Playing king of the Hill. (House Speaker Jim Wright) National Review | January 22, 1988| | COPYRIGHT 1988 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

PLAYING KING OF THE HILL

ALMOST UNNOTICED, a political drama is unfolding on Capitol Hill. The star villain? House Speaker Jim Wright, who, a growing number of Republicans protest, has turned the House of Representatives into his own personal fiefdom, ruling with an iron fist, a lust for glory, and a flagrant disregard for House rules. "I never would have thought it likely to say, but now that we've seen Wright, O'Neill looks like a moral Rotarian committed to bipartisanship," says Newt Gingrich, leader of the hardy band of increasingly militant Republicans out to ...

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