Word: speakers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even as the House was promising last week to cut down on perks in exchange for a pay raise, old habits were asserting themselves. Speaker Thomas Foley was embarrassed to learn about an amendment slipped into the defense-spending bill that required an Air Force C-20 jet be made available to him at all times. A military version of the Gulfstream III, the C-20 carries just eight passengers and is serviced by a crew of five...
...Foley had not asked for an Air Force Three (the President and Vice President have much larger jets). Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha had inserted the provision. He enjoys luxurious travel and undoubtedly figured he could borrow Foley's jet. The Speaker quickly shot down his own plane...
...private meeting in the office of Senate President William M. Bulger (D-South Boston) will include House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) and the chairs of the House and the Senate Ways and Means Committees...
...just trying to get the lines of communication going," Bulger said, who planned the meeting. He added, "It will be a chance for us to hear from [the House speaker...
Mitchell and House Speaker Tom Foley have vowed to pass a "clean" budget bill, unadorned by amendments, before Congress adjourns around Thanksgiving. A veto would leave the automatic cuts in force at least until next year, indiscriminately slicing muscle as well as fat from most Government programs...