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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 · 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.
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 · 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....
Aug 11, 2023 · When Tom Foley lost reelection in 1994 — Foley represented Spokane and eastern Washington in Congress for 30 years ... New biography reminds us of Tom Foley and a better time in politics.
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 · 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 to Japan...
