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American Rhetoric: Newt Gingrich - Inaugural Speech Opening the ...  Jan 4, 1995 ... Full text and audio mp3 of Newt Gingrich Inaugural House Speaker Address. ... Inaugural Address Opening of the 1995 Congress .... And they're all back there -- I think probably more than allowed to bring ... He was the first strong Speaker. ... me as I stand up here as the first Republican in 40 years to do so.
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House Speakership: A 75-Year Timeline Of Mounting Frustration ...  Oct 16, 2015 ... The modern House speakership has always seen more than its share of drama and rebellion. ... Perhaps better than any 20th-century speaker, he managed the powerful .... Republicans surged to their first House majority in 40 years, and among ... Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. is sworn in as House speaker on Jan.
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35 Years of House TV Moments | C-SPAN.org  Live gavel-to-gavel TV coverage coverage of the House floor begins March 19, 1979 -- and ... 1995. REPUBLICANS TAKE OVER: On Jan. 4, 1995, after 40 years of ... FIRST CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN: Father Daniel Coughlin is sworn in as the 59th ... is larger than most gavels here, but the gavel of choice of Speaker Boehner.
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Newt Gingrich Swearing-In Speaker House | Video | C-SPAN.org  In this archival video from 1995, the House of Representatives elects ... Newt Gingrich (R-GA) delivers remarks as he's sworn in as speaker of ... January 4, 1995 ... chair after winning the election to be speaker of the House of read more ... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE, I FIRST WANT TO THANK MY...
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Gingrich sworn in as speaker - UPI Archives - UPI.com  Jan 4, 1995 ... WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., was sworn in Wednesday as speaker of the House of Representatives, crowning the Republican Party's takeover of ... He noted that he is not only the first Republican speaker in 40 years but also the first Georgian elected speaker in more than 100 years.
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AllPolitics - Text Of Bob Dole's Speech - Aug. 15, 1996 - CNN.com  Aug 15, 1996 ... for hosting the greatest Republican convention of them all. The greatest of ... I come from good people, very good people, and I'm proud of it.
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President Franklin D Roosevelt Inaugural Address | Video | C-SPAN ...  President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his first inaugural address after being sworn in by Chief Justice Charles Hughes on March 4, 1933. ... THE 20th AMENDMENT FIXED INAUGURATION DAY IN JANUARY. ..... In the first of his 30 fireside chat national radio addresses, President Franklin Roosevelt talked about the...
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Dennis Hastert, Ex-Speaker of House, Pleads Guilty to Banking ...  Oct 28, 2015 ... J. Dennis Hastert, the former House speaker, center, arrived at the federal ... In the case of Jesse L. Jackson Jr., the former Democratic...
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To Imagine A Gingrich Presidency, Look To The '90s : NPR  Nov 18, 2011 ... Newt Gingrich served as speaker of the House of Representatives for four ... claim that this is the most significant Congress in a generation," said Gingrich, "and ... Clinton signs the balanced-budget agreement in August 1997.
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Governors of California - Ronald Reagan. First Inaugural Address.  First Inaugural Address (Midnight Ceremony) - January 2, 1967 ... At the same time, I pledge my support and fullest effort to a plan which will remove from ... patterned after the one he directed so successfully in the curfew area of Los Angeles. .... We are going to squeeze and cut and trim until reduce the cost of government.
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The Rock at the 2000 Republican National Convention. - Slate  Jul 19, 2016 ... The speech ended, surreally, with Johnson introducing then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a former high school wrestling coach, and doing...
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Speakers of the House of Representatives - Infoplease  A list of each Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 to present. ... 18691875, 4143, James G. Blaine (Maine). 18751876, 44, Michael C.
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Jim Wright, Former U.S. House Speaker, Dies At 92 | KERA News  May 6, 2015 ... Jim Wright, the Fort Worth congressman who became speaker of the U.S. House ... Jim Wright was speaker of the U.S. House from 1987 to 1989 ... He said they rebounded and eventually came to consider the forced move from ... Anyone who rises to be the leader of the United States Congress is a strong...
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House Speakership: A 75-Year Timeline Of Mounting Frustration ...  Oct 16, 2015 ... Though it holds immense power, the House speakership seems like the worst ... in the House here, including why some earlier speakers were called czars). ... Perhaps better than any 20th-century speaker, he managed the .... 1989-1995 .... a press conference on July 30, 2011, at the Capitol in Washington.
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Commission News | House Democracy Partnership  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner ... and Congressman David Dreier (R-CA) was reappointed Ranking Minority Member.
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speakers of the house - History, Art & Archives - U.S. House of ...  UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of 3. SPEAKERS OF ... character.  Speaker Joseph G. Cannon ... (19771987) while J. Dennis Hastert has the longest consecutive service for a Republican. Speaker ... Henry T. Rainey of Illinois was elected Speaker on March 9, 1933, at the age of 72.  First Speaker to...
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Sam Rayburn - Wikipedia  Samuel Taliaferro "Sam" Rayburn (January 6, 1882  November 16, 1961) was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for 17 years, the longest tenure in U.S. history. He is one of six Speakers to serve more than one non-consecutive term, and ... On September 16, 1940, at the age of 58, and while serving as Majority...
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Tom Foley - Wikipedia  Thomas Stephen "Tom" Foley (March 6, 1929  October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Washington. He was the 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1989 to 1995. He represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years as a ... In 1981, Foley was chosen majority whip by the House Democratic caucus...
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The Speaker from Spokane  What were themes and messages in House races in 1994, 2006? ... Thomas S. Foley; Represented 5th District, 1965-1995; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1989-1995 ... recognized value of Foley's seniority; He paid attention to his constituency ... 10 years in Washington Legislature; Elected to Congress, 2004, with 59% of vote.
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Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill . Jimmy Carter . WGBH American ... - PBS  A Lifetime in Government. For Tip O'Neill, becoming Speaker of the House in 1977 was the pinnacle of a lifetime of service in government and the Democratic party.
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Tom Foley - Wikipedia  Thomas Stephen "Tom" Foley (March 6, 1929  October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Washington. He was the 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1989 to 1995. He represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years as a ..... 19891995, Succeeded by