Hastert Hooked? Hopefully.

Great piece on Marketplace on NPR tonight, the continuing saga they've dubbed "Power Trip". Here little Denny Hastert, beams at the photo of his big catch shows off the big fish he caught at a five-star resort in Alaska. The five-star resort he visits every year with select energy executives. The five-star resort he visits every year under the auspices of a cancer charity. The exact "recreational charity event" that the House and Senate said was bad for biz and outlawed their club members from attending gratis. As the piece makes clear, Hastert isn't alone on this yearly pilgrimage to the sportfishing playground, but what's interesting in this case is that last year Hastert's PAC paid for the $25,000 trip. Before that? No records. Interesting no?

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http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/06/26/PM200606266.html