Former GOP House Speaker John Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) died over the weekend at his home “due to natural causes,” according to Illinois’ Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell. Hastert, 84, served as Speaker from 1999 to 2007, until Democrats won back the lower chamber and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) succeeded him. He announced that he would…
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Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84
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