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...feminist who has mastered the art of manipulating the Senate majority leader," ultra-conservative guru Paul Weyrich wrote last week in the Washington Times. "Men of his generation don't know how to handle aggressive women of a younger generation." Robert Novak, whose newspaper column is a bulletin board of the latest mood swings among movement conservatives, implied last month that Burke's brand of "militant feminism is the heart of the welfare problem." And, of course, comparisons with the pre-eminent woman of influence in Washington are inevitable: "If the American people like Hillary Clinton, they will love Sheila...
That the religious right could virtually dictate an important part of the congressional agenda was unimaginable when the modern movement began in 1979. Back then, such conservatives as Paul Weyrich and Richard Viguerie helped Falwell set up the Moral Majority. Their idea was to mobilize white Evangelicals in the South and border states-many of whom had once supported former President Jimmy Carter-against Washington's perceived intrusiveness. The Moral Majority gained legitimacy, along with White House access, during the Reagan years, but Falwell neglected to build real foundations at the grass roots. So other groups were formed to fill...
Launched last year by right-winger Paul Weyrich's Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, NET currently reaches 10 million homes and, is working on an agreement with cable giant Tele-Communications that would put the network into 12 million more. NET vice chairman Burton Pines attributes the network's growth to Gingrich's electoral success. "It is making Washington the hottest story in maybe a half-century," contends Pines. "And as public fascination with Washington increases, even if it's morbid interest, there will be greater interest in our programming...
...Weyrich founded NET more than two years ago. The network is the most recent creation of the man who also founded the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington...
...planning an expansion, Weyrich said. Beginning next month, regular cable subscribers will have access to the network 24 hours...