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Oct 18, 2013 · By ALAN FRAM and DAVID AMMONS. Updated 9:45 AM PDT, October 18, 2013. WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Foley, the courtly former speaker of the U.S. House who lost his seat when Republicans seized control of Congress in 1994, has died of complications from a stroke. He was 84. His wife, Heather, said the former speaker had suffered the stroke last ...
Oct 18, 2013 · AP Photo. WASHINGTON — Tom Foley, the courtly former speaker of the U.S. House who lost his seat when Republicans seized control of Congress in 1994, has died of complications from a stroke. He ...
Sep 17, 2023 · In their book Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle (University Press of Kansas), authors R. Kenton Bird and John C. Pierce write of the man from Spokane: “He was inclusive, bipartisan and committed to cooperation, comity, evenhandedness, and institutional effectiveness of the legislative process.”. Foley did so in the face of growing ...
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Oct 18, 2013 · Transcript. Former House Speaker Tom Foley has died. The Washington Democrat spent 30 years in the House until he lost his seat in the 1995 Republican revolution. He went on to serve as ambassador ...
Oct 18, 2013 · Oct 18, 2013 6:33 PM EDT. Leave your feedback. Story Transcript. Tom Foley, former speaker of the House and long-time Democratic congressman, has died at the age of 84. Congressional correspondent ...
Aug 11, 2023 · When Tom Foley lost reelection in 1994 — Foley represented Spokane and eastern Washington in Congress for 30 years and eventually became speaker of the House — the guy who
Oct 18, 2013 · Foley, who died Friday at age 84, was in some ways ideally suited to be speaker. A generation ago he held together the regional and ideological factions of his own Democratic party while speaking ...
