Word: whipped
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Throughout the period covered by the report Moakley was deputy majority whip and a member of the powerful House Rules Committee, which sets the House floor agenda. In June 1989, after the period covered by the Common Cause report, Moakley became rules committee chair...
...conservatives begin to realize the urgency of urban problems and as "Young Turk" Republicans like House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich urge greater inclusiveness in the GOP, the times seem to have finally caught up with the visionary Jack Kemp. Someone to watch in 1996, Kemp is the Republican's best hope for the future--and the Democrats' worst fear...
...more mortified by Savage's outpourings than two prominent black Congressmen, House whip William H. Gray III of Pennsylvania and New York's Charles Rangel. Both appeared at the Savage rally to offer their endorsements, though they left before he began his denunciation of Jewish influence...
...admonished the crowd of activists at the conservative convention "to recognize that the '90s are not the '80s and certainly not the '70s." He warned against wasting energy on waging "holy war" over differences within the movement. As a backbencher, Gingrich used to ) enjoy making jihad. Today, as minority whip, he talks soberly of "opposition conservatism" being passe: "We must invent governing conservatism...
Harvard played a competitive match, but was hurt by several crucial calls--one of which cost them the first game. With the score knotted at 14 apiece, Merryman's illegal substitution turned the ball over to the Beavers, who proceeded to whip off the next two points for the win. But the Crimson was hurt more by sloppy defensive play and inaccurate serving than by anything else...