Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vote" was no less than political suicide in a district where the very mention of a tax increase amounts to political suicide. As the first Democrat to serve since World War I, Margolies-Mezvinsky would have had no prayer of being elected in 1992 without a promise to vote against any tax hike. Keeping that promise was her only hope of winning re-election...
...House Democrats re-elected Rep. Richard Gephardtof Missouri as their leader today, swatting away a centrist challenge from North Carolina Rep. Charlie Rose by a 150-58 vote. Gephardt, who ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988, will return to the post he's held since 1989 -- this time as head of a minority that, after today's vote, may swerve hard to the left. "Our mission is to represent workers, middle income families, the poor families of our country," Gephardt told reporters after the secret ballot. "I also look forward to winning the House back in 1996." His right-hand...