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These new members of Congress could be more properly termed "first-term incumbents" as they quickly seemed to resemble those they replaced and prematurely focused on reelection. They are hardly to be blamed. Many of them were elected to open seats and any mandate they initially won may not carry over to next November...
...guard was the post-Watergate fallout of 1974. Two things were significant about 1974 that cannot be said of the class of 1992. First, many of the 1974 newcomers defeated incumbents; in 1992 many won open seats. Second, the 1974 incoming class were quickly swept up in the reforms that reshaped Congress during the 1970s, an earth-shattering moment in the institution's history. 1992 afforded no similar welcome for the first-term representatives...
...First-term member Anjalee C. Davis '94presented a counter motion which would haveresulted in house committees receiving the surplusfunds...
Johnson beat out first-term member Andrew J.Ehrlich...
...chaired the committee at a time when 15 ofthe 18 members were first-term," Garza said. "SoI've proven that I can work well with new people...