Posts Tagged ‘Tom Foley’
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The Myth of Regular Order
Posted on October 6, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) In the aftermath of the Jim Wright resignation and the House bank scandal in the early 1990s, then-Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.) and then-House Minority...
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Jim Wright: Leaving a Mark
Posted on May 7, 2015
Jim Wright left a mark. I came to Washington to work for House Republican Leader Bob Michel in September of 1989, about four months after the Texas Democrat stepped down...
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It Happens in Threes: Young, Foley, and Katrichis
Posted on October 21, 2013
They say it happens in threes. Three men who made a significant, if a disparate, impact on Washington died over the last week. Bill Young You could find Bill Young...
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Boehner Is In Fine Shape
Posted on July 27, 2011
John Boehner is doing an exceptional job as Speaker under extraordinarily tough times. When I first started working in Congress, Tom Foley had just taken over from Jim Wright as...
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Why Pelosi Stuck With Rangel
Posted on March 4, 2010
Charlie Rangel is not crazy. He may be liberal. He may be corrupt. He may be a partisan. But he is not crazy. The same cannot be said of Pete...
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