Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s informal rule requiring support from 75% of his Democratic members before allowing floor ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Dennis Hastert, former Republican speaker of the House. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush money case that revealed he was being accused ...

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert of Illinois said: “When America suffers…we must stand united.” Folks, we’ve been doing quite a bit of suffering as a nation here of late. You start with ...

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is predicting that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will remain in the top job for six years ...

But the handful of conservative dissidents still had no realistic path to the speakership themselves. They had no viable ...

It’s unlikely such a vote could ever take place, because of the informal “Hastert Rule” among Republicans. Named after former Speaker Dennis Hastert, it means a vote won’t happen unless a ...

It is not, however, unheard of in the past half century. Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) held the gavel for eight years, from 1999 until 2007. Johnson has served as Speaker since October ...