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The ambition and the power by BARRY, JOHN M
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Book description: New York: Viking Press,. 1989. Hard Cover. 768 pages, cloth, dj, 1st edition, very good. From the dj, 'On January 6, 1987, James Claude Wright, Jr., was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. On May 31, 1989 he announced his resignation from the speakership and from the House of Representatives where he had served for 34 years. In those brief two and a half years, Jim Wright exercised more power than any other member of Congress in this century, perhaps ever. At the peak of his power, he dictated to the White House what would happen in foreign policy and dictated to Congress what legislation would pass. At its end, he became the first Speaker in history to be forced from office, charged with violating House rules 69 times.' .
- Bookseller: Military History Bookshop
 (US)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 6386
- Format/binding: Hard Cover
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Viking Press,
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1989
- Keywords: SPEAKER, JIM, WRIGHT, UNITED, STATES, CONGRESS, SPEAKER, THE, HOUSE
- Subjects:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General;
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