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A newspaper article documenting Idaho House Speaker Tom Stivers controversial tactics especially in the 1983 special session. Stivers both refused to let Governor Evans speak at the session and also passed the exact same bill the session was called over. Ultimately the session lasted 4 hours and stoked partisan anger.

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Title:
Legislative limelights... Stivers steamroller tactics created deep partisan rift
Creator:
Plastino, Ben
Date Created (Archival Standard):
18 May 1983
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1983-05-18
Description:
A newspaper article documenting Idaho House Speaker Tom Stivers controversial tactics especially in the 1983 special session. Stivers both refused to let Governor Evans speak at the session and also passed the exact same bill the session was called over. Ultimately the session lasted 4 hours and stoked partisan anger.
Subjects:
state government legislators (public officials) governors (public officials) budgets education republicans democrats
Politicians:
John V. Evans
Source:
Ben J. Plastino Papers, 1947-1998, MG 632, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv470833
Source Identifier:
mg632-f22_015
Original Format:
newspaper clipping
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Language:
eng

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"Legislative limelights... Stivers steamroller tactics created deep partisan rift", Ben J. Plastino Papers Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plastino/items/plastino0764.html
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