Documentary | John Ficara Photographs

THE AMERICAN BLACK FARMERS PROJECT

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky (D-Pa.)
elected in a traditionally republican conservative district
becomes the pivotal vote in the house to pass Bill Clinton's
budget, thus losing her house seat after failing to be
re-elected because of her vote.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Congresswoman Mezvinsky discusses with her
press spokesman the possibility that Bill
Clinton's budget vote might come down
to her vote on the floor.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Congresswoman Mezvinsky is told by her
chief of staff that her vote will be the deciding
vote in the house to pass Bill Clinton's budget.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Congresswoman Mezvinsky receives last
minute calls from the White House and Hill
leaders seeking to solidify her vote on the
president's budget.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Congresswoman Mezvinsky in the Speakers
Lobby off the House floor in a final moment
with her chief of staff and another staffer
before deciding to cast her vote in support
of Bill Clinton's budget.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Congresswoman Mezvinsky is is confronted
by voters and media upon her first visit back
to her district after her budget vote.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Protesters outside a packed meeting
where Congresswoman Mezvinsky met
with her constituents after her pivitol vote
passed Bill Clinton's budget.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Congressional district constituents pack
a meeting with Congresswoman Mezvinsky.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky
explains her budget vote at her first meeting
with congressional district constituents after
her pivitol vote.

THE CRUCIAL BUDGET VOTE:
In her first trip back to her congressional district,
Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky is
escorted by her chief of staff after meeting with
constituents to explain her pivitol vote supporting
Bill Clinton's budget.