Virginia Smith
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Virginia Dodd Smith (June 30, 1911 January 23, 2006) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1991 from the Third Congressional District of Nebraska. She was the first, and only woman so far to represent Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives. In Congress, Smith worked to guard funding for rural projects affecting her district and was a vocal opponent of legislative pay increases. She actively sought emergency…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Virginia Dodd Smith (June 30, 1911 January 23, 2006) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1991 from the Third Congressional District of Nebraska. She was the first, and only woman so far to represent Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives. In Congress, Smith worked to guard funding for rural projects affecting her district and was a vocal opponent of legislative pay increases. She actively sought emergency federal aid for Grand Island after a series of devastating tornadoes swept through the city in 1980. In 1987, she led a drive to roll back a $12,100 pay raise and refused to accept the money when her efforts failed. Smith was a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where she was regarded as a swing vote on many Reagan administration priorities. Hers was the critical vote in favor of funding the controversial MX missile in 1982, but she opposed the president''s request for funding the Contra rebels in Nicaragua in 1985.