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Oct 18, 2013 · 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.
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 · 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 was 84....
Oct 18, 2013 · Former Speaker of the House Thomas Foley died today at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 84 years old. Foley had been in hospice care following a stroke and a bout with pneumonia earlier this...
Oct 18, 2013 · 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 that the...
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 ...
Oct 18, 2013 · Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley has died at 84.Foley, a Washington state lawmaker, served as speaker from 1989-1994. In that year, dubbed the “Republican Revolution,” he became the first ...
