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Former U.S. Rep. Rostenkowski Dead
CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Congressman Dan Rostenkowski has died.

Rostenkowski was a Chicago Democrat who became the leading architect of congressional tax policy in the Reagan era but later went to federal prison for corruption.

A family friend says Rostenkowski died surrounded by family at his home in Lake Benedict, Wis. He was 82.

Rostenkowski served 18 terms before losing in 1994. As House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rostenkowski was known as a consensus builder and a master of legislative tactics.

In 1992 a Washington grand jury charged Rostenkowski with 17 counts of misusing government and campaign funds. Rostenkowski pleaded guilty two counts of mail fraud. He served 17 months in prison. He was pardoned by President Bill Clinton in 2000.

Rostenkowski was born Jan. 2, 1928, into one of Chicago's leading Polish-American political families. His father was an alderman.

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