Letters urging turnout in Chaves County June 4 primary
A joint message from Republican and Democratic chairs of Chaves County urges residents to vote in the June 4 2002 primary. It highlights expected low turnout elsewhere, boosts local impact, and notes contested races. A second letter from Bob Wooley of Roswell updates Keith Gardner supporters about his campaign after his mother's death and invites help.
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Republican Party
Chaves County
Democratic Party
Keith Gardner
Keith
Steve Pearce Endorsement Acknowledges War Veteran Community Ties
A Hobbs reader endorses Steve Pearce for Congress highlighting his Vietnam service with the Distinguished Flying Cross, community involvement including basketball games and 4-H Hall of Fame induction, and leadership on New Mexico water rights while noting his pro life and anti drug record as a state representative.
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Steve Pearce
Steve
Hobbs
New Mexico
Vietnam
Phelps Anderson for Congress Seeks Chaves County Support
A Roswell area letter urges voters in Chaves County to back Phelps Anderson in the June 4 primary. It claims debates over candidates and notes local ties and jobs. The piece argues Anderson as a truthful, homegrown choice for Roswell and the region.
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Steve Pearce
Ed Tinsley
Meredith
Capitan
Albuquerque
Chaves County
Phelps Anderson
Roswell
Hobbs
Phelps
Record turnout appeal from Margaret Barbour
An election turnout appeal urges a record vote on June 4 2002 noting young service members abroad. It emphasizes the right and duty to elect leaders and ends with a thanks from Margaret Barbour urging readers to vote Tuesday June 4 2002.
Congress must share blame for intelligence failures
The piece argues Thomas Congress should be held accountable for intelligence failures tracing back 30 years to covert FBI surveillance during Vietnam protests. It criticizes FISA of 1979 as a liberal reform that hindered warrants, notes the Moussaoui case, and warns of civil liberties risks in reorganizing CIA FBI operations while urging vigilance against government overreach.
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Carter
Edward Kennedy
Birch Bayh
Peter Rodino
Edward
Minneapolis
Moussaoui
U.S
Cloture Evolves as Senate Rules Shift in 20th Century
In 1917 the first cloture rule limited debate with two thirds of senators present, but interpretations weakened its effect on motions to consider. The Southern bloc led by Richard Russell used filibuster to block civil rights proposals. Over time the rule expanded and power shifted to new senators, including Clinton Anderson, while old traditions faded and expectations for freshman lawmakers faded. The note recalls Anderson’s 1949 Senate entry and a personal horned lizard sighting, with a tease of future topics on atomic energy wilderness and Medicare.
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Richard Russell
Georgia
Clinton Anderson
Hiram Johnson
California
Walter George
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Wilderness
Medicare
Soviet Union
U.S
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