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Clad in a dark suit and a periwinkle tie, House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) spoke last night about the key issues confronting the nation and immediate goals that the U.S. should strive...
...send $17 billion in housing aid, school and other spending cuts to the floor. The package is expected to win passage Thursday by a similar margin. (The Senate is preparing its own version now.) Today's GOP victory saw its share of rhetorical lobs: Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) called the cuts "mean-spirited" and "morally wrong"; House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston (R-La.) decried "the same old Chicken Little-ism: the sky is falling, liberals are out of power and what are we going to do, beat our chests and talk about the poor and elderly?" Besides...
...putting the cart before the horse,"said Pete Jeffries, spokesperson for Rep. BillEmerson (D-Mo.). "Right now we're holdinghearings; we want to hear the testimony from thevarious witnesses...
...veteran Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), incoming Majority Leader Robert Dole's right-hand man, and giving more conservative Republicans a strong grip on the Senate leadership. In winning thepost of Democratic leader, Daschle edged the more combative Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), 24-23, suggesting a philosophical mismatch with a hard-line Democratic House minority under Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), who was re-elected Wednesday...
...vote is tallied Friday. Dodd refused to concede. "We're absolutely in the race," said his spokesman. The impact of a Daschle victory is unclear: Both are centrists, although Dodd has, historically, been more outspoken.In the House, the picture is more certain: Ex-presidential candidate Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), the current majority leader, is expected to beat off a conservative challenge from Rep. Charlie Rose (D-N.C.). Rose claims support from 110 House members, while Gephardt says his supporters are in the 150 to 160 range. (At least one of them probably has it a little wrong, since...