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Helms this year became chairman of the Steering Committee, a powerful group of 25 conservative Senators who meet weekly to plan how they will work their will. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Helms will play a key role in the passage of this year's farm bill...
Conservatives generally are a lot more tough-minded than their counterparts on the left. Unlike the liberals who silently fumed at Jimmy Carter, Helms and his allies are always on the attack, even against their leader in the White House. Says Richard Viguerie, the direct-mail wizard who has raised...
Striking at Reagan, of course, is a touchy matter since conservatives, including Helms, are personally so fond of him. The President has already shown a willingness to compromise with the moderates, however, and the intransigent Helms will tolerate little of that. His constituents are complaining, he says, and Helms agrees...
For all his growing strength, Helms is not a charismatic man. People are stirred far less by his presence than by the fundamentalist message he preaches. He is moralistic, railing about good and evil, often simplistic and polarizing. His soft voice is a kind of disguise for the words he...
Raised in the small (pop. 11,584) North Carolina town of Monroe, where his father was both police and fire chief, Helms retains his country style. His frequent response to an inquiry about how he is doing is "Well enough to take some chicken broth." He stands at 6 ft...