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Helen Chenoweth-Hage (born January 27, 1938) is a politician from the state of Idaho
Chenoweth-Hage was born in Topeka, Kansas and she attended Whitworth College. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994 pledging to limit herself to three terms. As a member of the House, Chenoweth insisted on being addressed as 'Congressman Chenoweth'. She was referred to by critics as a "poster-child for the militias". While in Congress, she claimed that federal agents were using Black helicopters to enforce the Endangered Species Act. Chenoweth was a critic of President Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal, although she admitted that she had an affair with a married man in the 1980s. She claimed that her case was different than the Clinton/Lewinsky case since she was divorced and a private citizen at the time. Chenoweth married rancher Wayne Hage in 1999. Chenoweth served in Congress until 2001, declaring that term limits were bad policy but keeping her pledge.
Salon.com article about Chenoweth's affair (http://www.salon.com/news/1998/09/16news.html)
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