Word: foley
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There's something about tenure on Capitol Hill that seems to turn even simple recreational pursuits into tax-subsidized boondoggles. When House Speaker TOM FOLEY attended a U.S.-British meeting last summer, he decided to take time for a bit of cycling in the English countryside. Fine. But he wanted to ride his own bicycle, so the Air Force had to pick up Speaker and Mrs. Foley's cycles at their home and deliver them to Andrews Air Force Base for the flight. Once in Britain, an Air Force van trundled the bikes to the chosen area and hung around...
...other lawmakers were willing to echo Early's intemperate remarks -- at least not publicly. But there is little doubt that many Democratic Congressmen blame Foley for the continuing political mess that may have cost several incumbents their jobs in primaries last week. One of the defeated lawmakers, five-term Chicago Congressman Charles Hayes, wrote 716 bad checks. Many more may be sent packing in November: a Washington Post/ABC News poll published last week indicated that 79% of Americans are unlikely to vote for Representatives who repeatedly wrote bad checks...
...Many of Foley's colleagues are jabbing their fingers in the Speaker's direction, insisting that he had ample opportunity to reform House operations. Foley was told by investigators from the General Accounting Office in January 1990 that the banking operation needed cleaning up. The Speaker might have nipped the problem in the bud by firing sergeant at arms Jack Russ, who ran the bank, but critics say the wily administrator used his inside knowledge of Hill affairs to protect his position. Foley let Russ off with a warning, and asked an outside group of bankers to look...
Country ran in his family. His mom, Colleen Carroll Brooks, was a '50s-era singer who performed with Red Foley on Ozark Jubilee. When he married his sweetheart Sandy Mahl in 1986, he confesses, "it was the last thing I wanted to do. I hated being tied down." But it was Mahl who kept his hope alive when he wanted to quit Nashville for a while, look for a regular job back home in Oklahoma and maybe try the music business again later. "I'm not makin' this trip every year," she told him. "Either we're diggin...
...Will Foley Fall...