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...troubles continue to mount for Congresswoman Enid Waldholtz. Tuesday, the Utah Republican filed from divorce from her husband Joe, who has been missing since Saturday amid a federal investigation for possible campaign finance violations. Wednesday, Enid Waldholtz was under media fire for failing to explain how she came up with $1.8 million in personal cash that many believe was the decisive factor in her 1994 victory over Democrat Karen Shepherd. Waldholtz maintains that the money came from family sources, but opponents question whether the money came from the estate of her husband's mentally incapacitated grandmother. Joe Waldholtz is suspected...
TIME's Viveca Novak reports that Rep. Waldholtz has been a rising star among new GOP members of Congress. Among her distinctions: she is the first freshman in 70 years to be placed on the House Rules Committee. "She's been big on congressional reform efforts. In fact, her bill on gift reform is coming to the floor Thursday. She has handled herself fairly well, she managed to get a little highway funding pork sent back home to Utah, so she's quickly learned how to play the game...
...other side concedes, shrewdly. Rather than trying to overturn Roe v. Wade entirely, they are focusing on more narrow questions that tap into the nation's deep ambivalence about abortion. "We are not trying to come in and suddenly make radical changes," said freshman Republican Enid Greene Waldholtz of Utah. "We're trying to address the legitimate concerns of people who think the pendulum has swung too far." Says Ralph Reed, executive director of the Christian Coalition, whose Contract with the American Family is the blueprint for much of the legislation: "We don't want to overplay our hand with...
...town-hall meetings, explaining what they had done. Says Brad Todd, an aide to Tennessee Congressman Van Hilleary: "We had a lot of educating to do." And while the reaction was, for the most part, complimentary or at least polite, "it's a very volatile situation," notes Representative Enid Waldholtz of Utah. "What we need to do is listen better to what people are saying...
...Waldholtz, who represents Utah's most liberal county, around Salt Lake City, fielded questions for an hour on Bob Lee's radio talk show on station ksl. One caller phoned in worried about Social Security. "Nobody I know is talking about cutting Social Security," said Waldholtz. "Social Security is off the table." A young woman asked about Medicare: "You say we owe the older people because they've been paying in to this, but I'm seeing part of my money going out to other people every month." Said Waldholtz: "Part of the problem is that our government made...