However, Armey balked at the proposal to make Paxon the new Speaker, and told his chief of staff to warn Gingrich about the coup.

However, Armey balked at the proposal to make Paxon the new Speaker, and told his chief of staff to warn Gingrich about the coup.

Written by Larry Hunter, who was aided by Newt Gingrich, Robert Walker, Richard Armey, Bill Paxon, Tom DeLay, John Boehner and Jim Nussle, and in part using text from former President Ronald Reagan's 1985 State of the Union Address, the Contract detailed the actions the Republicans promised to take if they became the majority party in the United States House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years.

A press release claimed Abramoff to have influence with Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and House Majority Leader Dick Armey.

After Abramoff began to have legal troubles, spokespersons for Gingrich and Armey claimed that Abramoff had fabricated the references, and that they did not know him personally.

Armey was out of the running after fending off a bruising challenge to his majority leader's post from Steve Largent of Oklahoma, and DeLay, as the third-ranking House Republican, appeared to have the inside track to the Speakership.

Soon afterward, Speaker-elect Bob Livingston of Louisiana announced he wouldn't take the post after the revelation of an extramarital affair, Armey initially seemed to have the inside track to become Speaker.

However, some top US officials such as Dick Armey ( the former House majority leader 1995-2003 ) have suggested that the State Department wrongly included MEK in the terrorist list from the beginning.

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Both authors are staunch conservatives: on his website, Groseclose cites Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole, Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, Phil Gramm, Dick Armey, and Dick Cheney as his political heroes, and states that he usually sides with conservatives on controversial issues.

Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey condemned Lee as having " nothing to offer the debate on school violence except more violence and more hate.

At the insistence of Republican Representative Richard Armey, the Act had a number of sunset provisions built in, which were originally set to expire on December 31, 2005.

The next two figures in the House Republican leadership hierarchy, majority leader Richard Armey and majority whip Tom DeLay, chose not to contest the Speaker's office.

Both Congressional Representative Dick Armey ( Republican, Texas ) and Senator Patrick Leahy ( Democrat, Vermont ) raised concerns.

Rep. Armey included legislation in the House's Homeland Security Bill that explicitly prohibited the creation of Operation TIPS ; but Joe Lieberman blocked the program's removal from the Senate version of the bill.

In 2003, Dick Armey became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress.

Dick Armey stayed as chairman of FreedomWorks, while David Koch stayed as Chairman of Americans for Prosperity Foundation.

After serving as his party's Whip for eight years, DeLay was elected Majority Leader upon the retirement of Dick Armey in 2003.

Republican representative Dick Armey, an opponent of federal arts funding, began to attack a planned exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe at the Corcoran Museum of Art that was to receive NEA support.

After the Republicans lost 5 seats in the 1998 midterm elections, Largent tried to take advantage of discontent with Majority Leader Dick Armey by challenging Armey for the post.

Although Armey was not popular in the Republican caucus, Largent was thought to be far too conservative for the liking of some moderate Republicans, and Armey won on the third ballot.

However, when Bob Livingston of Louisiana stood down as Speaker-elect, Armey was still too wounded to make a bid for the job.

When the Republicans gained a majority of seats in the 104th Congress, the Contract was seen as a triumph by Party leaders such as Minority Whip Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey, and the American conservative movement in general.

After Newt Gingrich resigned as Speaker in part because of Republican losses in the 1998 elections, majority leader Dick Armey and majority whip Tom DeLay had opted not to contest the Speaker's chair.

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He later worked for a decade as a top aide to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey ( R-TX ), and was a principal drafter of the GOP's 1994 " Contract With America.

Richard Keith " Dick " Armey (; born July 7, 1940 ) is a former U. S. Representative from Texas ' ( 1985 – 2003 ) and House Majority Leader ( 1995 – 2003 ).

The Low Pay Commission found that, rather than make employees redundant, employers have reduced their rate of hiring, reduced staff hours, increased prices, and have found ways to cause current workers to be more productive ( especially service companies ).

This is especially the case in Japanese martial arts with disciplines such as kenjutsu and kendo ( sword ), bojutsu ( staff ), and kyudo ( archery ).

Marshall was especially fond of Fredendall, describing him as " one of the best " and remarking in a staff meeting when his name was mentioned, " I like that man ; you can see determination all over his face.

Public access was often possible for the " respectable ", especially to private art collections, but at the whim of the owner and his staff.

Colocation has become a popular option for companies with midsize IT needs — especially those in Internet related business — because it allows the company to focus its IT staff on the actual work being done, instead of the logistical support needs which underlie the work.

A few Soviet troops remained after the Soviet withdrawal ; for instance, parachutists who protected the Soviet embassy staff, military advisors and special forces and reconnaissance troops still operated in the " outlying provinces ", especially along the Afghan – Soviet border.

Robert Dudley was especially fascinated by the Beauchamp descent and, with his brother, adopted the ancient heraldic device of the earls of Warwick, the bear and ragged staff.

The Old Norse name incorporates the words meaning " wand ", " staff " or ( especially in compounds ) " magic " and " elf ".

A quarterstaff ( plural quarterstaves ), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting, especially as in use in England during the Early Modern period.

The SIG gained new vitality in mid-1967, however, and together with the more active IRGs played a complementary and supporting role to the Secretary of State and the NSC, especially in easing the burdens of the national security adviser and his staff with respect to interagency coordination and follow-up.

The staff at Variety magazine liked the film, especially the acting, writing, " Miller's grueling drama illustrates how the unquenchable lure of alcohol can supersede even love, and how marital communication cannot exist in a house divided by one-sided boozing ... Lemmon gives a dynamic and chilling performance.

During staff recruitment, geographical variety is an especially prominent selection factor in order to accurately reflect the scope of member states present in the UN.

In teaching, the university educated the local Baltic German leadership and professional classes as well as staff especially for the administration and health system of the entire Russian Empire.

This is especially critical in hospital settings where emergency staff must be able to reliably receive pages in order to respond to patient needs.

Whatever his personal feelings towards Wade, he expresses this to his staff, especially the pragmatic A. J., as a sound political move.

The most significant of these new staff members were Homer Rodeheaver, an exceptional song leader and music director who worked with the Sundays for almost twenty years, and Virginia Healey Asher, who ( besides regularly singing duets with Rodeheaver ) directed the women's ministries, especially the evangelization of young working women.

From the inception of Outward Bound, community service was an integral part of the program, especially in the areas of sea and mountain rescues and this remains an important part of the training for both staff and students in Outward Bound, Wales.

While PMCs often provide services to train or supplement official armed forces in service of governments, they can also be employed by private companies to provide bodyguards for key staff or protection of company premises, especially in hostile territories.

Issues of performance in the Crimean War, especially disastrous lack of due provision for operations during the Russian winter of 1854 brought about the Board's demise in 1855. also the reference to Lord Raglan # Notable staff | below. As a result of enquiries made into the breakdown of transport and hospital arrangements during the first winter of the war, the Board of Ordnance, which had been in existence for four hundred years, was abolished, and the Artillery together with the Royal Engineers came directly under the Commander-in-Chief and the War Office like the rest of the Army.

He used very strong aides especially chief of staff James Baker ( Ford's campaign manager ), and Michael Deaver as deputy chief of staff, and Edwin Meese as White House counsel, as well as David Stockman at the Bureau of the Budget and his own campaign manager Bill Casey at the CIA.

It is our Christian conviction that abortion performed for personal reasons to insure individual convenience ought not to be permitted ./ We call on all who counsel those with problem pregnancies, especially youth workers, campus pastors and staff members of our church colleges, to uphold the Christian alternatives to abortion ./ We call on our churches to expand their efforts to support agencies providing a ministry of mercy to those seeking alternatives to abortion ./ We call on our members to support efforts for constitutional changes to provide legal protection for the unborn.

As the NWS added more transmitters to provide better radio coverage, WFO staff had difficulty keeping broadcast cycles updated in a timely fashion, especially during large severe weather outbreaks.

This is especially rude, considering the cooking staff is primarily responsible for making sure the meal was prepared properly ..