Word: speaker
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...sign when you want the Speaker of the House to keep his mouth closed. We've spent the better part of the 104th Congress hoping that Newt Gingrich would zip it, and his reckless comments have resulted in his being considered merely laughable even when he occasionally says something rational...
Once you've said, "Males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes," there's really no going back. But Gingrich is a known commodity. Here in Massachusetts, we also have a Speaker in need of some quiet time...
...Finneran (D-Mattapan) burst into the spotlight earlier this summer after almost two-thirds of teacher candidates in Massachusetts failed a newly-imposed state certification exam. The results were staggeringly disappointing, to be sure, but the Speaker chose hyperbole over reasoned dismay, proclaiming the test takers "idiots" and their college diplomas worth the same as "a dirty Kleenex lying in the gutter." His comments set the tone for what continues to be an acrimonious and uninformed debate on the need for improvement in our schools...
...went on to serve in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1998, and she was the keynote speaker on behalf of presidential nominee Bob Dole in the 1996 Republican Convention. After stepping down from her House seat, Molinari hosted a short-lived weekend news program...
WASHINGTON: With some of the air having leaked out of the impeachment balloon in the wake of President Clinton's videotape performance, the backroom maneuvering on Capitol Hill has become increasingly intense -- and openly partisan. Speaker Newt Gingrich nixed minority leader Dick Gephart's request to strictly timetable the House impeachment probe Wednesday, saying it "puts the cart before the horses." An angry Gephardt responded by denying Gingrich a joint photo-op following their meeting Wednesday, perhaps the most potent political snub there is. It's a sign that Democrats are taking heart from the President's poll numbers...