Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suits would pump up premiums as much as 8.6%--a claim that lost some currency when, in a similar study, the Congressional Budget Office concluded that costs would rise only 1.2%, a mere $7 per covered employee per year. House Republicans, led by Dennis Hastert of Illinois, now Speaker, opposed the plan largely on financial grounds, and Norwood's proposal languished. On the state level, intense industry lobbying torpedoed one reform plan after another...
...further complicate the vice president's task, he had to beat Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to his feet for every standing ovation. Otherwise, it would look like Republicans were the real champions of hundred dollar tax credits and measures to save social security for a few more years. While Gore enjoyed several natural advantages over Hastert--he is younger, trimmer, and thus more fit--he still wins high marks for being such a spirited cheerleader...
...Tuesday he met face-to-face with the house speaker, a Republican, to partner a proposed $1 billion tax rebate...
Ventura met last week with house speaker Steve Sviggum, a Republican, on the house's $1 billion tax-rebate plan. Sviggum brought another legislator with him. Jesse had four staff members on his side, armed with background...
Number of press mentions the week they were nominated for Speaker of the House...