Sixty years ago, the political landscape in the U.S. was drastically different than it is now. Instead of acting solely along party lines, lawmakers worked together, often across the aisle, to find ...

WASHINGTON – Tom Foley, the courtly former speaker of the U.S. House who lost his seat when Republicans seized control of Congress in 1994, has died of complications from a stroke. He was 84. His wife ...

Former Speaker of the House and Spokane native, Tom Foley, has died at the age of 84. Foley served 30 years in the House representing Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District, more than five ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with limited political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave ...

May 22: The House passes the Americans with Disabilities Act with a unanimous voice vote. Oct. 16: The House passes an Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which raises taxes. A month later, President ...

In accepting the first Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service, former Secretary of Defense and retired Gen. James Mattis on Tuesday called on those in the audience to reject political ...

The Tarrance Group, a Republican polling and strategy firm out of Virginia, has found that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is vulnerable in 2014, while his former GOP opponent, Tom Foley, continues to have the ...

FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — By now, a familiar story for anyone who pumped gas into their vehicle Sunday at Tom Thumb in Foley. “It just sputtered and snapping and popping,” said David Griffin. “What the ...

The crowd was business-friendly, mainly workers from the numerous businesses located in the large corporate park in Shelton. It was the longest stop of the day, as the Republican candidate gets into ...

Dallas attorney Tom Foley and chef Tiffany Derry have opened Roots Chicken Shak and Roots Southern Table. Radici in Farmers Branch comes next. Then, they plan to franchise Roots Chicken Shak with ...

UPDATE: Thursday, Oct. 5 corporate offices responded to the latest fuel mix-up at their Foley location with this statement from Emily Pickering, VP of the Castle Group: “We are aware of some ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tall and courtly, Tom Foley served 30 years in the House when partisan confrontation was less rancorous than today and Democrats had dominated for decades. He crowned his long ...