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Blain has been a truck builder and union member for 30 years (he retired this year), and his political credentials are pure working-class. So are his positions: He opposes free-trade agreements like NAFTA and gatt (the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) because he believes they expose the American laborer to harsher competition from abroad. He also supports family medical leave and regular, predictable increases in the minimum wage...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Why would you want to trade a Republican who is in the majority and has seniority for a Democrat who is in the minority and has no seniority...
BORN: Feb. 14, 1929, Walsenburg, Colo. EDUCATION: Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, 1959 FAMILY: Wife, Elvira Yorba; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Marines, 1947-50 OCCUPATION: Upholstery-company owner POLITICAL CAREER: Monterey Park mayor, 1974-75; California Assembly, 1981-82; U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 732, Alhambra...
BORN: Jan. 27, 1930, Miami, Ariz. EDUCATION: East Los Angeles Community College, 1959-63; California State U, Los Angeles, 1963-64; U of Maryland, 1965; American U, 1966 FAMILY: Wife, Arcy; five children RELIGION: NR MILITARY: Army 1949-53 OCCUPATION: International trade executive; auto worker; labor official POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: 908 East Lucille Avenue, West Covina...
After spending 20 years as a Christian missionary in Southeast Asia and seeing closed markets there, Tinsley is convinced that free-trade agreements such as NAFTA and GATT are a sham. Important to his forested district, Tinsley wants to loosen government prohibitions on logging, an idea in line with his general philosophy of small government...