Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rural east, which is dominated by socially conservative white Democrats who frequently cross party lines to vote for Helms and other G.O.P. culture warriors. Black voters overwhelmingly support Democrats. The result is a state in hold-your-breath political balance: a Democratic Governor, two Republican Senators and six Congressmen from each party...
...Naturally, the main hope of congressmen, who passed the bill 402-8 in the House and now 96-2 in the Senate, is that taxpaying voters won't notice until after November. "Politically, everybody wins," says Birnbaum. "This is something that everyone can take home for the August recess...
XIAN, China: President Clinton just arrived in what must be the longest motorcade the Chinese have ever seen. He has the Treasury Secretary, the Secretary of State, six congressmen and this huge entourage with him -- it just went on for miles. All along the drive through the city, which took at least half an hour, the route was lined with people, sometimes five or six deep. There were maybe 100,000 people out on the street, just to get a glimpse of President Clinton driving by in his limo. The impression was that they were drawn by the spectacle -- they...
Yeah, sure, responded skeptical African Americans, from U.S. Congressmen to manual laborers...
Earlier this year the House of Representatives passed a bill that would require the government to monitor race data on searches across the country. Representative John Conyers Jr. argued, "There are virtually no African-American males--including Congressmen, actors, athletes and office workers--who have not been stopped at one time or another for...driving while black...