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Nothing really happened - I was elected in '86 - until 1992, and that's when the Anita Hill debacle happened.
Barbara Mikulski
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Barbara Mikulski
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 20
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Baltimore
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Barbara Ann Mikulski
Barbara A. Mikulski
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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.
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