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Armey, Dick

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Armey, Dick (Richard Keith Armey) (är`mē), 1940–, U.S. congressman, b. Cando, N.Dak. A Republican and former economics professor at North Texas State Univ., he was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas in 1984. He conceived the independent nonpolitical commission that became responsible for identifying those military bases to be closed as a cost-cutting measure. A conservative and political ally of House Speaker Newt Gingrich Gingrich, Newt (Newton Leroy Gingrich) (gĭng`grĭch), 1943–, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S.
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, Armey has advocated the phasing out of Social Security and farm subsidies. He became House majority leader in 1995, the year his Freedom Revolution was published. He retired in 2003.


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