Word: vitalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...enough leverage to unseat a six-term incumbent. She says her tenure was marked by strict fiscal responsibility, and she cites her refusal to honor a $37,000 contract two outgoing commissioners had awarded to a lobbyist friend. In Washington she says she will fight for student loans, "vital social programs" and Medicare...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I believe all Hoosiers ought to have the opportunity to improve their standard of living and create a better future. That's why I voted to balance the budget while preserving vital investments in education, health care and job training...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "We have the amazing ability to obtain vital information on the computer. But unfortunately, many people just don't have access to the latest technology...
...York's vast North Country, federal programs are often a necessity, and McHugh has fought to retain some, like the Milk Marketing Board, which controls milk prices, and the Essential Air Service program, a subsidy that provides a vital air link for many rural communities. Still, he was named "most frugal" New York Congressman by the National Taxpayers Union, and has returned 30% of his staff salary for the past three years to reduce the national debt...
...social-studies teacher, MacBain, 34, says he's running because he's tired of the G.O.P. giving the government burden to the states, which are then forced to cut education to make ends meet. He's throwing his support to the elderly, environmental protection, tourism, fisheries and vineyards (all vital to his district)--and to education. Not a multimillionaire like his opponent, MacBain couldn't leave his job to campaign full-time. But running against a five-term incumbent who received 85% of the vote two years ago, that may have been a wise decision...