Finally term limited
The American Spectator
by Andrew Cline
11/14/06
This year marks Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert 's 20th year in the U.S. House. Had Hastert been able to stay on as speaker for the 110th Congress, he would have tied Massachusetts Democrats Tip O'Neill and John McCormack as the longest-serving House speaker in U.S. history. For anyone who remembers being energized by the Republican Revolution of 1994 and its outsider vs. insider mantle, that historical tidbit is cringe-inducing. Hastert presided over a Republican-controlled House that each year became more cynical, more spend-happy, and more obsessed with maintaining power...
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10627
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hastert
by Andrew Cline
11/14/06
This year marks Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert 's 20th year in the U.S. House. Had Hastert been able to stay on as speaker for the 110th Congress, he would have tied Massachusetts Democrats Tip O'Neill and John McCormack as the longest-serving House speaker in U.S. history. For anyone who remembers being energized by the Republican Revolution of 1994 and its outsider vs. insider mantle, that historical tidbit is cringe-inducing. Hastert presided over a Republican-controlled House that each year became more cynical, more spend-happy, and more obsessed with maintaining power...
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10627
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hastert
rudkla - 14. Nov, 16:08
