Word: reformer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Today, however, it is hard to deny his importance on the American political landscape, both because he has become something of a beacon for the traditionally disaffected voter, and because he is locked in a battle for control of the Reform Party with its eccentric founder, H. Ross Perot...
Ventura, a Navy Seal-turned wrestler-turned commentator-turned actor-turned politician--won an astonishing electoral victory in 1998 as the Reform Party's nominee...
...first year in office, Ventura has focused on tax reform and cutting the state's bureaucracy...
...Reform Party's only elected official, Ventura carries a great deal of influence in forming the nascent party's national image...
...American people deserve more than partisan posturing and legislative gamesmanship on an issue this vital," he said in a speech practically interchangeable with various proclamations on everything from the budget to campaign finance reform. "A bipartisan majority is poised to pass this bill, but now they are being blocked by legislative tactics." For Republican leaders, who insist it?s the Democrats, not them, who?ve tied cement blocks to the bill, the goal is to position HMO reform as close as possible to the business interests that support them most fervently. That means limiting lawsuits and capping damage awards. Democrats...