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	Space Station Foe Won"t Run in 2002 By Brian Berger Space News Staff Writer posted: 03:44 pm ET 29 January 2001

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tim Roemer (D-Indiana), a perennial opponent of the International Space Station program, will not seek re-election to his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

A source close to Roemer said the moderate Democrat plans to retire at the end of his current term to spend more time with his family.

The six-term congressman is best known in aerospace circles for his steadfast opposition to the International Space Station program. Roemer has sought every year since 1991 to have the multibillion-dollar project canceled. He came closest to victory in 1993 when his anti-space station measure came within a vote of passing. Since then, congressional support of the program has grown with each passing year.

By the end of the 2000 legislative session, with major pieces of the station finally in orbit and assembly back on track, Roemer appeared ready to admit defeat.

Roemer once again offered his annual amendment to kill the program, but withdrew it before it came to a vote.

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