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WILLIAM PROXMIRE; The man from Wisconsin
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William Proxmire, who represented Wisconsin in the Senate for 32
years before his retirement in 1989, was born in a well-to-do suburb
of Chicago and went on to receive an Ivy League education. But few
politicians, in Wisconsin or in any other state, have been more down-
to-earth, more approachable and more in touch with their
constituents.
In Washington, Proxmire was at home grappling with issues of
legislation and high finance as chairman of the Senate Banking
Committee, but he flew h...
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GOLDEN FLEECE JUST HASN'T GOT THE PROXMIRE ZING.(IDEAS)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
; ... paragon of fiscal responsibility and personal rectitude. For 13 years, until his retirement in 1988, Proxmire held a monthly news conference to announce another Golden Fleece awarded to some especially ridiculous or ironic waste of tax money. The money involved ...
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Proxmire honored for sharp eye on money Taxpayers' group gives founderof Golden Fleece an award of his own
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Saying William Proxmire created "one of the most popular and enduring icons of American politics," Taxpayers for Common Sense presented its lifetime achievement award Tuesday to the former Wisconsin senator for his Golden Fleece awards. From 1975 through 1988, Proxmire ridiculed what he regarded as
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 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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PROXMIRE'S GOLDEN FLEECE GETS RESURRECTED.(Local/State)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
; A $20,000 grant to construct an 800-foot limestone replica of the Great Wall of China in Bedford, Ind. A $1 million historical sewer in New Jersey. A multimillion-dollar study on drunken fish and rats. These are examples of what former U.S. Sen. Bill Proxmire, D-Wis., considered wasteful government
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Mondale, Kennedy Honor a Colleague; Proxmire Gave the 'Golden Fleece' Awards
The Washington Post
; Former vice president Walter F. Mondale and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) saluted the late Wisconsin senator William Proxmire yesterday as a tenacious worker and moral crusader. Proxmire, a Democrat best known for fighting government waste with his mocking "Golden Fleece" awards, died in
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Senator William Proxmire, 'Golden Fleece' award giverOBITUARY
International Herald Tribune
; Richard Severo International Herald Tribune 12-17-2005 William Proxmire of Wisconsin, the longtime gadfly of the U.S. Senate who thrived on exposing frivolous federal spending and dispensed Golden Fleece awards to spotlight what he considered bad uses of taxpayers' money, died Thursday at a nursing
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