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Line 16: − + − − A [[Republican]], Armey was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in 1984. He was dubbed a member of the "Texas Six Pack", a group of six freshman Republicans from the state of Texas who were elected that year. After easily winning reelection, Armey sponsored legislation that shut down obsolete [[military]] bases, which was supported by congressional Democrats and opposed by the [[Reagan]] Defense Department. Armey advocated the privatization of [[Social Security]] and the phasing out of farm subsidies. A political ally of [[Newt Gingrich]], Armey was a leader in the 1994 Republican Revolution - where Republicans took control of both houses of [[Congress]] for the first time since 1954 - and was the main author of the Contract with America. In the 104th Congress, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as Majority Leader. Armey declined to run for reelection in 2002. + + + + + + Line 28:
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'''Richard Keith "Dick" Armey''' (born July 7, 1940 in Cando, Towner County, [[North Dakota]]) was a U.S. Representative from [[Texas]]' 26th congressional district and served as the [[House Majority Leader]] from 1995 through 2003. Armey graduated from Jamestown College, the University of North Dakota and the University of Oklahoma with a Ph.D. in economics. He went on to become a [[professor]] of economics at the University of Montana and later North Texas State University.
'''Richard Keith "Dick" Armey''' (born July 7, 1940 in Cando, Towner County, [[North Dakota]]) was a U.S. Representative from [[Texas]]' 26th congressional district and served as the [[House Majority Leader]] from 1995 through 2003. He is now a prominent leader in the conservative cause, speareheading the anti-tax "tea parties" of 2009.
==Career==
Armey graduated from Jamestown College, the University of North Dakota and the University of Oklahoma with a Ph.D. in economics. He went on to become a professor of economics at the University of Montana and later North Texas State University.
==Congress==
A Republican, Armey was elected to the House in 1984. He was dubbed a member of the "Texas Six Pack", a group of six freshman Republicans from the state of Texas who were elected that year. After easily winning reelection, Armey sponsored legislation that shut down obsolete military bases, which was supported by congressional Democrats and opposed by the Reagan Defense Department. Armey advocated the privatization of [[Social Security]] and the phasing out of farm subsidies. A political ally of [[Newt Gingrich]], Armey was a leader in the 1994 Republican Revolution - where Republicans took control of both houses of [[Congress]] for the first time since 1954 - and was the main author of the Contract with America. In the 104th Congress, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as Majority Leader. Armey declined to run for reelection in 2002.
==Activist==
Armey built a new base in Washington as a lobbysist and head of [[Freedom Worls]]. In 2009 he emerged as the prime mover behind the [[tea parties]]. He is a longtime critic of the religious right. He once said that [[James Dobson]] of Focus on the Family and his allies were a "gang of thugs" and "real nasty bullies."
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000360, Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000360, Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
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