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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tom Foley |
 | | Thomas Stephen Foley, KBE, (born March 26, 1929, in Spokane, Washington) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, having served as the last Democratic speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and ambassador to Japan. |
 | | Foley was sharply criticized by members of his own party for how he handled the House banking scandal, which received much media attention and raised the ire of the electorate. |
 | | Tom Foley was speaker of the house, and voted against the assault weapons ban in 1994, but was voted out of office in an anti gun control firestorm that blamed any Democrat. |
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