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MARGARET HECKLER'S recent turnaround on the "Squeal Rule" attracted a lot of attention. As a Republican Congresswoman from Massachusetts, she opposed the controversial rule requiring that parents be notified when their children younger than 18 seek birth control information at federally funded clinics. An abrupt about-face was required when President Reagan nominated her to become his new Secretary of Health and Human Services...
...estimated 203,000 annually) and more children born to unmarried teen-agers (131,000 currently). Last April, 32 members of Congress agreed; they contended in a letter that the regulation "would result in a drastic increase in the number of teen-age pregnancies." One signer was Massachusetts Republican Congresswoman Margaret Heckler. After losing her bid for reelection, Heckler was President Reagan's choice to succeed the retiring Schweiker. During her upcoming confirmation hearings, Senators-not to mention parents-will be curious to learn where she stands...
...million to turn Clements out of the Texas Governor's chair, and Republican David Durenberger shelled out $3.5 million to beat back Dayton's Senate challenge in Minnesota. Moreover, lavish spending did buy some offices. Democratic Businessman Frank Lautenberg concedes he could never have upset Republican Congresswoman Millicent Fenwick for a New Jersey Senate seat if he had not spent $3.25 million to Fenwick's $1.4 million...
COMBAT ZONE. At first, Margaret Heckler's campaign in the suburbs of Boston was so genteel it was virtually nonexistent. Republican Congresswoman Heckler, 51, whose eight terms make her the senior woman in Congress, ignored her opponent and ducked the press. But her Democratic foe, irrepressible Congressman Barney Frank, 42, is hard to high hat. The race for Massachusetts' Fourth Congressional District-one of six House contests in which redistricting has pitted incumbents against each other-has become both close and nasty. Heckler had an early edge, since 70% of the new district's population was drawn...
...election campaign of Texas Congressman Jack Fields. Instead, Fields' ads picture him as a hard-working legislator who stays in close touch with his constituents. In hard-hit New England, some Republicans are trying to put distance between themselves and Reagan's policies. Rhode Island Congresswoman Claudine Schneider stresses the independence she showed in voting against many of the President's measures during her first term...