Word: speaker
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...nothing about the change in Salvador policy was undertaken hysterically. To a person, those who have worked with Baker say he mistrusts solutions offered at the top of one's voice, and has no faith in those who offer them. He listens respectfully to all comers, as if each speaker is the age of reason's local representative...
...That's what leaders are for, to take the heat," drawled House Speaker Jim Wright, sporting his trademark country-boy grin. It has seldom been hotter than it has been since plans for a 51% pay hike for top Government officials, including members of Congress, touched off a political fire storm...
...central themes of Visions '89 was that each individual ethnic group does not have to have the exact same immediate interests to have the same overall interest. As keynote speaker Samuel Betances said, "Let's stop playing the game of my people have more scars than your people. There's no model minority. We're all in this together...
...speaker gave no indication whether the vote would also repeal raises for federal judges and top executive branch officials. Members of Congress would see their annual salaries jump from $89,500 to $135,000 under the proposal...
WASHINGTON Speaker of the House Jim Wright caved in yesterday to opponents of a 51 percent congressional pay raise, conceding "the majority has spoken" in demanding a vote that will likely keep senators and representatives from getting any increase...