"AuCoin emerges as leader" newspaper article

Title

"AuCoin emerges as leader" newspaper article

Description

A clipping of an Oregonian newspaper article describing US Congressman Les AuCoin's emergence as a national leader in Congress after 15 years in the US House of Representatives. The article, which was published on January 22, 1990, describes his legislative history, including his leading of pro-choice activists in the House, his role on the House Appropriations Committee, and his future legislative goals relating to forest research, timber appeals, timber communities, the Tri-Met expansion to downtown Hillsboro, export licensing, and capital gains tax legislation. The article features a photograph of AuCoin in Portland.

This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Identifier

PUA_MS147_559

Creator

Church, Foster

Date

1990

Date Created

January 22, 1990

Is Part Of

The Oregonian

Spatial Coverage

United States

Oregon

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Text