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Bookmark or Share- Jim Wright, former US House speaker, dies at age 92DALLAS (AP) — As a member of what he called "the people's house" for more than a generation, Texas Democrat Jim Wright was known for his rich oratorical skills in the U.S. House. He never relied on them more than the day in 1989 when he told those who had elected him speaker that he was prepared to resign after being accused of violating ethics rules dozens of times. The congressman, who ...
- Jim Wright, U.S. House speaker forced out over ethics, diesJim Wright, the Texas Democrat who spent three decades rising to speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives only to lose his seat in a bitter debate over his ethics, has died. He was 92. He...
- Jim Wright, House speaker who resigned amid an ethics ...Jim Wright, a hard-driving 18-term Texas Democrat who, as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, expanded the influence of the office into foreign affairs before resigning from the House...
- Jim Wright Dies at 92; House Speaker Resigned Amid Ethics ...May 6, 2015. Jim Wright, a driven Texas Democrat who rose to the pinnacle of congressional power before ethics charges forced his resignation as speaker of the House in 1989, died on Wednesday...
- Former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright of Texas dies at 92Barry Thumma/STF. WASHINGTON - Former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright, a towering figure of Texas politics who resigned amid scandal in a new era of partisanship, died Wednesday in Fort Worth,...
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