Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from the Senate chamber after opening a special session to extend surveillance programs in Washington on Sunday.
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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert addresses the Illinois House in 2013. Hastert is due next week to be arraigned on charges of structuring payments to an accuser and lying to the FBI.
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Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley as he announces his intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination during a speech in Federal Hill Park in Baltimore, Md.
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Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers remarks at a town meeting at the South Church on May 27 in Portsmouth, N.H.
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert speaks in Washington on July 28, 2009, following the unveiling of his portrait.
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Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), shown here in a November 2011 debate, is polling poorly these days. But does that mean he shouldn't get to debate?
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