Word: speaker
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Over the last two weeks, serious ethical and legal charges have been leveled at Lt. Col. Oliver North, President Bush and House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas). If these allegations prove true, these people will have to be punished...
WASHINGTON--The House Ethics Committee, with Democrats and Republicans united, formally charged Speaker Jim Wright (D Texas) yesterday with 69 violations of the chamber's rules, including what the panel's chair called "a scheme to evade" limits on outside earnings...
...committee voted unanimously to issue its statement of alleged violation formally charging the speaker with breaking the rules...
Following the 80-64 vote, House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) quickly gaveled the session to a halt and adjourned until April 24. The House was scheduled to debate a $52 million amendment that would have helped hospitals fund medical care for the 600,000 Massachusetts residents who currently have no insurance...
Mallick, who has known the Speaker for some 30 years, hired Wright's wife Betty in 1979 as an adviser. The job description was hazy, but the salary was $18,000 a year. Perks included a rent-free apartment and a Cadillac. In 1981, for the same salary and benefits, Betty Wright went to work for Mallightco, an investment company that the Wrights had formed with Mallick and his wife. Betty Wright also borrowed $75,000 from Mallightco. After she stopped working for the company in 1984, the Wrights paid $21.67 per diem for the apartment when they used...