Dennis Hastert
John Dennis Hastert is a former American congressman who served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing IL-14 from 1987 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history, and is the highest-ranking politician in U.S. history to have served a prison sentence. Wikipedia*
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Dennis Hastert has 637 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1987 House Committee. The year with the most videos was 1999 with 73 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1995 with an average of 3,201 views per program. Most appearances with Trent Lott (68), Dick Armey (52), Thomas DeLay (47). Most common tags: Republican Party, Legislative Branch, Federal Budget.
