Word: neill
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More than a year before the Democratic primary, potential candidates for Thomas P. O'Neill's (D-Cambridge) Eighth Congressional District seat gathered last night at the first campaign event of what observers say will prove to be an exciting, free-for-all election fight...
Although the election for the seat currently held by Speaker of the House O'Neill is not until 1986, many politicians have been preparing a bid since O'Neill announced last fall he would not seek re-election...
...campaign for the seat has drawn attention so soon because of the famous names who represented the Eighth District in past years, John F. Kennedy '40 held the seat before O'Neill, who has held it since...
Because O'Neill has held the seat for 33 years, many local politicians view his retirement as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to move up in state politics. As a result, more than 50 politicians from around the district have begun testing the electoral waters...
...several years Speaker Tip O'Neill has kept some key House committees at a 2-to-1 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...