Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, 75, who had long been regarded in the public eye as just a Regular Joe from the Midwest — that is until his scandal emerged — has been released from a federal ...

Corporations themselves cannot donate to candidates at the federal level but federal candidates can get contributions from corporate PACs, employees and owners as well as their immediate families. At ...

Johnson had to pass legislation that did not have support from a majority of the House Republican Conference, in violation of the Hastert Rule, named after former House Speaker Dennis Hastert.