Word: wrighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gentleman from the New York Times calling out to House Speaker Jim Wright and Majority Leader Tom Foley, who have just visited President Bush at the White House: "Come on over here and dump on them." Recall Lyndon Johnson's characterization of this singular capital: "A lot of people just love to feel bad in this city, everybody attacking everybody else, always telling you why you can't or shouldn't do something you ought to. The way up seems to be to chop somebody else down...
...Wright has met with House Republican leader Bob Michel of Illinois to solicit his endorsement of the plan. There was no immediate GOP support, however, and Wright was joined at his news conference only by four other Democratic members...
...Wright this week changed the course when he promised to hold a vote to kill the raise before the deadline if a majority of House members wanted...
...subsequent Associated Press survey on Wednesday showed 88 percent of those responding favored such a vote, but Wright said 57 percent of those responding to his private tally wanted the deadline to pass...
...Wright's survey "exposes members to a charge of lying," said Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate, citing the Associated Press and surveys by his own organization...