WGNNews.org  Posted  1:42  P.M. : December 3, 2002

Sen. Jesse Helms came to Washington 30 years ago with a personal goal to reverse the federal government's leftward direction and help stop the advance of Soviet-inspired totalitarian communism.

December 3, 2002

"I never had any trouble knowing where I was going to stand," Mr. Helms, North Carolina Republican, told The Washington Times as his Senate career draws to a close. "I've tried to be consistent with my conservatism."