FLORIDA'S GIBBONS TO LEAVE HOUSE.

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Florida's passionate and at times pugnacious pug·na·cious
adj.
Combative in nature; belligerent. See Synonyms at belligerent.

[From Latin pugn Rep. Sam Gibbons announced his retirement Monday, joining the exodus of senior Democrats from Congress.

"I will not seek re-election. After 34 years in the Congress, I am ready to do something new," said Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:

Beth Gibbons (born 1965), British singer
Billy Gibbons, guitarist for ZZ Top
Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960), American art director
Christopher Gibbons (1615 - 1676), English composer, son of Orlando

, ranking Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. Committee. That's the panel with jurisdiction over taxes, Social Security, Medicare, welfare and trade.

Gibbons, 76, said President Clinton called him Sunday night and tried to dissuade him from becoming the 26th Democrat to leave the House. Many are vacating Southern seats that Republicans have a good chance to capture.

Gibbons held his district, which includes Tampa and two-thirds of the surrounding county, by a 52-48 margin in the previous election. His GOP challenger, former naval intelligence officer Mark Sharpe, is running again.

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