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34 Years in the House
[edit]How does he serve 34 years in the House and is only reelected 14 times? Did he get a couple of free terms? Stevenmitchell 09:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Banking Committee in the House
[edit]Didn't Jim Wright also serve on the Banking Committee, if not chairing it, during the deregulation phase of the S&L banking rules? Stevenmitchell 09:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Kathleen Day, in Chapter 29 of S&L Hell, discusses Jim Wright's actions in Congress in 1986 on behalf of a real estate developer. Wright was majority leader and later speaker of the house. Congressman Fernand J. St Germain was chairman of the House Banking Committee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ErikKengaard (talk • contribs) 00:11, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Quote
[edit]Interesting quote:
Congress and the Cold War by Robert David Johnson Page 283:
- Majority Leader Wright...privately stated that he placed greater trust in the ability to secure world peace of the new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, then he did of Reagan.
Travb (talk) 18:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
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