Word: democratic
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...only Texan to serve as his state's chief justice, attorney general and secretary of state, but John Hill was also its first Democrat in more than a century to lose an election for Governor (in 1978, to opponent William Clements). Hill was a Big Hat Texan with a gift for hyperbole whose last role was head of the Texas Lottery Commission...
...John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, said he planned to introduce legislation within the next week that would provide more authority to the FDA. It would likely include a user-fee similar to the one Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois-who has long lobbied for food safety reform-introduced in a bill last week. In that legislation, companies wanting to import food into the United States would have to pay a fee, the revenue of which would pay for greater inspection capabilities and research into food safety technology. If passed, it would increase the number of food shipments inspected from...
...solved Iraq tomorrow, the Middle East will still be in chaos." He continued in detail about his proposed Iraq solution: partition of the country into a loose federation of three states, which, he hopes, would defuse the regional crisis. In defense of his position as the only Democrat to vote to continue funding the war, he offered the best of all possible reasons-to speed lifesaving, mine-resistant armored vehicles to the war zone...
...statement that said he "transformed the VA health care system to meet the unique medical requirements" of returning troops. And not all of the VA's critics placed direct blame on Nicholson. "He was a victim of real misplaced priorities of this Administration," said Rep. Bob Filner, a California Democrat who heads the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. "Like every aspect of the war, they didn't plan for the veterans." His defenders point out that the VA, which cares for 5.8 million former military personnel, is not responsible for the problems faced by active duty soldiers. Nicholson frequently found...
...fought in Iraq or Afghanistan, like Tammy Duckworth, an Army helicopter pilot who lost both legs in Iraq and is now director of veterans affairs in Illinois. Appointing Duckworth would send a message beyond the veterans community. She lost a congressional race last November, running as a Democrat...