Word: mccloskey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many involved hoped the dramatic walkout signaled the end of the bitter battle over "the bloody Eighth," the Indiana district whose tempestuously disputed seat was finally awarded to Democrat Frank McCloskey by the House last week. After a careful recount monitored by two Democrats and one Republican, McCloskey finished in front by four votes out of 234,055 counted. The House then quashed a Republican move for a new election. While the absent Republicans held a news conference on the steps of the Capitol, Democrats remained behind to give McCloskey a standing ovation and witness his swearing...
...trouble began on election night last November, when it appeared that McCloskey had defeated McIntyre by 72 votes. But when a partial recount showed McIntyre with a 34-vote lead, Indiana's Republican secretary of state sent an official certification of his victory to Washington. As Congress convened in January, another recount was under way, and the House leadership refused to swear in McIntyre. Finally, a House task force of two Democrats and one Republican was assigned to oversee another recount. It took more than just an adding machine: at the heart of the dispute was a batch of absentee...
...night session, with some 60 Congressmen taking the floor to condemn the "theft" of the seat. The next day, when the House Administration Committee met to vote on the task force's ruling, all seven Republican members walked out; the remaining twelve Democrats decided unanimously to recommend that McCloskey be seated...
...extreme reaction of the Republicans reflects a growing frustration among the party's Young Turks with the Democratic rule of the House--and with Republican Leader Robert Michel's collegial approach. The full House is scheduled to vote this week on a move to seat McCloskey. Republicans plan to offer a motion to declare the seat vacant. If that fails, McCloskey will begin his second term--and the unseemly war will probably continue...
...ratio of Democrats to Republicans. This has rankled the G.O.P., which argues that a ratio of 3 to 2 would be more in line with overall party representation in the chamber. Last week that resentment flared over the contested Indiana seat that committee Democrats declared belonged to Frank McCloskey, one of their own. Even usually calm and gentle souls like Wyoming's Dick Cheney declared war and kept the House sleepless and fuming through Monday night and in parliamentary uproar all week long...