Contents Page The Cannon Centenary Conference Part I The Changing Nature of the Speakership INTRODUCTION............................................ 3 Daniel P. Mulhollan, Director, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.......................... 3, 6 Gary Copeland, Director, Carl Albert Center........... 4 THE O'NEILL SPEAKERSHIP................................. 9 Gary Hymel ................................................... 9, 22, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31 John A. Farrell....................................... 11, 30 The Honorable Dan Rostenkowski ................................ 22, 29, 30, 31 The Honorable Mickey Edwards.......................... 24, 30 THE WRIGHT SPEAKERSHIP.................................. 33 Janet Hook ....................................................... .............. 33, 48, 54, 56 Speaker James C. Wright, Jr........................... 34 The Honorable David E. Bonior......................... 48 The Honorable Tom Loeffler............................ 54 REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE SPEAKER IN THE MODERN DAY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES................................ 59 Introduction, The Honorable Robert H. Michel.......... 59 Speaker J. Dennis Hastert............................. 60 THE FOLEY SPEAKERSHIP................................... 65 Jeff Biggs ....................................................... ......... 65, 80, 82, 84, 86 Speaker Thomas S. Foley .............................................. 69, 80, 83, 84 The Honorable Bill Frenzel............................ 75 The Honorable Vic Fazio............................... 77 THE HISTORICAL SPEAKERSHIP.............................. 87 Introduction, James C. Billington, Librarian of Congress ... 87, 95, 97 Professor Robert V. Remini, Kluge Scholar............. 89, 96 THE GINGRICH SPEAKERSHIP................................ 99 Donald Wolfensberger ................................. 99, 107, 110, 115, 117, 118 Speaker Newt Gingrich ................................................... 100, 115, 118 The Honorable Leon E. Panetta ............................................ 107, 117 The Honorable Robert S. Walker........................ 110 Part II Perspectives on the Speakership Chapter 1: The Speakership in Historical Perspective, by Ronald M. Peters, Jr.................................... 121 Chapter 2: Speakers Reed, Cannon, and Gingrich: Catalysts of Institutional and Procedural Change, by Walter J. Oleszek and Richard C. Sachs.................. 128 Chapter 3: The Speaker of the House and the Committee on Rules, by Christopher M. Davis.......................... 141 Chapter 4: The Speaker and the Senate, by Elizabeth Rybicki................................................. 158 Chapter 5: The Speaker and the Press, by Betsy Palmer... 168 Chapter 6: The Speaker and the President: Conflict and Cooperation, by R. Eric Petersen........................ 181 Chapter 7: Speakers, Presidents, and National Emergencies, by Harold C. Relyea........................ 195 Chapter 8: The Changing Speakership, by Ronald M. Peters, Jr.............................................. 218 Part III Appendices Biographies............................................. 239 List of Conference Participants......................... 248