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Sep 17, 2023 · Yet he remained “Spokane’s Tom Foley.”. During an easy reelection year, TV advisers drove home the message with a spot showing Tom and Heather Foley canoeing on the Spokane River. The congressman outfitted himself for the occasion with new threads from Eddie Bauer. Heather Foley stepped on the gunnels going ashore, tipping the canoe and ...
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Oct 18, 2013 · Oct 18, 2013 6:33 PM EDT. Tom Foley, former speaker of the House and long-time Democratic congressman, has died at the age of 84. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman digs into the NewsHour ...
Apr 19, 2022 · On Thursday, Washington State University’s Foley Institute will screen a new documentary about the Spokane Democrat. It created by Seattle TV producer Dennis Bracy. “It’s actually been a documentary in the works for close to two decades now. Dennis Bracy shot some film of Tom Foley after he left Congress several years ago now.
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 ...
Oct 18, 2013 · Ron Edmonds /AP. Former House Speaker Tom Foley, who led the chamber from 1989 to 1995, has died, according to his family. He was 84. The Associated Press says Foley's wife, Heather, confirmed ...
Foley served from the 89th to 103rd Congress (1965-1995) and was speaker from 1989 to 1995 but fell out of favor with fellow House members following his handling of the House banking scandal of the early 1990s. Tom Foley was born on March 16, 1929, in Spokane, Washington. His father, Ralph E. Foley, was a lawyer who was Spokane County ...
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 ...
