Word: protecters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "The Republican Contract [with America] doesn't serve the people in this area...Why give a tax cut when you don't have the money to balance the budget? I will go to Washington and protect jobs and money for education and farmers...
Jones crossed over to the G.O.P. when he lost the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1992--and is staying on the horse he rode in on: he opposes tax increases on tobacco, a staple of his district's economy; he's for reforming Medicare and Medicaid but vows to protect senior citizens; and he opposes congressional pay hikes...
...with a semiautomatic weapon killed six and injured 19 on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993, Lazio broke with his party to support the 1994 Clinton crime bill and the assault-weapons ban. Lazio speaks out against Big Government, but has also voted for legislation to protect access to abortion clinics...
Trujillo, a former mayor of Santa Fe, earned the daunting privilege of going up against the heavily favored incumbent, Pete Domenici, by winning 72% of the vote in the party primary. A moderate Democrat, he vows to make education his No. 1 priority, protect college loans and reinstate full funding for Head Start programs. A big reason to hope for victory: New Mexico voted for Clinton...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The government should protect the people, equalize the playing field. The gap between rich and middle is too wide...