Word: solider
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...Contract with America, which he calls the Contract on America. Facing Bill Paxon, one of Newt Gingrich's lieutenants, Fricano has made hay of Paxon's vote against the minimum-wage hike. In this battle between labor and the G.O.P. Congress, Fricano has strong support despite the district's solid Republicanism...
...Crimes Against Children Prevention Act, which increased sentences for those convicted of child pornography, and supports a "two-strikes" policy: those convicted of two violent crimes would be sentenced to life. That, along with his protection of the Sandia National Laboratories for nuclear and solar research, has earned him solid victories in the past three elections...
...three-term Doolittle, a solid conservative, is an active member of the Agriculture Committee and steadfast ally of the Farm Bureau. As a member of the Resources Committee, he is a stubborn opponent of federally funded environmental-protection bills...
...antiabortion candidate; his campaign posters feature the tiny feet of a 10-week-old fetus. An elder and deacon at his church, he promotes "Principles over Politics," his campaign slogan. Reece's principles are orthodox conservative, with heavy emphasis against "meddlesome government." His base of support is solid, but probably not deep or wide enough to win this overwhelmingly Democratic district...
Though the four-term representative has solid conservative credentials--which suits his white, agricultural constituents just fine--he broke ranks in 1993 to vote for the Clinton-backed family medical leave bill. More consistent with his conservatism, Gillmor introduced legislation to bar Congress from issuing federal mandates without financially backing them...