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...children, two stepchildren RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Teacher; private-school administrator POLITICAL CAREER: Florida House, 1982-86, Senate, 1986-89; U.S. House, 1989- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 52-2784, Miami 33152. Tel.: 305-460-3245 The first Cuban American in Congress, Ros-Lehtinen helped pass the Helms-Burton bill, which penalizes those who profit from property confiscated by the Castro regime. With no Democrat in the race, she will probably keep her seat...
...February Cuba shot down two U.S. civilian planes flown by anti-Castro pilots who lived in Diaz-Balart's district. Like much of the large local Cuban-American population, he is staunchly anti-Castro and pro-Helms-Burton Act, which denies foreigners who profit from Cuba-seized American property the right to visit the U.S. He has no Democratic opponent...
...BURTON (R) District 6 (Central--suburban Indianapolis...
Seven-term incumbent Burton is a fierce critic of the Clinton Administration. He also co-sponsored the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, which tightened sanctions against the island. Not considered an inner-circle member of the House G.O.P., he nevertheless keeps his constituents happy, winning at least 63% of the vote in each re-election...
...Bill Moyers is a very different kind of believer from Steve Fintel or, for that matter, Burton Visotzky. For one thing, Moyers' belief has an extremely well-exercised civic aspect. "What I have sought for 25 years to put on television is the conversation of democracy," he says. Although that conversation has been eclectic, with shows ranging from the cia to the black family, Moyers is convinced that "nonsectarian, nonseparationist" religious talk is an essential component. Repeatedly, while promoting the new series, he tells audiences, "We have to decide all over again our identity as a people. Religion belongs...