Word: democratizer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Saunders wants more education and fewer prisons--which means more government money for the former to save money on the latter. A moderate Democrat on social policy, Saunders believes in retraining programs to help the poor find jobs and supported the higher minimum wage as an incentive to stay off the dole...
Congressional delegation: One Democrat, seven Republicans...
Entering the Senate after a special election to fill the seat vacated by retiring Democrat David Boren, Inhofe now face's Boren's eccentric cousin. Inhofe himself is known for some verbal eccentricities, like denouncing the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as "gestapo bureaucracies." With a strong conservative record, however, he plays well in this Bible Belt state...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Why would you want to trade a Republican who is in the majority and has seniority for a Democrat who is in the minority and has no seniority...
After 27 years as a bridge-hydraulics engineer, Forsythe was looking forward to retiring and spending time with his family. But when it seemed there would be no Democrat to challenge incumbent Ernest Istook, he delayed his plans. Forsythe has taken his campaign to the people by driving from town to town in a white pickup with wife Rosie. Education is a big concern: he opposes funneling federal money to private schools through vouchers, and wants to strengthen public schools instead...