Tip O'Neill

Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (1912 – 1994) was an American politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the House of Representatives, serving for 34 years and representing two congressional districts in Massachusetts. He served as Speaker of the House from 1977 until his retirement in 1987, making him the only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses, and the second longest-serving Speaker in U.S. history after Sam Rayburn.

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Documentation: Who Fooled Tip?

Editor’s note: In his autobiography, former House Speaker Tip O’Neill said his “special source” for information about Central America was the Maryknoll priests and nuns there. Apparently ignorant of Mary- knoll’s involvement in leftist and guerrilla activity in El Salvador, and its apologies for the persecution by the Marxist government of Nicaragua, O’Neill relied uncritically … Read more

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