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■ It’s open war on the Hill. When the smoke cleared away not only Rep. Phil Gramm had been ousted from influential Budget Committee, but also every other Democratic conservative, including Rep. John Breaux (La.), another of last year’s prominent Boll Weevils. While the Boll Weevils were knocked out, such moderate Southerners and leadership loyalists as Butler Derrick (S.C.), Martin Frost (Tex ), Bill Boner (Tenn.), and Ronnie Flippo (Ala.) were rewarded by seats on major committees. Said one member of Steering and Policy Committee to New York Times: “On Budget we were looking for political philosophy. It makes a difference in what is finally shaped.” … In an interview with Manhattan Report last October, Gramm warned that by demanding uniformity in thought (i.e., liberal nostrums), the Democratic Party was in danger of becoming “a minority party.” Should he be ousted, he said, then “I’m riding my donkey off into the sunset following Thomas Jefferson. . . . I’m on Jefferson’s side. I don’t know who these other boys are following, but in my opinion they’re going down the wrong road.”

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*For a copy of test report send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Oklahoma City Schools Research, 900 North Klein, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106.

■ It’s open war on the Hill. When the smoke cleared away not only Rep. Phil Gramm had been ousted from influential Budget Committee, but also every other Democratic conservative, including Rep. John Breaux (La.), another of last year’s prominent Boll Weevils. While the Boll Weevils were knocked out, such moderate Southerners and leadership loyalists as Butler Derrick (S.C.), Martin Frost (Tex ), Bill Boner (Tenn.), and Ronnie Flippo (Ala.) were rewarded by seats on major committees. Said one member of Steering and Policy Committee to New York Times: “On Budget we were looking for political philosophy. It makes a difference in what is finally shaped.” … In an interview with Manhattan Report last October, Gramm warned that by demanding uniformity in thought (i.e., liberal nostrums), the Democratic Party was in danger of becoming “a minority party.” Should he be ousted, he said, then “I’m riding my donkey off into the sunset following Thomas Jefferson. . . . I’m on Jefferson’s side. I don’t know who these other boys are following, but in my opinion they’re going down the wrong road.”