Honor in the House: Speaker Tom Foley - Softcover

Biggs, Jeffrey R.; Foley, Thomas S.

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9780874221732: Honor in the House: Speaker Tom Foley

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ISBN 10: 0874221730 ISBN 13: 9780874221732

Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr, 1999

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One of the nation's most influential and respected members of Congress in the post-World War II period reflects on his 30 years in office, including five years as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Biggs and Foley have provided an unusual collaboration of reminiscences in a book that reveals how Congress and the nation's government really work.

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Foley served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965-1995, ending his career there as Speaker of the House. He is currently Director of the American Poltiical Science Association's Congressional Fellowship Program.

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Foley, now U.S. ambassador to Japan, was elected in 1964 to Congress, where he rose to Speaker of the House before voters in his eastern Washington district turned him out of office in the Republican surge of 1994. Newt Gingrich was the next speaker, and this biography portrays Foley, in contrast to his successor, as a leader of moderation, fairness, and consensus during his long career. Biggs, Foley's former press secretary, has spliced Foley's reminiscences into his own narrative, based mainly on newspapers, magazines, and standard reference sources. The result is a peculiar blend that often reads like a scrapbook or a lengthy retrospective press release. Foley offers occasional anecdotes of interest about figures like Lyndon Johnson, but the book is much more focused on the institutional history of the House than on personalities. For regional or strong political science collections.ARobert F. Nardini, North Chichester, NH
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