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Thompson often sounds more Republican than Democrat in this conservative district. Like other Democrats, he supports medical and family leave and vows to protect Social Security, but he also opposes abortion and supports workfare. In our schools, he would like to see more "respect for authority" and points with pride to his support in the Louisiana House for bills that would allow school prayer. Along with his opponent, he would reduce the tax burden on the middle class...
...chance to fill this seat when 36-year incumbent Edward Boland retired in 1988. Eight years later, with a Capitol Hill reputation for working effectively behind the scenes, he sits on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. He voted for medical leave and the line-item veto but, to protect his district's medical-service industries, balked at the President's 1993 health-care plan...
...experience he's used as a major theme in his campaign. Young, who grew up in the vast woods of Aroostook County and picked potatoes for his spending money, pledges to empower Americans by tearing down the wall-like structures of Big Government. He wants to cut taxes, protect private property and generally get Washington out of the way of citizen prosperity...
...served 41 continuous years in the House, more than any other member. The 6 ft., 3 in. lawyer, called "Big John" and "the Grand Inquisitor," is the ranking Democrat on the Commerce Committee. Dingell is basically liberal but favors aggressive foreign policy, a weaker Clean Air Act--to protect his district's automakers--and a reduction in trial lawyers' leverage in product-liability suits...
...many ways, Kruszynski is a traditional liberal: he wants to preserve Medicare and Social Security, protect the environment and support education. In others he's more like a New Democrat: he supports welfare reform and balancing the budget by fighting abuses of the system. But while the Muskegon native, campaigning in his father's 1950 Ford pickup, has several key endorsements, including one from the uaw, the Second District usually votes Republican...