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...impeach wouldn't have to worry about a backlash. "What DeLay's been saying is, 'This vote isn't going to hurt you; it will mean conservatives won't bother you anymore,'" says a source close to the Texan. For some moderates, that could be an important consideration. Marge Roukema, a New Jersey Republican known for her willingness to break with her more conservative colleagues, came close to losing her seat this year in a primary battle with a right-wing challenger. Last Tuesday she declared that she opposed censure--which she later called a "cop-out"--and was leaning...
...deficit a top priority, Auer is a liberal. A native of Germany with first-hand experience of a state-run health-care system, he supports universal health care, wants defense-spending cuts and thinks gays should be allowed to serve in the military. But after losing to Marge Roukema by 52 points in 1994, Auer is an underdog, especially in this Republican district...
...MARGE ROUKEMA (R) District...
After eight terms, Roukema is the senior Republican woman in the House and one of its most influential G.O.P. moderates. The American Conservative Union consistently gives her tepid ratings of just over 50%. A pro-choice environmentalist, her party's leadership nonetheless entrusts her with the chair of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee...
...bill establishing a two-year commission to study the economic impact of gambling, the influence of gaming's political contributions, state-lottery advertising, gambling-related crime and Internet betting. "The moral, social, economic and political ramifications of gambling are far too great to go unaddressed," says Republican Representative Marge Roukema from New Jersey, a state that has the second biggest gaming industry after Nevada. "We must carefully evaluate what has become an uncontrollable epidemic that has destroyed peoples' lives and families...