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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasARMEY, Richard Keith
(1940—)
ARMEY, Richard Keith, a Representative from Texas; born in Cando, Towner County, N. Dak., July 7, 1940; graduated from Cando High School, Cando, N. Dak., 1958; B.A., Jamestown College, Jamestown, N. Dak., 1963; M.A., University of North Dakota, Grand Folks, N. Dak., 1964; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1968; professor, University of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; assistant professor, West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Canyon, Tex.; assistant professor, Austin College, Sherman, Tex.; faculty and administrator, University of North Texas, Denton, Tex.; distinguished fellow of the Fisher Institute, Dallas, Tex.; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 2003); majority leader (One Hundred Fourth through One Hundred Seventh Congresses); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
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———. Economic Externalities and the Theories of Balanced and Unbalanced Growth
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———. The Flat Tax: A Citizen’s Guide to the Facts on What It Will Do for You, Your Country, and Your Pocketbook
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———. The Freedom Revolution: The New Republican House Majority Leader Tells Why Big Government Failed
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———. It’s Long Enough: The Decline of Popular Government Under Forty Years of Single-Party Control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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———. A Republican Agenda to Reverse the Clinton Crunch.
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———. “Why We Need the Flat Tax.” World & I
10 (May 1995): 90-97.
Armey, Richard, and Bill Archer. “The House Republicans’ Great Tax Debate.” International Economy
11(March-April 1997): 28-31.
Armey, Richard K. and Randy Tate. Freedom and Responsibility: The Role Values Play in Shaping Public Policy.
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”The End of the Big Right Idea? Dick Armey Moves On. The Economist
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Freedman, Alan. An ‘Uppity Minority Guy’ Takes Charge. National Journal
, 16 January 1993, 148.
Gillespie, Ed and Bob Schellhas, editors. Contract with America: The Bold Plan by Rep. Newt Gingrich, Rep. Dick Armey and the House Republicans to Change the Nation
. New York: Times Books, 1994.
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, November 2002, 19.
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Koszczuk, Jackie. “Armey’s March to Power in the House.” Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
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, 2 March 1996, 523.
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, 12 December 1992, 3782.
McGurn, William. “Mr. Outsider. (Rep. Richard K. Armey).” National Review
, 15 October 1990, 28.
McIntyre, Robert S. “Armey’s Austerity.” The American Prospect
, 13 August 2001, 6.
Miller, John J. “Today’s Armey.” National Review
, 22 June 1998, 32.
Noah, Timothy. “Armey’s Aesthetic. (Rep. Dick Armey vs. the National Endowment for the Arts).” The New Republic
, 11 September 1989, 14.
Parker, Suzi, David E. Kaplan, and Ben Wildavsky. “Rebels Beware. (House majority leader Dick Armey disgruntled).” U.S. News & World Report
, 6 August 2001, 3.
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, 1 September 2002, 25.
”Social Security Reform Ripe, GOP’s Retiring Armey Says.” Investor’s Business Daily
, 16 December 2002, A16.
Starobin, Paul. “True Believer.” National Journal
, 7 January 1995, 8.
Tumulty, Karen. Armey Halted; DeLay Marches On. Time
, 24 December 2001, 16.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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