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UVa women's hoops falls to Kent 85 74 SPORTS C1 0 Cavaliers top Tech in overtime 71 66 SPORTS 01 lie pal ly progress Established 1892 A Media General Newspaper Charl 50C Established 1892 A Media General Newspaper TUESDAY January 25 2000 A A i iosoo: Goode says leaving the Democrats By JOSH BARNEY Daily Progress staff writer US Rep Virgil Goode Jr shed the Democratic Party like an ill fitting suit Mon day becoming the second independent in the House of Representatives and setting him self up to be courted by the leadership of both parties In announcing the move Goode 53 said he decided to abandon the Democrats because he believed being an inde Congress lays pendent would better out its agenda A2 allow him to serve his constituents in the 5th District which includes Charlottesville and stretches to the southern edge of the state votes in Congress have been on the basis of what I believe is in the best interest of the district not on what the party chairman would say or would he said in a phone interview Monday from his Rocky Mount office going to keep on doing like been doing Just voting on the issues as I see While popular with voters mav erick style and highly conservative voting alienated hard line Democrats Many had expected Goode to quit for months Some party loyalists even had sought it at least before the last election dwindled the Democ presence in Congress defection however comes as a blow to the party as it seeks to reclaim con trol of the House in the November elections The Republicans hold a solid 222 211 major See GOODE on A8 Experts: Move no surprise By JOSH BARNEY Daily Progress staff writer The decision by US Rep Virgil Goode Jr to quit the Democratic Party is if nothing else vintage Virgil Goode local political leaders and pundits agreed Mon day Goode is once again following his own said William Harvey Albemarle County Democratic Party chairman Virgil being In announcing he would quit the Democratic Party Goode continued his established pattern of bucking conven tion During two terms in office Goode has refused to toe the Democratic Party line frequently aligning himself with Republicans even on issues as divisive as the impeachment of President Clinton is an independent Philosophical ly a Republican but he likes the role as a maverick said state See MOVE on A8 VIRGIL GOODE JR Is becoming an independent Senators OK bill requiring voter IDs Associated Press 2 RICHMOND Republicans muscled a bill through the Senate on Monday that would require Vir ginia voters to show identification at the polls after Democrats denounced it as a throwback to Jim Crow days While the GOP praised the bill as a way to bring integrity to elec tions in the state Democrats said it would suppress further Vir already poor turnout for MMB elections and RiRiR especially discour Ul Li age minorities and the elderly from voting The bill passed 21 17 strictly along party lines Two Democrats Sen Richard Holland of Isle of Wight and Sen Louise Lucas of Portsmouth were ill and absent The bill now heads to the House of Delegates where Republicans hold 53 of the 100 seats GENERAL ASSEMBIY a The bill would force voters to present a form of ID with either the address name and signature or name and photo That would include voter registration or Social Security cards or licenses A registered voter with out such a card may complete an affidavit under penalty of perjury affirming his identity still understand how this can be a partisan bill Who can be against honest elections? Who can say that this will inhibit vot ers? It will inhibit certain voters but it would be the illegal said the sponsor Sen Kevin Miller Harrisonburg or black senators the bill evoked the segregationist BB as 1 Ai JHHHH Gore Bush winners in Iowa caucus Associated Press DES MOINES Iowa Republi can George Bush scored a clos er than expected victory Monday night in the Iowa presidential cau cuses besting Steve orbes and Alan Keyes to set the stage for a high stakes three way race in the New Hampshire primary Democrats gave Vice President Al Gore a big win over Bill Bradley who said he had little more and vowed to push his challenge wait to get to New was battle cry and he said be campaigning today at dawn The results set the stage for a dramatic week in New Hampshire the first in a furious flurry of pri mary elections that could deter mine the presidential nominations by March 7 Bush described the caucus results as validation of his compas sionate conservative agenda a solid victory and he told the Associated Press as the presidential campaigners put the best possible spins on their finish es The Texas governor roused sup porters with the vow is the beginning of the end of the Clinton orbes said vastly overper formed the polls and have emerged as the conservative going into New Hampshire Gore was outpolling Bradley 63 percent to 35 percent and the for Iowa results Unofficial returns from Monday's Iowa caucuses: Republicans 94 of precincts reporting Gary Bauer 9 George Bush 41 Steve orbes 30 Orrin Hatch 1 Alan Keyes 14 John McCain 5 Democrats 95 of precincts reporting Bill Bradley 35 Al Gore 63 Uncommitted 2 Associated Press ity but no less confidence that I can win and do the Gore and Bradley were locked in a tie in Granite State polls and surprise showing makes for a three way GOP race Sen John McCain of Arizona holds a slight lead in most New Hampshire GOP polls and he hoped to sustain it even after bypassing Iowa where orbes took advantage With results from 93 percent of counties Bush had 41 per cent of the caucus vote and orbes 30 percent ormer ambassador and talk show host Alan Keyes was a respectable third at 14 percent Associated Press mer New Jersey senator said with Gary Bauer at 9 percent John (Several members of the Kellogg Township Democratic Party register for the Iowa caucus at a fire station I have a little more humil See IOWA on A8 past See ID on A7 Legislators propose funding for preservation of farmland B1 Couric introduces plan for technical studies diploma B1 INSIDE WEATHER Partly sunny High in upper 30s North winds Partly cloudy tonight Low near 20 A8 da Business C8 Classified C5 Comics B6 Editorial A6 Lifestyles B4 Lottery B2 National news A2 Obituaries B2 Region State B1 Sports C1 Television B5 World news A3 On the Internet: wwwdailyprogresscom Campaign contribution limits upheld by justices Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON The Supreme Court strongly endorsed the cause of campaign funding reform Monday ruling that the gov ernment has broad power to limit how much money rich donors give to political candi dates works only if the people have faith in those who said Justice David Souter adding that such faith could be shattered if the voters come to believe that donors call the Speaking for a 6 3 majority he concluded that preserving the trust in the of our electoral outweighs an right to give large sums to a favored candidate The ruling revived a $1000 contribution limit that voters imposed on their The ruling revived a $1000 contribution limit that Mis voters imposed on their candidates for state offices candidates for state offices The limit had been struck down last year by a conservative US court of appeals in St Louis Its judges said the limit violated the free speech rights of a novice candidate for state auditor and his handful of supporters Lawyers for the Republican National Committee and Sen Mitch McConnell Ky the leading opponent of new limits on political cash had defended that ruling See JUSTICES on A7 Associated Press Hid i Bfl iflB iB JB HIGH HOPES: Mariela Quintana (in black) and Raquel Rodriguez (in tan) 6 year old Elian grandmothers get off a plane Monday in Miami Story on A3 ur 2.