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Speaker newt gingrich was forced to step aside. his heir apparent confessed he had committed adultery. frantic republicans turned to a former high school teacher and wrestling coach from illinois. a good coach knows when to step back and let others shine in the spotlight. hastert s poor handling of the mark foley scandal in 2006 almost brought him down. congressman foley resigned after allegations regarding his sexually expolice sate messages to congressional pages. when democrats gained control of the house in 2006 he chose not to run for minority leader. in 2007 he resigned from congress and has been working as a lobbyist since. andy shaw former award-winning political reporter in chicago and full disclosure my father-in-law, andy you know denny hastert well have covered him for a long time. your reaction to this news which seemed pretty shocking on its face. well, you know, chris, normally these sorts of things dribble out long before indictments, and you have ....
It was being used partisanwise. yes, it was. i think george will made some comments about it. we had the spectacle of herman cain who i think was the leading republican candidate in 2012 going down in a scandal like this. so it is something that happens on both sides. i hope he s really leaving. you have a memory like an elephant. how did you remember? herman cain s existence? it was just last week. we spent way too much of our lives talking about that man. you are so smart. back into the stack of golden oldies. i was going to bring up congressman foley, and the reason democrats were hammering the republicans at that time is because there was a sense that republicans had known about it. and failed to stop it. but i don t think that filner and weiner reflect on their party. i think it reflects badly on ....
Running, at least according to the polls. he may make a comeback, but not good for the party. he was used as sort of the doppelganger it was filner and weiner, used like a brace of trouble, you know what i mean? it was being used partisanwise. yes, it was. i think george will made some comments about it. we had the spectacle of herman cain who i think was the leading republican candidate in 2012 going down in a scandal like this. so it is something that happens on both sides. i hope he s really leaving. you have a memory like an elephant. how did you remember? herman cain s existence? it was just last week. we spent way too much of our lives talking about that man. you are so smart. back into the stack of golden oldies. i was going to bring up congressman foley, and the reason democrats were hammering the republicans at that time is ....
back into the stack of golden oldies. i was going to bring up congressman foley, and the reason republicans were hammers democrats, was there was a sense that republicans had known about it. but i don t think they reflect on their party. thank you, a.b. and joan. the aaron sorkin, the genius behind the newsroom on hoib, but he has something to straighten out, and i think he s right. the place for right the place for politics. maybe it is. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we ve invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america s largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. ....
Members are not taking each marks. the effect is to say there is a lot of problems with the system and it needs to be fixed and we are not going to take ear marks until it is fixed. your decision was a temporary ban. we refused to take ear marks because the system is broke. we had a moratorium about a year ago. chris: we have less than a minute left. congressman van hollen i want to ask you one question that involves ethics. when congressman foley stepped down, the democrats demanded that the house ethics committee investigate whether gop leaders tried to protect him b him. now, it has come out that eric massa s staff reported him to last october. why shouldn t the house ethics committee investigate that just as they did foley and the ....