Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Davenport Chafeeis an American politician from Rhode Island who has served as the Mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, in the United States Senate, and as the Governor of Rhode Island...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 March 1953
CityProvidence, RI
CountryUnited States of America
campaign contrary court lincoln nominee pledge refuse roe statement supreme uphold vote yesterday
U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee said yesterday that, contrary to a statement from a campaign aide, he would refuse to vote for confirmation of any Supreme Court nominee who will not pledge to uphold the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision.
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I don't approve of any new tax cuts until we can control our spending and address these deficits,
security year
It's a very tenuous security situation, ... I'd been there a year ago -- what a change.
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This review could also help the Administration and Congress to assess whether additional regulations are needed in order to protect consumers against price manipulation,
party caring conservative
I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.
metrics world embrace
Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.
party independent responsibility
Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate.
party responsibility reason
The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.
administration born
I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.
names groups republican
As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.
cases court freedom heard
women?s reproductive freedom - what is the court going to do in some of the cases that are pending and are going to be heard this fall.