Talk:Jim Wright

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[edit] 34 Years in the House

How does he serve 34 years in the House and is only reelected 14 times? Did he get a couple of free terms? Stevenmitchell 09:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Banking Committee in the House

Didn't Jim Wright also serve on the Banking Committee, if not chairing it, during the deregulation phase of the S&L banking rules? Stevenmitchell 09:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quote

Interesting quote:

Congress and the Cold War by Robert David Johnson Page 283:

Majority Leader Wright...privately stated that he placed greater trust in the ability to secure world peace of the new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, then he did of Reagan.

Travb (talk) 18:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)