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Family was cited frequently by those giving up their seats. Representative Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D-Ark.) had initially decided to stay on in the House despite being pregnant. "I envisioned boarding a plane twice a week with an infant, a diaper bag and a briefcase," she said. "[Then] we learned we were having twins." Representative Jimmy Quillen (R-Tenn.) had quintuple-bypass surgery in 1993 but held out for one more session. "I'll be 81 at the end of this term, and my wife needs me," he explained. Senator William Cohen (R-Maine), who surprised even his mother with...
Bill Bradley, D-N.J. Hank Brown, R-Colo. William S. Cohen, R-Maine Bob Dole, R-Kans. Jim Exon, D-Neb. Mark O. Hatfield, R-Ore. Howell Heflin, D-Ala. J. Bennett Johnston, D-La. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, R-Kans. Sam Nunn, D-Ga. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I. David Pryor, D-Ark. Paul Simon, D-Ill. Alan K. Simpson...
...Democratic side, Gov. Bill Clinton (D-Ark.) and the "mainstream" Democratic Leadership Council advocate almost identical reforms. Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder talks about a "fiscal conservatism" calling for similar spending cuts under the rubric of a "New Mainstream." And it seems that "George Herbert Walker Bush" doesn't stand firmly for "the hard-working men and women of America," as Sen. Thomas Richard Harkin (D-Iowa) reminded us last Sunday...
...There needs to be a comprehensive child program for children under five," said Gov. Bill Clinton (D-Ark.). "We feel that should be the number one priority for the federal government...
Such legislation did carry certain political advantages, as even legislators had to admit. "Just to grow hair on your chest here on the Senate floor so you can...tell everybody how tough you are on drugs is no solution." said Senator Dale Bumpers (D-Ark.) But Bumpers ended up supporting the anti-drug legislation, not because he was a hypocrite but because he realized that the new bill, despite its political overtones, was a step in the right direction...