As former House Speaker Dennis Hastert prepares to plead guilty in accordance with a deal he has made with federal prosecutors, most media will focus on the crimes the FBI mentioned in his indictment.

A Birmingham native, Girvin graduated from Princeton and then went to work in foreign affairs in the office of then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. Hastert left the job in 2007 after ...

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.