Word: arizonans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senate!" cried Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy after the upper chamber dropped the civil rights bill. Barry Goldwater stormed that because of haggling over the catch-all spending bill, Senators collectively were "beginning to look like jackasses"; his Republican colleague, Wyoming's Malcolm Wallop, wondered why the Arizonan had only said "beginning." In the House, Democrat James Jones embarrassed the G.O.P. by introducing a plan requiring Presidents to submit each year a budget proposal that is in balance, along with whatever unbalanced proposal that they might consider more realistic. "Phony!" shouted Robert Walker of Pennsylvania...
When the tally was in, O'Connor received a congratulatory hug from fellow Arizonan Barry Goldwater and descended the Capitol steps. Accompanied by Goldwater, Vice President George Bush and other supporters, she gazed at the imposing marble facade of the Supreme Court across the way and said earnestly: "My hope is that ten years from now, after I've been across the street and worked for a while, they'll feel glad that they gave me this wonderful vote...