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Article: The last of his kind in Congress: With the pending retirement of Sen. Jesse Helms, few are prepared to inherit his mantle as lion of the far right.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 23, 2001
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Byline: Peter Grier, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor; and Patrik Jonsson
WASHINGTON AND RALEIGH, N.C. -- For decades, he has been "Senator No," a man who could singlehandedly scuttle major appointments by presidents of either party or force a revamp of the United Nations budget.
Sen. Jesse Helms's retirement may well mark the passage of an era when US political conservatives were defined by what they opposed, as much as what they were for, and felt little need to market themselves as compassionate.
Throughout his career, the courtly, cherubic Republican from North Carolina has been proud to be Congress's most powerful ...