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 ...

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 ...

Former House Speaker Tom Foley died at the age of 84 on Friday. Foley, a Washington state Democrat, lost his bid for re-election in 1994, despite his role as the top lawmaker in the House. Trump might ...

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, Heather, ...

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 ...

President George Bush receives applause from Vice President Dan Quayle, left, and House Speaker Thomas Foley prior to delivering his first State of the Union address Jan. 31, 1990 on Capitol Hill in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis is the inaugural recipient of the Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service. The award will be given ...