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| Former Senator Proxmire dies at 90 |
| 2005-12-16 |
| William Proxmire, a Democrat who spent three decades in the U.S. Senate battling what he thought was wasteful and senseless government spending, died on Thursday at the age of 90, congressional officials said. Proxmire, who left the Senate in 1989, had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for years. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Larry Niven wrote an interesting story about William Proxmire called "The Return of William Proxmire." In the story, he tried to kill the space program by curing Robert Anson Heinlein of TB. He managed to do it, but not only did it not kill the space program, it made it better. It really was a nice little short story. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2005-12-16 23:43 |
| #3 He also started the hair plug thing. Biden was next. |
| Posted by: Ebbinetle Sholumble1110 2005-12-16 22:11 |
| #2 Was the Golden Fleece ever awarded to dairy price supports? Or the special rules giving AMC preference in government procurment? My condolences to his family and may he rest in peace. I cheered when he left the Senate (though his successor is nothing cheer about). |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-12-16 18:24 |
| #1 His typical expenses for a Senate run were the filing fee. He felt nobody owned him that way except his voters. The Golden Fleece Award was his baby. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-12-16 11:27 |