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Article: Henry Hyde, R.I.P.
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- Human Life Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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We haven't lacked recently for congressmen who have disgraced Congress. Now, we've lost one who ennobled it.
Henry Hyde has died at age 83. He represented a suburban Chicago district in the House for 32 years before retiring last year in failing health. When political commentators lament the passing of a Golden Age in Congress, they usually are inventing an imagined past. But Henry Hyde really did embody a set of political qualities that have become rare in an age of hyperpartisanship and YouTube debates.
He had principles, but was never a fanatic. He was partisan, but never a bomb-thrower. He defended traditional values, but never was preachy. He was respected by both sides because he knew ...
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......former Illinois Representative Henry Hyde. "I admired Henry Hyde as much as anyone I have...was no better advocate than Henry Hyde. The Hyde Amendment, which...Henry was the leader of the House Managers presenting the case...sound leadership he provided. Henry ...
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