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He quickly moved up the leadership ranks in the 1970s, becoming House Majority Whip in 1971, House Majority Leader in 1973, and Speaker of the House in 1977. With the election of President Jimmy Carter, O'Neill hoped to establish a universal health care system and a guaranteed jobs program.
Feb 17, 2019 · O'Neill, a longtime liberal congressman from Massachusetts, had previously organized opposition to Richard Nixon during the height of the Watergate crisis. For a time O'Neill was viewed as one of the most influential people in Washington, as well as one of the most powerful Democrats in America.
Jan 25, 2021 · Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr., was a committed progressive who saw government as a way to help those in need. Fortunately, both knew how to deal and that made all the difference.
Jan 6, 1994 · Former House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O’Neill Jr. (D-Mass.), the genial and shrewd Boston Irishman who came to be regarded as one of the most effective House leaders of the 20th Century, died ...
Jan 6, 1994 · Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr., a Massachusetts Democrat who during his 10 years as speaker of the House of Representatives became one of the nation's best-liked and most widely known and...
O’Neill, Thomas Philip, Jr. (“Tip”) ( b. 9 December 1912 in North Cambridge, Massachusetts; d. 5 January 1994 in Boston, Massachusetts), Massachusetts congressman who served for nearly four decades in Washington, holding positions as Democratic Party whip, majority leader, and Speaker of the House. O’Neill was a third generation Irish ...
Jun 11, 2018 · After a 16-year career in the Massachusetts legislature, Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill (1912-1994) won election as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1952. He was easily re-elected thereafter, rising to majority whip, then majority leader, and finally to Speaker of the House, 1977-1987.
