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Former House Speaker Gets Publicly-Funded Office
YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has spent about $1 million in taxpayer money to keep an office and staff in the Chicago suburb of Yorkville.

Hastert retired from Congress more than two years ago. But the Chicago Tribune reports that the 68-year-old lobbyist and business consultant still employs three staffers at the office, who each earn more than $100,000 a year.

The Tribune reports the office is funded through a federal law that allows former House speakers to have an office for up to five years to deal with issues pertaining to their time as speaker.

The Republican served as speaker for eight years. Spokesman Brad Hahn says Hastert keeps his business endeavors separate from the office.

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