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<text id=92TT0879>
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Apr. 20, 1992: The Bums Throw Themselves Out
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Apr. 20, 1992 Why Voters Don't Trust Clinton
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 24
NATION
The Bums Throw Themselves Out
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<p>Scandals and frustration inspire an exodus from Capitol Hill
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<p> At the rate they're fleeing Capitol Hill, lawmakers may make
the term-limits movement obsolete. Already, 47 members have said
they will quit the House at the end of this term, and 11 have
been thrown out in primary elections; the exodus is the largest
since 49 House members left voluntarily in 1978. A few say they
are leaving because recent scandals have driven public regard
for Congress to a new low. Throw in the effects of
redistricting, and up to one-third of the 435 House members may
be newcomers in November.
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<p> Seven Senators have announced they will not seek
re-election, including North Dakota Democrat Kent Conrad, who
said he would pack it in after a single term if the deficit had
not been reduced; he was as good as his word. The latest:
Colorado Democrat Tim Wirth, also quitting after one term. Like
New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman, who bailed out last month,
Wirth cited his frustration over deadlock and partisan bickering
on Capitol Hill. But like many fellow incumbents, he may also
have foreseen a tough re-election campaign. In 1989 Wirth sought
to ease restrictions on junk-bond trading; his opponents point
out that the bankrupt investment firm Drexel Burnham Lambert--which specialized in junk bonds--contributed $41,000 to
Wirth's campaigns.
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