The longest-serving Republican House Speaker in history, Hastert suffered back-to-back blows, first when he offered a less than cogent response to what the leadership knew about Mark Foley's (R-FL) predilection for teenage congressional pages, and then on Election Day, when the GOP lost some 29 seats (and the majority as well).
The House then handily turned aside an amendment offered by Rep. Harry Johnston (D-FL) that would have replaced the Kyl Amendment's firm, clear and statutory requirements with a sense of the Congress resolution that merely exhorted the Soviets to behave differently.