Date:  Thu, 24 Mar 1994 13:30:53 CST

From:  Dennis Baron <debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIUC.EDU>

Subject: mississippi madness



Now the name comes back to me, as I read today's NY Times. Cokey was

referring to William H. Natcher, the ailing 84-year-old representative

from -- you got it, Kentucky. Unless of course she was confusing him with

Jamie L. Whitten, the 83-year-old Mississippi senior member of the

House Appropriations Committee whom Natcher replaced last year.



In any case, the new committee chair is from Wisconsin. He's got a

thick midwestern accent (that's a line from a cartoon and originally

referred to Gerald Ford's "thick Michigan accent."



Dennis

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