisiana's Special Election

He also pointed out that “this race is about momentum—after Democrats won the [former Speaker J. Dennis] Hastert district in Illinois in March and then ...

Source: Human Events, DC
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04/29/08
McCain strengthening his political marriage

There was no love lost between the former speaker, J. Dennis Hastert; the majority leader, Tom DeLay; and McCain. Much of it was because of the senator's ...

Source: International Herald Tribune, France
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04/29/08
McCain consolidates support among House Republicans while Rove dishes

There was no love lost between the former speaker, J. Dennis Hastert; the majority leader, Tom DeLay; and Mr. McCain. Much of it was because of the ...

Source: Hot Air, MD
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04/25/08
GOP Now Sees Obama as Liability for Ticket

Representative Zack Space, Democrat of Ohio, said voters would see through Republicans’ attacks on Senator Barack Obama. The latest political news from ...

Source: New York Times, United States
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04/25/08
GOP ads attack Obama to weaken Dems

"We know they will use Karl Rove-Lee Atwater tactics no matter who the nominee is," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic ...

Source: Houston Chronicle, United States
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04/22/08
Dem Barely Misses Takeover Win in Mississippi House Special, With ...

And there is a strong Democratic takeover campaign occurring in Louisiana’s 6th District where a May 3 special election will replace former Republican Rep. ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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04/17/08
Bob Benenson’s Jigsaw Politics: The Dems’ Financial Full Court ...

... 14th District that Democrat Bill Foster won in a March 8 special election had been occupied for more than 20 years by Republican J. Dennis Hastert. ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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04/05/08
Dems Set Sights on Louisiana 6th District Takeover

Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen , chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), issued a statement Saturday night that described ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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04/04/08
Dems Set Sights on Louisiana 6th District Takeover

Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen , chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), issued a statement Saturday night that described ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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03/31/08
Supreme Court stays out of congressional search dispute

Such a search of a congressional office apparently had never been done before, and House leaders objected, including then-Speaker J. Dennis Hastert. ...

Source: Los Angeles Times, CA
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03/30/08
Ranks of moderate Republicans declining

Leaders such as Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., resisted moderate priorities like hiking the minimum wage, ...

Source: Watertown Daily Times, NY
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