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<title>&apos;Senator No&apos; waged tough battles</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177226168</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 12:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  his biggest mark in Washington with what he prevented. Sen. Jesse Helms chaired the Senate Agriculture Committee during the 1980s, where he took a strong stand for tobacco farmers. In person,  ...
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<title>To fans, Helms fought rightly</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177224173</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  had little chance of passage. He later gained seniority to become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. There, he fought against tobacco legislation he  ...
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<title>Jesse Helms dies at 86</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177222022</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 10:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Marxism.&quot; Helms often prevailed by sheer stubbornness, wearing down opponents. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 1980s, he protected tobacco&apos;s federal subsidy against growing pressure from anti-smoking groups.  ...
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<title>Jesse Helms, &apos;Senator No,&apos; dies at 86</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177211988</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 08:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Marxism.&quot; Helms often prevailed by sheer stubbornness, wearing down opponents. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 1980s, he protected tobacco&apos;s federal subsidy against growing pressure from anti-smoking groups.  ...
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<title>Jesse Helms, GOP icon, dead at 86</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177211571</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 08:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  extend to tobacco price supports, which he stoutly defended as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee (he was chairman from 1985-87). Well aware that North Carolina produces more tobacco than  ...
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<title>Conservative icon dies</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177208625</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  fought improved trade relations with China, and in the mid-1980s, as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, he reworked the price-support system for tobacco. He blocked nominees for the federal courts,  ...
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<title>Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177201399</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Marxism.&quot; Helms often prevailed by sheer stubbornness, wearing down opponents. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 1980s, he protected tobacco&apos;s federal subsidy against growing pressure from anti-smoking groups.  ...
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<title>Jesse Helms: NC&apos;s most famous politician, &apos;Senator No&apos; recalled for conservatism, stubborness</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177175132</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 22:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  had little chance of passage. He later gained seniority to become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. There, he fought against tobacco legislation he  ...
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<title>Epic NC politician&apos;s life ends on Fourth of July</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177174903</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 22:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  had little chance of passage. He later gained seniority to become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. There, he fought against tobacco legislation he  ...
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<title>Jesse Helms dies; former U.S. senator used race-baiting campaign tactics</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177174155</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 22:46 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Marxism.&quot; Helms often prevailed by sheer stubbornness, wearing down opponents. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 1980s, he protected tobacco&apos;s federal subsidy against growing pressure from anti-smoking groups.  ...
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<title>Epic NC politician&apos;s life ends on Fourth of July</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177173547</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 22:45 GMT</pubDate>
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...  had little chance of passage. He later gained seniority to become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. There, he fought against tobacco legislation he  ...
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<title>Jesse Helms, former North Carolina senator, dies at age 86</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177164107</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 19:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Marxism.&quot; Helms often prevailed by sheer stubbornness, wearing down opponents. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 1980s, he protected tobacco&apos;s federal subsidy against growing pressure from anti-smoking groups.  ...
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<title>Jesse Helms Timeline</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177154497</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 17:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  wins a second Senate term, defeating John Ingram. 1981: Helms becomes chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee; defending tobacco and fighting expansion of the food stamp program emerge as his major  ...
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<title>Former U.S. senator Jesse Helms dies; unyielding Southerner relied on race-baiting campaign tactics</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177151258</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 17:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Marxism.&quot; Helms often prevailed by sheer stubbornness, wearing down opponents. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 1980s, he protected tobacco&apos;s federal subsidy against growing pressure from anti-smoking groups.  ...
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<title>Former GOP Sen. Jesse Helms dies at age 86</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177145511</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Marxism.&quot; Helms often prevailed by sheer stubbornness, wearing down opponents. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in the 1980s, he protected tobacco&apos;s federal subsidy against growing pressure from anti-smoking groups.  ...
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