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).

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE CARRIE MEEK (D-FL): Thank you.

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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.

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