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Former Illinois Rep. Dan Rostenkowski Has Died, Chicago News Outlets Report
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| 08/11/10
| breaking.
Posted on 08/11/2010 10:09:50 AM PDT by Doogle
Former Illinois Rep. Dan Rostenkowski has died, NBC News confirmed Wednesday.
Rostenkowski died peacefully at his home in Wisconsin this morning, a close friend told WMAQ. He was 82.
Rostenkowski served in Congress from 1959 to 1995 and wielded the gavel as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for 11 years. A corruption scandal ended his 42-year career in public service. He pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud in 1996 and spent 15 months in federal prison.
In 2000, he was pardoned by President Bill Clinton in the final days of Clinton's presidency.
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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gov
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just breaking
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:09:53 AM PDT
by
Doogle
To: Doogle
A fine man who knew how to provide for his family.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:11:57 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: Doogle
Another Democrat on the way to Hell.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:12:48 AM PDT
by
Bookie1066
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
To: Doogle
RIP you product of the evil Chicago political machine.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:13:34 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
((Ps 109.8): "Let his days be few; and let another take his position.")
To: Doogle
The media does not say what he is so that means he is a dem.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:13:45 AM PDT
by
JSteff
((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:13:48 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Doogle
1959 to 1995 ????????? That’s too _______ Long ,to coin a phrase out of used cars.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:14:22 AM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:14:36 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(freerepublic.com - Now 100% flag free.)
To: Doogle
Years ago, he very easily could have been beaned to death by enraged senior citizens wielding umbrellas. Now he meets the Judge. RIP.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:16:13 AM PDT
by
JPG
(How much taxpayer $ did Mookie blow today?)
To: Doogle
Send the family a card, steal the stamp first.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:19:50 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: smokingfrog
"I always said I violated House rules, but was not in violation of the law," Rostenkowski said. "But my lawyers later explained to me that a jury could conclude that I had violated the law." Yeah, right...
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:20:20 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(freerepublic.com - Now 100% flag free.)
To: Doogle
He was my congressman when I lived in Chicago.
Now I have Henry Waxman....
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:20:27 AM PDT
by
mgstarr
("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
To: Doogle
Sad...now where did I put those stamps?
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:22:12 AM PDT
by
ILS21R
("Every night before I go to sleep, I think who would throw stones at me?", she said)
To: mgstarr
Henry Waxman...PIG FACE.....lucky you
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:23:57 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: mgstarr
He was my congressman when I lived in Chicago.
Now I have Henry Waxman....
You're cursed.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:24:04 AM PDT
by
jslade
(People that are easily offended OFFEND ME!)
To: mgstarr
He was my congressman when I lived in Chicago.
Now I have Henry Waxman....
You're cursed.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:24:13 AM PDT
by
jslade
(People that are easily offended OFFEND ME!)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:25:00 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:28:59 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:29:09 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Doogle
What can we say? A machine politician who would make a deal with the devil if it got him votes and power. Maybe he helped some people, and likely hurt others in the process. What was the overall sum of his existence? Only God knows.
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posted on
08/11/2010 10:29:21 AM PDT
by
PGR88
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