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...every shade -- whisked by with marching-band precision. Delegates clapped and swayed to a gospel choir as Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., sang back-up. There was an R&B singer in leather pants and a sermon delivered on the giant screens...
...to be signed into law. "In this process, you just have to be patient. It can be very frustrating," said Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., one of the key authors of the bill. From molasses tariffs to protect Louisiana sugar growers to tax...
...voted by acclamation for holdover Majority Leader Dick Armey and Majority Whip Tom DeLay, both of Texas, and for Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, Congress' lone black Republican, for the fourth-ranking job of Republican conference chairman. On...
...met last week with members of the Congressional Black Caucus. GOP congressional leaders also are pushing back. Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, the only black Republican in the House, said if Democrats are using issues "to engage your (political...
...across-the-board tax reductions are not the end, but only the beginning, for tax relief and tax fairness," said Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, the fourth-ranking House Republican. While most Democrats were opposed, majority Republicans predicted...
...he said. Reporters had gathered for his first public appearance since leaving the Klan. Watts, the uncle of Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., had warned his faithful the week before that the former KKK leader was coming. Many stayed home. The...
...nation's history, the report says, drawing on data from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. But Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, the sole black Republican in Congress, recently said he would not seek another term. The GOP has demonstrated...
Is Trent Lott the most recent victim of an overzealous media? Should we all have listened to Republican Rep. J.C. Watts and accepted Lott's apology, got out of our offices and done some holiday shopping? Only at the risk of slighting...
...and suspend the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax if pump prices top $2 a gallon this year. Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, the fourth-ranking House Republican, outlined the new House approach in a speech Friday: attack the...
...Representatives will vote on legislation on Tuesday to help save the lives of cardiac arrest victims,'' said Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., chairman of the House Republican Conference. Clinton said the newest models are about the same size...