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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 12:47 PM Nov 2012

Former Sen. Warren Rudman Dead At 82

Source: TPM



PEMA LEVY 10:12 AM EST, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Former New Hampshire Sen. Warren Rudman died overnight, the Union Leader reports. He was 82. He had been in declining health.

Rudman was a co-author of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction act.

He was best known, however, for his co-writing of the bill with fellow Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas and Democrat Ernest Hollings of South Carolina. The bill required “sequestration’’ of federal funding if deficit targets were not reached. The move helped reduce the deficit during the 1990s. President Bill Clinton asked Rudman to become his Treasury secretary but Rudman declined.

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Former Sen. Warren Rudman Dead At 82 (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2012 OP
RIP Sen. Rudman. nt. glacierbay Nov 2012 #1
RIP! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #2
My initial scan of title.. yesphan Nov 2012 #3
Rest In Peace Senator. are_you_serious_1234 Nov 2012 #4

yesphan

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3. My initial scan of title..
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 03:35 PM
Nov 2012

"Sen. Warren dead" for just a split second.......................

RIP Senator Rudman.

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