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When René Lévesque’s separatist Parti Québécois was defeated in the 1970 provincial elections by Robert Bourassa’s Liberals, embittered militants of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) turned to terrorism.
The effort was roundly defeated in the Republican Caucus.
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In 1995, he and congressional Democrats defeated a House Republican bill to penalize plaintiffs for frivolous lawsuits and to impose "loser pays" rules.
As a result, Gandhi and his party were defeated in the elections of November 1989 by the National Front, composed of five parties including the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).