Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From the Great Depression to the oil-price shock of 1979, Michigan more often than not voted Democrat. Though the loss of some 160,000 auto-production jobs in the early '80s gave the G.O.P. an opening--it picked up two congressional seats in 1994--Clinton beat Bush in 1992, and the Democrats are favored to hold their congressional-delegation majority this year...
Coburn broke a 74-year-old mold by winning this seat, which had been the Democrats' since 1920. With no political experience, he promised to read every bill that crossed his desk and burned lots of midnight oil fulfilling the pledge. (He also kept delivering babies on weekends.) A devotee of health-care issues, Coburn promotes the G.O.P. plan to save Medicare by limiting its funding increases to 7% a year...
BORN: June 9, 1935, Beaver EDUCATION: Panhandle A&M College, B.A., 1957, B.M.E., 1959 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Unspecified MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Oil-and-gas investor; title consultant; rancher POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 18698, Oklahoma City...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Building dams, bridges, highways and high-speed rail systems throughout the U.S. will generate long-term and high-paying jobs to resurrect the middle class, create a much-needed transportation system, reduce unemployment, reduce reliance on foreign oil and put our economy in high gear...
...Lefty" Morris believes his moderate political ideology suits his rural, oil-rich, Gulf Coast district just fine. He is a staunch supporter of federal regulation to protect the environment and a believer in the war on drugs. Morris also agrees that "wasteful government programs" should be halted, but wouldn't follow the G.O.P. path in cutting agricultural programs, Medicare and funding for education. His campaign slogan: LEFTY IS RIGHT...