[' ', 'Even', 'more', 'states', 'are', 'expected', 'te', 'do', 'the', 'same.', '"|', 'think', 'Mr', "Moore's", 'high', 'profile', 'on', 'the', 'issue', 'helped', 'the', 'other', 'state', 'attorneys', 'general', 'to', 'take', 'the', 'steps', 'that', 'were', 'required', 'in', 'their', 'particular', 'states,"', 'Houston', 'said.', 'Moore', 'began', 'his', 'third', 'term', 'in', 'the', '$68,400-year', 'office', 'in', 'January,', 'having', 'shifted', 'the', 'state', 'attorney', 'generalship', 'from', 'merely', 'advising', 'state', 'and', 'local', 'governement', 'agencies', 'and', 'representing', 'them', 'in', 'lawsuits', 'to', 'law', 'enforcement.', 'In', 'recent', 'years', 'Moore', 'has', 'pushed', 'through', 'iegislation', 'that', 'gave', 'his', 'investigators', 'arrest', 'powers', 'and', 'created', 'a', 'statewide', 'grand', 'jury', 'to', 'hear', 'drug', 'cases.', 'Drug', 'sellers', 'have', 'been', 'one', 'of', "Moore's", 'favorite', 'targets.', 'During', 'the', 'eight', 'years', 'he', 'served', 'as', 'district', 'attorney', 'for', 'Jackson,', 'George', 'and', 'Greene', 'counties', 'on', 'the', 'Gulf', 'Coast', 'where', 'he', 'grew', 'up,', 'he', 'boasted,', '"If', 'you', 'deal', 'dope,', 'you', 'go', 'to', 'jail."', 'Carrying', 'a', 'pistol', 'tucked', 'in', 'the', 'hip', 'pocket', 'of', 'faded', 'jeans,', 'Moore', 'led', 'drug', 'raids', 'last', 'autumn', 'that', 'produced', 'arrests', 'of', 'more', 'than', '250', 'accused', 'drug', 'dealers.', '"It\'s', 'a', 'blast.', "It's", 'a', 'lot', 'of', 'fun,"', 'he', 'said', 'with', 'a', 'grin', 'during', 'a', 'midday', 'break.', 'Copyright', '(c)', '1996', 'Reuters', 'Received', 'by', 'NewsEDGE/LAN:', '3/15/96', '3:59', 'PM', 'Congressmen', "Won't", 'Spurn', 'Tobacco', 'Money', 'BOZEMAN,', 'Mont.', '(AP)', "Montana's", 'members', 'of', 'Congress', 'are', 'declining', 'efforts', 'to', 'have', 'them', 'turn', 'away', 'campaign', 'contributions', 'from', 'the', 'tobacco', 'industry.', 'They', 'are', 'being', 'pressured', 'by', 'the', 'Bozeman', 'Tobacco-Free', 'Coalition,', 'which', 'was', 'instrumental', 'in', 'persuading', 'the', "'95", 'Legislature', 'to', 'prohibit', 'tobacco', 'sales', 'to', 'minors.', 'The', 'Bozeman', 'group', 'is', 'affiliated', 'with', 'Tobacco-Free', 'Montana,', 'which', 'helped', 'sponsor', 'newspaper', 'ads', 'Thursday', 'criticizing', 'politicians', 'who', 'take', 'tobacco', 'money.', '**Our', 'goal', 'is', 'to', 'encourage', 'politicians', 'not', 'to', 'take', 'tobacco', 'money,"’', 'said', 'Bryan', 'Dunn,', "Bozeman's", 'assistant', 'school', 'superintendent', 'and', 'a', 'member', 'of', 'the', 'Bozeman', 'coalition.', '~~', "We're", 'trying', 'to', 'make', 'their', 'money', 'unwelcome', 'in', 'Montana."', 'Sen.', 'Conrad', 'Burns', 'ranked', 'as', 'the', "Senate's", 'seventh-highest', 'recipient', 'of', 'tobacco', 'money', 'with', '$45,750', 'between', '1986', 'and', '1995,', 'according', 'to', 'the', 'national', 'watchdog', 'group', 'Common', 'Cause.', 'Baucus', 'reported', 'accepting', '$13,750', 'in', 'that', 'period.', 'Williams', 'received', '$17,000.', "Burns'", 'spokesman', 'Matt', 'Raymond', 'said', 'Burns', "doesn't", 'have', 'any', 'plans', 'to', 'change', 'his', 'position', 'on', 'tobacco.', '**Conrad', 'supports', 'the', 'farm', 'programs,', 'tobacco', 'being', 'one', 'of', "them,''", 'Raymond', 'told', 'the', 'Bozeman', 'Daily', 'Chronicle', 'on', 'Friday.', '~~He', "doesn't", 'feel', 'he', 'should', 'turn', 'down', 'contributions', 'from', 'groups', 'who', 'happen', 'to', 'support', 'his', 'position', 'on', 'farm', 'programs."', 'Dunn', 'singled', 'out', 'Burns', 'for', 'particular', 'criticism,', 'pointing', 'out', 'the', 'tobacco', 'industry', 'is', 'not', 'a', 'significant', 'employer', 'in', 'Montana.', 'Opponents', 'also', 'are', 'upset', 'because', 'Burns', 'sponsored', 'a', 'bill', 'to', 'exempt', 'rodeo', 'sports', 'from', 'proposed', 'limits', 'on', 'tobacco', 'advertising.', 'Voting', 'against', 'tobacco', 'issues', 'could', 'result', 'in', 'opposition', 'to', 'federal', 'wheat', 'programs', 'that', 'Montanans', 'depend', 'on,', 'Raymond', 'said.', 'As', 'for', 'the', 'rodeo', 'advertising', 'issue,', 'Raymond', 'said', 'Burns', 'thinks', "it's", 'more', 'of', 'a', 'free', 'speech', 'question.', '**Tobacco', 'is', 'a', 'legal', 'product,', 'and', 'until', 'that', 'status', 'changes,', 'the', 'government', "shouldn't", 'go', 'around', 'picking', 'on', 'single', 'products', 'and', 'what', 'can', 'and', 'cannot', 'be', 'said', 'at', 'sports', 'events,\'"’', 'Raymond', 'said.', 'Burns', 'also', 'opposes', 'proposed', 'Food', 'and', 'Drug', 'Administration', 'rules', 'that', 'prohibit', 'certain', 'kinds', 'of', '.', 'tobacco', 'advertising', 'and', 'make', 'it', 'harder', 'for', 'minors', 'to', 'get', 'tobacco.', 'Spokesmen', 'for', 'Baucus', 'and', 'Williams', 'said', 'neither', 'official', 'would', 'sign', 'pledges', 'to', 'refuse', 'tobacco', 'interest', 'money.', '**(Baucus)', 'applauds', 'the', 'efforts', 'of', 'the', 'people', 'who', 'are', 'waging', 'this', 'campaign,"’', 'Baucus', '22', '—', 'NewsEDGE', 'News', '630850329', ' ']