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Tom Foley

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 6, 1929 in Spokane, WA
Died: October 18, 2013 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Washington, A.B., 1951, LL.B., 1957

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Spokane County deputy prosecutor, 1958-1960
  • Law instructor at Gonzaga University, 1958-1959
  • Assistant WA Attorney General, 1960-1961
  • Counsel to U.S. House Interior Committee, 1961-1963
  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1997-2000



Key House Vote Data for Tom Foley in 1990


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


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DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position
Foley
Voted
1990-06-21 Flag Protection Act [HJRES350] Failed
(254-177)
Brooks (D-TX) motion to suspend the rules and pass the joint resolution to propose an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit the physical desecration of the American flag. A two-thirds majority of those present and voting (288 in this case) was required for passage under suspension of the rules.

1990-07-26 Frank Reprimand [HRES440] Failed
(141-287)
Gingrich (R-GA) motion to recommit the resolution to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct with instructions to report back a recommendation of censure instead of reprimand. Congressman Frank was guilty of improperly using his political influence and abusing his congressional authority. He put misleading statements favorable to his personal assistant, Stephen Gobie, in a memorandum concerning Gobie's promotion, and had 33 D.C. parking tickets dismissed that were not incurred on official House business.

1990-10-04 Fiscal 1991 Budget Resolution [HCONRES310] Failed
(179-253)
Adoption of the conference report on the bill to set binding budget levels for fiscal 1991: budget authority, $1.49 trillion; outlays, $1.24 trillion; revenues, $1.73 billion; deficit, $64 billion, by incorporating the spending and revenue targets announced Sept. 30 by the budget "summit". This bill would have modestly restricted the growth of spending in some entitlement programs, while instituting the largest tax and public fees increase in the the history of the United States.

1990-10-17 Fiscal 1991 Intelligence Appropriations [HR5422] Agreed To
(207-206)
Separate vote at the request of Hyde (R-IL), on the Solarz (D-NY) amendment to suspend military aid to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) -- a rebel group fighting the Marxist Angolan government -- if the government of Angola agrees to accept a cease-fire and a political settlement for the conflict in Angola and offers free and fair multiparty elections in which UNITA is free to participate. Before being adopted, the amendment was amended by Miller (R-WA), to prohibit the Angolan government from receiving military aid from the Soviet Union.



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