Word: brownback
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...BROWNBACK Republican--Kansas He outspent his opponent by almost $1 million to win Bob Dole's seat in a tight race. The 1994 House freshman now brings his "Republican Revolution" to the Senate...
...BROWNBACK SENATORIAL CANDIDATE, KANSAS...
...Congress doesn't need a facial. It needs a fire hose," said Brownback, 39, after discovering that Congress had its own beautician. The lawyer and former farm broadcaster has taken a scouring approach to politics, both in the House as a freshman and in Kansas, where he scored a primary win over moderate Sheila Frahm, the anointed heiress to Bob Dole's seat. As for November, well, Kansas hasn't had a Democratic Senator since...
...Speaker's capitulation this week--his deal on a continuing resolution and hints that he will help raise the debt limit--may mark the end of the G.O.P.'s self-righteous, hard-ball strategy. Even the freshmen know they have been outflanked. Admits first-year Kansas Congressman Sam Brownback: "We probably should have done a better job studying the lessons of history...
...budget negotiations have been a complete rout for the Republicans," says Congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty. "It looks like they are now content to just continue to make temporary funding deals and put off the big, fundamental questions about restructuring government until after the November elections. As Sam Brownback told me today, 'Instead of going for the long bomb, let's grind it out on the ground.'" The next big hurdle for negotiators: reaching an agreement on extending federal borrowing authority past the March 1 deadline set by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. Markets and Congressional negotiators trembled Wednesday when Moody...