what u s senator championed tefra in congress 
sen bob dole s name is inextricably linked with tefra the kansas republican served in the u s senate for 30 years including three years as senate majority leader as the chairman of the senate finance committee dole was the legislator most responsible for shaping tefra and pushing it through the senate this outraged many conservatives then freshman house rep newt gingrich for instance called dole the tax collector for the welfare state his association with the biggest tax increase in u s history would come back to haunt him in 1995 when he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency 9