Word: tanner
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...JOHN TANNER (D) District 8 (West--Jackson; part of Shelby County...
...Tanner is a conservative blue-dog Democrat and founder of the Coalition, a group of 22 conservative House Democrats dedicated to fiscal and social reform. In 1995 they put forth their own welfare plan, which helped lay the groundwork for this year's bill. He joins G.O.P. conservatives in voting against gun control and federal funding of abortion, and was an early supporter of the line-item veto and a balanced-budget amendment. His opponent will have a hard time being more Republican than Tanner sometimes seems...
Running to unseat four-term incumbent John Tanner, Watson is a busy man. This firefighter, the fourth of 12 sons from a rural Shelby County family, thinks Tanner is "rich and a nice fellow," but not a good representative for the Eighth. He especially disagrees with Tanner's lack of support for constitutional amendments limiting congressional terms and banning desecration of the U.S. flag...
...have any chance at winning the presidency, needs to either win or make Clinton work hard to keep. As he enters his 81-day sprint for the presidency, Dole appears relaxed and ready. At Friday morning's GOP event, Dole's face was absolutely relaxed and if possible even tanner than the night before. Even the backs of his hands were a deep walnut brown. He joked about his Thursday night speech: "I came 20 minutes early because I don't have to practice my speech any more." For now, though, Dole is officially at the head of an uphill...
...Tanner said that she hoped to bring the viewpoint of Agassiz neighborhood tenants to Harvard students...