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Article: Reeling. (House speaker Jim Wright)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- June 16, 1989
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JIM WRIGHT may be the only man in the Western Hemisphere who can envy Manuel Noriega's situation. Every day brings new woes: a new conflict of interest surfaced when it transpired that Wright had invested in a nursing home while fighting Medicaid cuts; the IRS is reportedly weighing criminal prosecution against him for tax evasion; his fellow Democrats have privately told him it's over, would he please step down and spare them further damage. Republicans are hoping he'll hang in there as long as possible.
The turning point came with the revelation that Wright hadacquired his chief aide, John Mack, by pulling wires to save him from a prison term for trying to ...