Former Rep. George Nethercutt, who ousted House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79
SEATTLE — Former Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave that shifted national politics to the right in 1994, has died. He was 79. Nethercutt died Friday near Denver of progressive supranuclear palsy, … Read more