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Just as Speaker of the House Tom Foley (D-Wash.) had the audacity to use funds collected from the taxpaying citizens of his home state to wage a legal war he himself initiated against the majority of Washington citizens who had voted to install term limits, the council decided to use students' fees to campaign against the initiative started by the students themselves...
...Massachusetts senator is only one of several high-profile Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Charles Robb (D-Va.) and House Speaker Thomas Foley (D-Wash.), facing stiff challenges from Republicans this year. This is a national race now, and record amounts of money are likely to be spent...
Even now, House Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.) told President Bush not to reconvene Congress because representatives might not support military action. "Maybe it was too much to ask with the gridlock of the budget and on the eve of the election," Senator Daniel P. Moynihan told the New York Times, commenting on the failure of Congress to request a formal meeting with the Bush administration to discuss Gulf policy...
...think we have the strong basis for an agreement" that President Bush and enough House Republicans would support for the measure to pass, said Speaker Thomas Foley (D-Wash) after a closed session of Democratic members...
Fortunately, at least a few members of Congress seem willing to fight off their fellow flag wavers. Both Rep. Don Edwards (D-Calif.), head of the House constitutional rights subcommittee, and House Speaker Thomas Foley (D-Wash.) say they oppose such amendments...