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...balanced budget. But they make no attempt to work out a unified position, and their organization is the loosest on Capitol Hill: the forum has no chairman, no staff, no offices, not even any set schedule for meeting. When a member wants a meeting, he notifies Charles Stenholm, a cotton farmer from Texas who has been designated "coordinator." At the meetings, members simply talk and break up without taking any nose counts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South Rises Again in Congress | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

Conservative Democrats have made surprising headway in elections for committee chairmanships, while 33 representatives from the South and South-west have created a right-wing coalition already dubbed the Redneck Caucus. Headed by Rep. Charles W. Stenholm (D-Texas), the group has promised to join Republicans in floor fights against progressive social programs...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Hill Conservatives Begin the Offensive | 12/11/1980 | See Source »

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