Word: wrighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Congress, whose approval apparently would be required, House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas) said lawmakers are likely to be sympathetic to Reagan's request, but some members called the request premature because of still-unanswered questions about the incident. Some said compensation should be paid only after Americans being held hostage in Lebanon are freed...
Author, author! Speaker Jim Wright's nemesis Newt Gingrich has an ethical problem of his own. Democrat David Worley, hoping to win Gingrich's Georgia congressional seat, totes a blank book to campaign stops. The title: What I Did on My Summer Vacation, by Newt Gingrich. It refers to the European trip Gingrich and his family took to do "research," using a $13,000 advance for a book he never wrote...
...have violated no rule and certainly violated no commonly accepted ethical standard," said Speaker of the House Jim Wright in defense of his shady book deal and questionable lobbying. Wright may well be correct in his assessment, which is precisely the problem on Capitol Hill. The stench of money hangs heavy over the place these days. Despite specific rules aimed at curbing financial abuses, any sharp-eyed Congressman knows how to get around them. Free vacations and meals, overstuffed campaign chests and large fees for giving speeches or sometimes for just showing up at an event are routine. Kinsley...
...charity. Rostenkowski, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, will go almost anywhere golf is played. He gave 51 speeches last year; along the way he played in three celebrity golf tournaments, including the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. For leading two discussions on "handling stress," Speaker Wright was a guest at California's La Costa Hotel & Spa last August...
Operation Ill Wind targets some 100 military buyers, suppliers and greedy middlemen in one of the largest U. S. cases of white- collar crime. -- House Speaker Jim Wright turns the sleaze issue bipartisan. -- Howard Baker resigns as chief of staff in a White House that seems ready to turn out its lights. -- The worst drought since 1934 withers much of the West, Great Plains and South...