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Moore's resentment of downsizing policies is a result of the devastation his hometown of Flint, Michigan suffered when the original General Motors factory closed its doors and destroyed the town's employment base. This was the subject of his first film, "Roger & Me," which he made without previous filmmaking experience, and Flint continues to be a point of reference in his discourse on the working class...
...your story on the bonobo great apes, I would like to note that for the past 50 years I have studied the social behavior of monkeys and apes. Popular books on the subject, preoccupied with male power and violence, repeatedly underplay the central role of the female in human evolution...
Though usually mainstream Republican, Ashe has some unusual ideas on congressional reform. He believes bills should have only one subject; congressional sessions should last no longer than 100 days; congressional pay should be reduced; and the annual budget process should be biennial. Ashe knows he may not defeat the 32-year incumbent, but he is grateful to get his Republican message...
...fourth term to continue tackling the deficit: in 1996 he was rated the No. 1 deficit hawk in the House by the National Taxpayers' Union. A recovering alcoholic, he sponsored a bill in August to fund a $3 million study on alcoholism, and often speaks on the subject. A long-time politico, he met President John F. Kennedy in 1963 at the same, now famous Rose Garden ceremony attended by a young Bill Clinton...
ABORTION. House: Would you have voted for the bill to ban so-called partial-birth abortions, in which the doctor removes the fetus' brain tissue after bringing the fetus into the birth canal? Under the bill, doctors who perform the procedure could be subject to criminal and civil penalties. [H: HR1833. Passed, H vote: 288-139] Senate: Would you have voted for the amendment to a bill prescribing criminal and civil penalties for doctors who perform so-called partial-birth abortions? The amendment would have provided legal protections for doctors who used the procedure to protect the life or health...