Sen. Bob Dole's name is inextricably linked with TEFRA, and not necessarily in a good way. The Kansas Republican served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years, including three years as Senate Majority Leader. As the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Dole was the legislator most responsible for shaping TEFRA and pushing it through the Senate. Many conservatives were outraged. Then-freshman House Rep. Newt Gingrich called Dole "the tax collector for the welfare state." His association with "the biggest tax increase in U.S. history" would come back to haunt him in 1995, when he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency.