SENATE BUDGET
Kent Conrad
North Dakota
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A fierce opponent of budget deficits, Conrad, 58, has been a persistent critic of the Bush administration's fiscal policies. His Senate Web site features a chart library, containing scores of graphs and tables, some titled "The Wrong Priorities," that Conrad uses to illustrate his dim view of the White House's budgets, tax decisions and impact on the nation's economy.
A North Dakota native, he was raised by grandparents after his parents were killed in a car crash when he was 5. He was the state's tax commissioner before winning a Senate seat in 1986. That year, he promised he would not seek reelection unless the federal budget deficit fell during his term. It did not, and he did not. But weeks before the 1992 election, North Dakota's other senator died, and Conrad won that seat in a special election.
He has been a strong voice for agricultural interests, resisting some trade agreements and championing farm subsidies.
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