Word: bilbray
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...BRIAN BILBRAY (R) District 49 (North San Diego; Coronado; Imperial Beach...
...Bilbray, a surfer, became mayor of Imperial Beach at the fresh age of 27 and rode a G.O.P. wave to congressional victory in 1994. He spent much of his first term working on environmental issues--notably, he helped San Diego win exemption from some sewage-treatment regulations--but shows signs of centrism with a vote against repealing the assault-weapons...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "It's essential for this seat to come back to the American people to take Congress from Newt Gingrich, the extreme right and Brian Bilbray...
...Social Security," said Zelmar Bolin, a senior citizen who has lived in Imperial Beach for 51 years, "is the only income I've got." Bilbray assuaged the gathering, saying Democrats were using scare tactics. He explained that his plan would only slow the growth of Social Security and Medicare benefits. Virginia Richter said she'd back Bilbray on Medicare, "but it should be one of the last avenues" to balance the budget. "If everything else is reduced, yes, we'd go along," she said. But first slash corporate subsidies and aid to Israel. Said Thelma Steffen: "I say take care...
...They play a whole different game with a different language in Washington," Bilbray cautioned constituents. Now Republicans have to make sure that the language is translated the right way back home...