Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, January 11, 1994                   TAG: 9401110165
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Associated Press
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FARRIS SAYS HE'LL BECOME LOBBYIST

Efforts to cut government regulations and limit government are more likely to succeed with the election of Republican Gov.-elect George Allen and GOP candidates in the General Assembly, Farris said.

Legislation requiring minors to notify their parents before having an abortion will pass, he predicted.

"I think we'll see less government spending than we would have otherwise," Farris said. "The direction of Virginia government is definitely in favor of limiting government. That's a fresh change."

Farris also hopes to have an impact on upcoming state and federal races through The Madison Project, a political action committee he named after James Madison, the primary author of the U.S. Constitution.

"The purpose of the Constitution was to limit the power of government," said Farris, a constitutional lawyer from Loudoun County. "But unfortunately, in our generation, government has granted itself unlimited power, and I feel that we need leadership that's committed to the same principles that James Madison was."

Oliver North, a candidate for the U.S. Senate this year, has formed a political action committee that collected money and made donations to political candidates at the state level.

Unlike North's group, though, The Madison Project will not collect money but instead will urge its members to support certain candidates around the state and at the federal level, Farris said.

U.S. Sen. John Warner drew criticism from some GOP members during the campaign when he said he could not support Farris' effort to unseat Democratic Lt. Gov. Donald Beyer.

Asked if he would run against Warner in 1996, Farris said, "That's not out of the question."