When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America 's disabled in 1965, about half of a senior's health care spending was on doctors and the other half on hospitals.

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On June 1 2006 Hastert became the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history surpassing the record previously held by fellow Illinoisan Joe Cannon who held the post from November 1903 to March 1911. 0%


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He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history. He represented Illinois's 14th congressional district for twenty years 1987 to 2007. Instead he resigned his seat mid-session and became a lobbyist.