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Chisum in position to give area big lift
BY ENRIQUE RANGEL
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL AUSTIN BUREAU
AUSTIN - Unlike virtually all of his colleagues in the Texas Legislature, Rep. Warren Chisum never went to college.
Yet, in his 18-year legislative career, the Pampa Republican not only became a key player, but now he is chairman of the budget-writing House Appropriations Committee, the most influential committee in the 181-member, two-chamber Legislature.