Word: democratizing
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Andrews has compiled a record in the House that is liberal on cultural issues but conservative, for a Democrat, on the economy and foreign policy. He has voted against several tax increases and in 1994 proposed the "A-to-Z" plan, which would have set aside 56 hours of debate for budget-cutting proposals. More successful was a bill creating the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, which Andrews drafted...
Meara is a nonpartisan Democrat who is antiabortion like his opponent, supports "workfare" and wants to tighten immigration restrictions. More traditionally, he is a pro-labor NAFTA dissident and would have voted for Clinton's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military. Still, these "old" Democrat positions may not work against incumbent Christopher Smith, who beat his last challenger...
Passing effective anticrime laws, implementing education reform and preventing "corporate welfare" are what this Democrat vows to do in the House. Butler, who met with President Clinton in June as part of a Democratic congressional workshop on the new Families First agenda, claims Susan Molinari is as conservative as Newt Gingrich...
McNulty, the only New York Democrat to be endorsed by the state's Conservative Party, opposes abortion, supports an amendment to criminalize flag desecration and endorsed the Contract with America except its welfare-reform and tax-cut provisions. The Democrats have long called this district home, but the 21st is far from a liberal stronghold, and McNulty has quietly supported these voters' interests for the past eight years...
...friend Newt Gingrich. In a heated exchange on the House floor this year, he invited assault-weapons-ban advocate Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) to "step outside." He takes good care of his district, though, and his odds for a 10th term are good--the district is only 23% Democrat...