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
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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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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.
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What I'm trying to figure (is) why these conservatives are pushing the bigger and bigger tax cuts when, traditionally, conservatives have been opposed to deficits,
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On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president.
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I worry about 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Where are we going to be in this age of nuclear weapons, where there is no margin for error?
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We don't like taxes, ... But at the same time, we have to make sure we're doing responsible thing and not getting into tremendous deficits.
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the Defense Department credit for allowing us to go under these circumstances so now we can come back to the American public and describe what we saw.
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I said I would support the process. If there is a $1.6 trillion tax cut in there I'm not going to vote for it.
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By the virtue of its thoroughness, the local application was successful,
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I know he feels strongly about it, but there are others who feel strongly about certain tax issues,
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If you gut the habitat, you're really gutting the act, ... This is a critical part of any recovery. Habitat is absolutely essential to any species.
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I don't really have a price tag. We should debate on how to use the surplus and not just rush to spend it,
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I don't think that would get the votes needed over here.
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I don't think any of us were really happy with the apologies.