Word: hecklers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leading young liberals in Congress. He won his first term in what had traditionally been a Democratic district. But the Commonwealth lost a Congressional seat following the 1980 census, and the ensuing redistricting combined Frank's turf with that of 15-year veteran Republican Rep. Margaret Heckler. Three-fourths of the new area is made up of Heckler's old district, and Frank, by all counts, faces a tough fight for reelection...
...gerrymandering. In Indiana, which will lose one seat, the G.O.P.-dominated legislature passed a plan that put three Democratic incumbents into the same district. The G.O.P. has also profited from internecine warfare among the Democrats. In Massachusetts, which must shed one seat, the Democratic legislature pushed Republican Congresswoman Margaret Heckler and Democratic Congressman Barney Frank into the same district. The new seat contains about 70% of Heckler's old district, and the legislators stoutly refused to tack on the Democratic city of Framingham to bolster Frank's chances. The abrasive Frank evidently made a lot of enemies...
Still both organizers and congressional friends of the student effort cautioned repeatedly against overconfidence Of the otherwise "solid" Massachusetts delegation. Rep Margaret Heckler and Sylvio O Contri-the only two Republicans in the group--spoke enthustastistically this week in support of educational opportunity declaring then opposition to any further cuts...
...Jumping on the political bandwagon" was a charged leveled not only at Conti and Heckler but at rally speakers and at 21 Republican congressmen who signed a letter supporting financial...
...redistricting plan approved by the House (after census figures showed the state would lose a congressman) is expected to give Republican Heckler a victory over first-term liberal Frank. Under the plan. which has yet to win final approval but is seen as likely to stay intact. Frank will retain only two towns from his old district, while Heckler will maintain 68 per cent of her former constituents...