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...word to NRA lobbyists: he was a fierce sponsor of the assault-weapons ban and the Brady Bill, which mandates a five-day waiting period before buying a handgun. He also sponsored a law making it illegal to obstruct access to abortion clinics, a popular move in the liberal Ninth. By no means camera shy, Schumer may be setting himself up to bid for New York's governorship...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Statistics indicate that youth and talent are leaving the area to find jobs and lives somewhere else. For the future of our children...[w]e need to grant them better opportunities and a reason to raise families here in the Ninth District...
...sign of his local status. If he shakes off some recent ethics problems, the man known as "Mr. Transportation" in his district--where you can drive on the Bud Shuster Highway and the Bud Shuster Byway--should be able to continue to bring infrastructure goodies to the Ninth...
BORN: Nov. 23, 1947, Oklahoma City, Okla. EDUCATION: Polk Junior College, A.A., 1968; U of Florida, B.S., 1971 FAMILY: Wife, Beverly Chandler; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Management consultant; small-business owner POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 1617 Fannin, Ninth Floor, Houston...
Hansen, who has had the longest tenure of any Utah Representative, is seeking his ninth term. A key voice for local control in what some residents call the "war on the West," he opposes overdevelopment, but not enough to get the support of some environmentalists, who want Hansen to do more to protect the Western wilderness. Hansen has also led efforts to limit tobacco advertising...