Word: nethercutt
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...GEORGE NETHERCUTT (R) District 5 (East--Spokane...
When he was elected to Congress last November, George Nethercutt became a national symbol of the Republican revolt -- not only against the Democrats but also against the ancient culture of buying votes and campaign contributions with taxpayer money. A political newcomer, Nethercutt had taken on the towering Speaker of the House, Tom Foley, and turned the Democratic incumbent's traditional advantage -- his ability to deliver everything from federal buildings to highway construction to his district -- into a liability. "Pork comes with a price," Nethercutt reminded voters, one that would be paid by their grandchildren unless all Americans pitched...
These days, though, Nethercutt is making exceptions for some Americans. During a recent session of the House Appropriations Committee, he helped beat back a proposal to cut crop subsidies to farm owners who earn more than $100,000 a year in nonfarm income, a measure known as the "Sam Donaldson Amendment,'' after the abc newsman who collected five-figure federal subsidies over the past two years to support his New Mexico sheep ranch. When asked why wealthy farmers should not help balance the budget, Nethercutt, sounding remarkably like Foley, replies that some spending programs are "just a sensible...
Like other political movements before it, the radical right in America today has its extremist component, which plainly was a force in the 1994 elections. For instance, George Nethercutt, the giant-slayer Congressman who knocked off former House Speaker Tom Foley in Washington State, drew strength from radio shows where callers talked about sightings of black helicopters and U.N. plans to set up a secret compound in the state. In neighboring Idaho, Helen Chenoweth upended an environmentalist Democratic incumbent in part by saying that the only endangered species was the "white Anglo-Saxon male...
...Washington State, Americans for Limited Terms spent $320,000 on radio and television ads attacking House Speaker Tom Foley for opposing congressional term limits. Foley was defeated by Spokane lawyer George Nethercutt...