Rep. Henry Hyde, the Illinois Republican who steered the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton and championed government restrictions on the funding of abortions during a decades-long House career, announced Monday that he will retire when his terms ends in 2006.
Hyde, 81, who serves as chairman of the House International Relations Committee, was first elected in 1974 from his Bensenville district near O'Hare International Airport.
"Together we have a litany of accomplishments of which we can be proud, including protecting the lives of the defenseless unborn; bettering the lives of the elderly; supporting and assisting the developmentally disabled; strengthening education; improving infrastructure in our district and our state; protecting our homeland; and helping to preserve freedom,'' Hyde wrote in the announcement on his Web site.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050418hyde,1,951858.story?coll=chi-news-hedGood riddance to bad rubbish...
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