Dan Rostenkowski wiki:
Daniel David "Dan" Rostenkowski (January 2, 1928 – August 11, 2010) was a former United States Representative from Illinois, serving from 1959 to 1995. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
From a blue-collar neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Daniel Rostenkowski, from the Ronald Reagan administration to the Bill Clinton administration, was one of the most powerful legislators in Washington.[1] The son of an alderman and a product of the Cook County machine, Rostenkowski was for many years Democratic Committeeman of Chicago's 32nd Ward, retaining this position even while serving in Congress
Longtime Congressman Dan Rostenkowski Dies At 82 :
Former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, the Chicago Democrat who became the leading architect of congressional tax policy in the Reagan era but later went to federal prison for corruption, died Wednesday, a family friend said. He was 82. Rostenkowski, who served 18 terms before losing in 1994, died surrounded by family at his home in Lake Benedict, Wis., friend Ellen Tully told The Associated Press. He had been treated for prostate cancer in the 1990s.
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