Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?

By Sarah Laskow

Boston Marathon bombing raises new questions.

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"… e exists. The stakes are too high to cast them aside.” Although Speaker Dennis Hastert, a Republican from Illinois, threw his support behind a permanent homeland …"

Tally of interests on climate bill tops a thousand

By Marianne Lavelle

More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its hi

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"… sident Bushes. Howard had also been a senior adviser to GOP House Speakers Dennis Hastert and Newt Gingrich, as well as former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott.Rod …"

Big GOP contributor advised administration's energy task force

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — When a generous patron of President Bush and the Republican Party sought political backing for his company's

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"… etings from the White House. In an August 17, 2001 report to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, David M. Walker, the comptroller general, wrote, “We are simply asking …"

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Commentary: Profiteering from democracy

By Charles Lewis

In his January 1998 State of the Union address, after decrying the campaign-fund-raising "arms race," Preside

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"… ip Tom DeLay, Appropriations Chairman Bob Livingston, future House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and Billy Tauzin, chairman of the House Commerce Committees telecommunica …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

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"… lose ties to the Senate Commerce chairman, and pressure from House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Bliley finally caved in December and agreed to expedite the confe …"

Draft legislation undercuts Bush domestic spying rationale

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2006 — A Justice Department memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration

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"… posal was delivered to Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.“Attached for your review and comment is a draft legislative proposal en …"

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The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

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"… euD-La.Energy & Natural Resources, Appropriations124,250Representative Dennis HastertR-Ill.Speaker123,000Representative Joseph KnollenbergR-Mich.Appropriations1 …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

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"… Hill Republicans. Having nurtured a close relationship with House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois, shes helped coordinate a policy agenda between the Bush campa …"

"… advice, and Barbour has raised substantial sums for Lott and House Speaker Dennis Hastert. With such close relationships with Hill leaders, Barbour has become an im …"

"… . He resigned from Congress in 1998. He is considered one of House Speaker Dennis Hasterts closest advisers.A year ago, Paxon joined the lobbying-legal powerhouse, …"

Grand Old Parties: Special interests shower Republicans with perks and parties in the Big Apple

By Meredith O'Brien

Cowboy boots and rock stars. Tuxedos and champagne. Batting practice in a Major League Baseball stadium and coveted tickets to the U.S. Open

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"… tor Trent Lott (Miss.)B.B. King’s NightclubAfter-hours parties featuring ZZ Top, the Marshall Tucker Band, Dicky Betts and Super DiamondRepublican Lawyers …"

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?

By Sam Stein

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2006 — When Representative John Boehner, R-Ohio, was elected House majority leader on February 2, he presented himself

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"… and Jack Abramoff, and that is ‘business as usual,’” he said.Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois, Boehner’s only higher-up in the House, also has criticized …"

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