Comments - Freedom Works Conference Call - Arapahoe Tea Party2024-03-29T04:53:40Zhttp://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/events/comment/feed?attachedTo=3186561%3AEvent%3A13670&xn_auth=noDick Armey, the founder of Fr…tag:arapahoeteaparty.ning.com,2011-04-18:3186561:Comment:133682011-04-18T23:53:08.460ZCathy Mitchellhttp://arapahoeteaparty.ning.com/profile/CathyMitchell
<p>Dick Armey, the founder of Freedom Works, has a PhD in Economics and was a Congressman from 1984 - 2002. The following is from Wikipedia,</p>
<p>"In 1994, Armey, then House Republican Conference Chairman, joined <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_whips_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party whips of the United States House of Representatives">Minority Whip</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a> in drafting the…</p>
<p>Dick Armey, the founder of Freedom Works, has a PhD in Economics and was a Congressman from 1984 - 2002. The following is from Wikipedia,</p>
<p>"In 1994, Armey, then House Republican Conference Chairman, joined <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_whips_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party whips of the United States House of Representatives">Minority Whip</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a> in drafting the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_with_America">Contract with America</a>. Republican members credited this election platform with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1994" title="U.S. House election, 1994" class="mw-redirect">Republican takeover of Congress</a>, rewarding Gingrich with the position of Speaker and Armey with the number two position of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Majority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="House Majority Leader">House Majority Leader</a>. Gingrich delegated to Armey an unprecedented level of authority over scheduling legislation on the House floor, a power traditionally reserved to the Speaker.</p>
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<p>In the last Conference Call, Armey stated that Paul Ryan needs to do now what John Kasich did in 1995 - balance the budget. Armey was Ryan's mentor when Ryan went to Congress in 1998.</p>