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...called high-tech Democrats, for their emphasis on steering the economy away from troubled industries like automobiles and steel to high-technology firms specializing in microchips and computers.* They include Senators Gary Hart of Colorado, Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts, Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Congressmen Panetta and Richard Gephardt of Missouri...
...system was not meant to be any different," contends Massachusetts Democratic Senator Paul Tsongas. "It was meant to avoid hasty activity." At best, he argues, Congress can block and can force a President in a direction, "but positive leadership has to come from the President." Democratic Congressman Richard Gephardt of Missouri agrees that the shapers of the Constitution meant Congress to be a check on Executive excess. "It's the price you pay for diffusing power," he says...
...Tsongas's The Road From Here and point to Sen. Gary Hart as a possible standard-bearer in the 1984 presidential race. These two youthful and appealing gentlemen, joined by junior senators such as New Jersey's Bill Bradley, representatives like Colorado's Timothy Wirth and Missouri's Richard Gephardt, and heavy weights from academe and high finance--MIT economist Lester Thurow and New York investment banker Felix Rohatyn for example--are beginning to exert a strong influence on the thinking of the Democratic party...
...anyone could determine, the difference between Reagan and his congressional opponents finally came down to around $4 billion, less than 1% of the $415 billion provided by the House version of the continuing resolution.* Exclaimed Representative Richard Gephardt, a Missouri Democrat: "We're fighting over nothing...
...What do you think?" Rostenkowski asked a caucus of his Democratic colleagues on the Ways and Means Committee after giving a noncommittal presentation of the Administration's position. Richard Gephardt of Missouri spoke for the majority: "If that's the bottom line, then there are no further negotiations." The Democrats did not like the deficits inherent in a massive, multiyear cut, and were concerned that the middle class was not getting enough of a break. Rostenkowski did some polling. "How many for a three-year tax bill?" he asked. One member raised his hand. "How many...