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==Leader==
==Leader==
He moved up the ladder rapidly, with appointment to the Rules Committee, election to the #3 position among House Democrats as Majority Whip (1971-73) in a coalition with [[Hale Boggs]]. When Boggs died in a plne crach O'Neill was elected Majority Leader (the #2 position), 1973-77. With the retirement of [[Carl Albert]] he became Speaker (the #1 job) in 1977, serving ten years until he retired in 1986. He was an effective party leader, holding tighter reins than the two previous Speakers, Albert and John W. McCormack.
He moved up the ladder rapidly, with appointment to the Rules Committee, election to the #3 position among House Democrats as Majority Whip (1971-73) in a coalition with [[Hale Boggs]]. When Boggs died in a plane crash O'Neill was elected Majority Leader (the #2 position), 1973-77. With the retirement of [[Carl Albert]] he became Speaker (the #1 job) in 1977, serving ten years until he retired in 1986. He was an effective party leader, holding tighter reins than the two previous Speakers, Albert and John W. McCormack.
O'Neill broke with President [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1967 on the issue of the [[Vietnam War]],, which was highly unpopular at Harvard and MIT, two schools in his district. O'Neill could not abide President [[Jimmy Carter]], a Democrat he considered incompetent, and Carter got little of what he wanted from Congress.
O'Neill broke with President [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1967 on the issue of the [[Vietnam War]],, which was highly unpopular at Harvard and MIT, two schools in his district. O'Neill could not abide President [[Jimmy Carter]], a Democrat he considered incompetent, and Carter got little of what he wanted from Congress.
==Reagan==
==Reagan==
O'Neill is best known for his confrontations with fellow Irishman [[Ronald Reagan]]. Although O'Neill had a nominal majority, 242-192, Reagan kept his Republicans in line and added enough conservative Democrats to defeat O'Neill and pass most of Reagan's conservative programs, especially the tax cuts of 1981. The two fought bitterly over policy in Central America.
O'Neill is best known for his confrontations with fellow Irishman [[Ronald Reagan]]. Although O'Neill had a nominal majority, 242-192, Reagan kept his Republicans in line and added enough conservative Democrats to defeat O'Neill and pass most of Reagan's conservative programs, especially the tax cuts of 1981. The two fought bitterly over policy in Central America.