Missouri Officials Prepare For Visit To Ford

The passenger list is being put together for Friday’s trip to Dearborn, Michigan, by Missouri officials. Ford Motor Company has set aside an hour for a meeting with the Missouri delegation looking for answers about Ford’s proposal to close its Hazelwood...

Clay pushes Bush on Judge White

St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay says he and Minority Leader Richard Gephardt have asked President Bush to appoint State Supreme Court Judge Ronnie White as a federal judge. Ashcroft’s successful fight to derail White’s previous nomination became a focal...

Gephardt, Blunt on bipartisanship

Two Missourians who are leaders in Congress on different sides of the political aisle are talking about whether they and their parties can work together in Washington. To St. Louis Congressman Richard Gephardt, the leading Democrat in the US House, the message of the...

Gephardt sees good in TWA deal

St. Louis Congressman Richard Gephardt says the proposed take-over of TWA by American Airlines might well turn out to be good news for St. Louis and Missouri. Gephardt says he has talked with officials from both airlines. He says he hopes to persuade American to keep...

Black caucus called "nation’s conscience"

St. Louis Congressman Richard Gephardt praises the Congressional Black Caucus during a speech before the group as the new Congress begins work in Washington. Gephardt tells members of the group they, in many ways, have become the conscience of the country and...