Word: ruralism
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...York's vast North Country, federal programs are often a necessity, and McHugh has fought to retain some, like the Milk Marketing Board, which controls milk prices, and the Essential Air Service program, a subsidy that provides a vital air link for many rural communities. Still, he was named "most frugal" New York Congressman by the National Taxpayers Union, and has returned 30% of his staff salary for the past three years to reduce the national debt...
Winning by a narrow margin in his two House races, Hinchey may be too liberal for this rural midstate district. He supports strong environmental regulation, the pro-choice movement and AIDS funding. Opponent Sue Wittig is trying to exploit Hinchey's liberal soft spot, but he is counting on Ithaca, home to Cornell University, and the labor centers of Binghamton to send him back to Washington...
THOMAS FRICANO (D) District 27 (Suburban Buffalo and rural west--Amherst...
...honesty, he announced that he is gay; then his brother Stanley and six other relatives--a sister-in-law, nephew, nephew's wife, cousin and cousin's wife--endorsed his opponent. (Barby explained that his brother had long supported the G.O.P.) Barby wants to strengthen education and the rural economy, but he faces a battle on one issue: in this gun-toting district, he supports the Brady Bill and the assault-weapons...
...Leinbach, the Founding Fathers envisioned fiscal and individual responsibility, the protection of individual rights and the sanctity of private property. To those ends, he supported welfare reform and condemns the tax system. He argues for laws that would recycle and upgrade old industrial sites instead of building factories on rural land, a rare commodity in this industrial district...