Original sentence: As a senator, Gramm often called for reductions in taxes and government spending.Bush's second term, he was not offered the position.Gramm served on the Senate Budget Committee from 1989 until leaving office in 2003.Gramm's East Texas and later statewide director was Phil Wilson, a native of Brownwood, who went on to serve another Republican politician, Governor Rick Perry.He continued his service in the House, being reelected as a Democrat in 1980.In 1981, Gramm attended Democratic Caucus budget meetings and then secretly shared their strategy with Republicans to help pass newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan's budget.Later in his Senate career, Gramm spearheaded efforts to pass banking reform laws, including the landmark Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999, which modernized Depression-era laws separating banking, insurance and brokerage activities.William Philip "Phil" Gramm (born July 8, 1942, in Fort Benning, Georgia) served as a Democratic Congressman (1978–1983), a Republican Congressman (1983–1985) and a Republican Senator from Texas (1985–2002)
Edited sentence: As a senator, Gramm often called for reductions in taxes and government spending - particularly taxes on the wealthy and spending on public services.Bush's second four years in power, he was not offered the position.Gramm sat on the Senate Budget Committee from 1989 until leaving office in 2003.Gramm's East Texas and later statewide director was Phil Wilson, a native of Brownwood, who went on to serve another Republican, Governor Rick Perry.He continued his political career in the House, being reelected as a Democrat in 1980.In 1981, Gramm attended Democratic Caucus budget meetings as a spy for the GOP, and secretly shared their strategy with Republicans to help pass newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan's budget.Later in his Senate career, Gramm spearheaded efforts to pass banking reform laws, including the landmark Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999, which eliminated or crippled New Deal-era laws separating banking, insurance and brokerage activities.William Philip "Phil" Gramm (born July 8, 1942, in Fort Benning, Georgia) was a Democratic Congressman from 1978 to 1983, a Republican Congressman (1983–1985) and a Republican Senator from Texas (1985–2002)