Terry and King squared off last year during the debate over the fate of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged Tampa area woman who was the center of a right-to-die case. Terry was a spokesman and legal adviser for her parents, trying to keep her alive. King voted against state intervention in the case.
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During the 109th Congress covering this year and last, Chandler differed with Pelosi on 10 key issues coming before the House. On several such occasions Chandler was among a relatively small number of so-called "Blue Dogs" bold enough to buck the left-leaning Democratic legislative leadership.
For example, in March 2005 Chandler was among 47 of the House's 202 Democrats to back a Republican bill creating special federal court jurisdiction so Terri Schiavo's parents could continue fighting against removal of her feeding tube. Pelosi and 101 other Democrats did not vote.
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