Word: congresswoman
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REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY Johnson returned to her Connecticut district last week to sell Newt Gingrich's revolution. But what she discovered is that Gingrich himself was the issue. In Torrington, a handful of activists interrupted her meeting on Medicare to protest what they called the "cover-up'' of alleged misdeeds by the Speaker of the House. Johnson, a respected moderate who chairs the House Ethics Committee, has been hearing that message a lot lately. Editorials with headlines like NO WHITEWASH, MRS. JOHNSON and ETHICS PANEL fails its duty have appeared all across the state...
Still, acclaim for Reed and his Coalition is far from universal, even within the Republican Party. Senator Arlen Specter launched his campaign for President with a broadside against Reed and his alleged "intolerance." Congresswoman Marge Roukema, a moderate Republican from New Jersey, said flatly, "Ralph Reed and the Christian Coalition will create a lot of trouble for the Republican Party." And, in fact, if Reed succeeds too well at moving the party in his direction, he stands to alienate the middle-of-the-roaders, whose votes, while notably absent in Republican primaries, tend to decide general elections...
Utah Republican ENID GREENE WALDHOLTZ is one elected official who will deliver. The freshman Congresswoman is pregnant, and colleagues are treating her with the care reserved for tax-cut legislation. Advised Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, the only other woman to have a baby while in Congress (in 1973): Wear low heels, and "introduce all the bills you want now, because everyone will be afraid to debate...
SEEN & HEARD If this is Monday, Esther Grossi, 58, must be in blue, or green, or orange. The new Brazilian Congresswoman is always color coordinated. Hair, dress, shoes, nail polish: they all match, and she chooses a new hue whenever she gets the urge. With a Ph.D. in education, Grossi says her wardrobe reflects her teaching theories: have the courage to change...
...black drag queens who say they have had sex with Congressman Luke Bonney, who is the opponent of Matt's candidate and also happens to be Matt's brother, Luke makes it known that he will counter the deadly charge of homosexuality by confessing to a love affair with Congresswoman Lisa Bonney, who is Matt's wife...