Word: democratizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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RICHMOND -- DOUGLAS WILDER's scuttling of his independent Senate candidacy in Virginia probably saves the seat for incumbent Democrat Chuck Robb. But wait -- there's a flip side: Democrats may lose two tight House races in which they were counting on a large turnout of blacks voting for Wilder to translate into votes for regular Democrats lower down on the ticket...
...mental instability. Conservative Senators like Bob Dole and Jesse Helms claimed that Aristide was a rabid anti-American, a hatemonger and a quasi-communist. Although the charges have been largely discredited, the attacks did serious damage to his reputation at a time when his stature as a democrat...
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell declared health care reform dead for this session of Congress, joining Republicans who rang the death knell last week -- and blaming them, too. The Maine Democrat on Friday made a last-ditch effort to round up a filibuster-proof 60 votes for a moderate health package, but the GOP and a few opposing Democrats held firm. Mitchell also ignored a group of liberal lawmakers who wanted a stripped-down reform package that would cover children. The next chapter: November, when the Election Day blame game begins...
...Kennedy's strongest appeal may be his clout in the Senate. The incumbent is still considered an effective legislator, still has the president's ear and still holds important positions on two prominent Senate committees; he is the chair of the Labor and Human Resources committee and the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. This summer, he was instrumental in securing the confirmation of Law School lecturer Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...their police "attaches." Whether he likes it or not, that's a major concession U.S. officials agreed to in former President Jimmy Carter's deal with the dictators last Sunday. Aristide made his stand clear in a meeting with three U.S. Senators -- including one of the Carter team, Georgia Democrat Senator Sam Nunn -- and said he would return to Haiti as soon as U.S. forces there say it's safe...