Word: congressman
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Take New Hampshire, where Democrat John Durkin, a former U.S. Senator, and Republican Robert Smith, a three-term Congressman, are battling for a Senate seat. A Durkin TV commercial indicts Smith as the only candidate who has "spent the last six years in Washington." Durkin also accuses Smith of taking money from political-action committees and pandering to "Big Oil." Not to be outdone, Smith has reminded voters that Durkin has Washington ties of his own. During his Senate term, Smith charges, Durkin voted against tax cuts. He still, says Smith, accepts donations from the national Democratic Party, which takes...
Republicans too are endangered by their connections with the scandal. One example is Congressman Charles Pashayan of California. A six-term veteran who appeared safe, Pashayan is now struggling to survive a challenge from Democrat Cal Dooley because the Congressman accepted $26,000 from Charles Keating's Lincoln Savings & Loan four years ago. In Oregon, Republican Denny Smith is also vulnerable. He was a director of a failed S&L, and Democrats charge that he tried to influence federal regulators. His opponent, Mike Kopetski, a former state legislator, had a 10-point lead last week. Ironically, Smith won his seat...
...Most lawmakers who feel remotely threatened -- as well as every House member attempting to graduate to the Senate -- came out against it. Braver souls who supported the unpopular combination of tax hikes and service cuts are now being savaged for their stand. In Vermont, Republican Peter Smith, a freshman Congressman, is running no better than even against a well-known independent, Bernard Sanders. A former Socialist mayor of Burlington, Sanders has railed for years against establishments of all kinds. This fall, his populist appeal seems in sync with the times...
...does, the incumbency factor could become a major issue in future elections. Republicans, including George Bush, believe that limiting the number of terms a Congressman can serve would boost their efforts to break the other party's stranglehold on the House by forcing popular Democrats to quit long before the voters would force them to retire. But any broad effort to restrict the tenure of lawmakers could have an unintended negative effect: it might deflect public attention -- and rage -- away from what the people's representatives are actually doing in Congress to a debate over whether they should be thrown...
During a discussion on Fox TV's Off the Record about the question of providing condoms to schoolchildren, the New York Democratic Congressman waxed reminiscent: "It shatters what all of us were trained to believe. Heck, I carried one around for years and never got a chance...