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Nearly every Democratic presidential hopeful in Congress voted against the force resolution. Opponents of the war included the predictable peace bloc, the entire Democratic leadership and even moderates like Sam Nunn and Lloyd Bentsen, not to mention other vaunted figures like Bill Bradley and David Boren. And New York Governor Mario Cuomo, whose inexperience in foreign affairs already hurts him, cravenly suggested that Saddam could be bought off with a couple of islands and some...
...LLOYD BENTSEN (5-2). Well respected for strong showing last time. Texas Senator likes to run. Age (71 in '92) may mean he'll shy away from a tough competition...
...plan to slap a similar luxury tax on almost all yachts alarmed boat builders all the way from Maine to Texas. So they turned to many coastal-state legislators, including such congressional powers as Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell, top, and Texas' two Senators, Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, left, % and Republican Phil Gramm, for assistance. The pressure on the lawmakers was highly effective; the additional tax will apply only to yachts with price tags higher than...
...agenda in the Democratic Party. Promising state-elected Democrats including Ann Richards of Texas, Dianne Feinstein of California and Andrew Young of Georgia have all embraced at least some of these centrist ideas. In addition, more established Democrats such as Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn, probable 1992 hopeful Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and Rep. Les Aspin of Wisconsin have made their careers by standing firmly in the center and ringing the bell for moderation...
...Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) expressed fear that if the Iraqi takeover of Kuwait succeeds "Saudi Arabia might be next--and then Saddam Hussein would have a stranglehold on the West's oil supply...