Hastert's perks.

• Position: No Comment - Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert - Brief article

Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has spent about $1 million in taxpayer dollars in the last two years for an office and staff in Yorkville, Illinois, reports the Chicago Tribune . The perk is given to ex-speakers to "facilitate the administration, settlement, and conclusion of matters pertaining to or arising out of" a former speaker's tenure...