Word: hawk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bennett, who participated: "That may have been the first time that Dole realized that it was not an either-or choice. Here were serious economists, not supply-side ideologues, saying yes, you can get greater growth in the economy by cutting taxes and you can remain a deficit hawk at the same time." Weeks later, though, Dole intimated to a vanquished rival from the primaries, publisher Steve Forbes, that he was still not altogether convinced. When they met in late May, Dole admitted being impressed by the excitement Forbes had aroused preaching a flat tax--which Dole had publicly called...
...G.O.P. would dearly like to win the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat David Pryor and persuaded Hutchinson, who was considered a shoo-in for re-election in the traditionally Republican Third District, to take a chance. Hutchinson, a balanced-budget hawk who proposed tough welfare restrictions for unwed mothers, is now declaring his respect for Pryor, vowing to protect Medicare and pledging to give workers a bigger take-home check...
McInnis broke into this previously Democratic district in 1992 and was re-elected by a landslide. The former police officer now sits on the prestigious Rules Committee, the watchdog for all House members. A deficit hawk, he made headlines as a freshman for sleeping on a sofa in his office to save taxpayers' money. He also supports the line-item veto and term limits and sponsored a 1995 program to provide lab and computer equipment to schools...
Going after the Speaker of the House, Coles is attempting what amounts to a coup in Georgia's Sixth. In a Republican district that has gone for button-down Democrats like Governor Zell Miller and Senator Sam Nunn, Coles sells himself as a crime-fighting deficit hawk. Though he built his $100 million cookie company from virtually nothing and recovered from a motorcycle accident after doctors told him he would never walk again, can he silence the Speaker...
Linder has gained a reputation as a budget hawk and an advocate for small business during his two terms on Capitol Hill. He is also tight with G.O.P. honchos: when Newt Gingrich considered running for President, he enlisted Linder's help. But even with Republican patronage and four years' experience, Linder, like all other Georgia candidates for the House, is testing his incumbency in a redrawn district...