by admin | Oct 31, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Republican tactics used in pushing a 240-billion dollar tax bill through the House have been attacked by the leader of House democrats. St. Louis congressman Richard Gephardt says Republican efforts are going to turn to nothing eventually. Democrats complain the...
by admin | Oct 27, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Congressman Jim Talent of Chesterfield hopes democrats and the President will accept a big tax cut bill the House has passed, despite threats by the President of a veto. Talent says the bill contains a lot of good things and there might not be a chance later to clean...
by admin | Oct 3, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Congress has failed to pass a new budget by the start of the new federal fiscal year–which is tomorrow. House minority leader Richard Gephardt of St. Louis says the Republican leadership has refused to follow its own rules, or to work with the minority on...
by admin | Sep 26, 2000 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
The democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives says Congress is on the verge of going home and leaving a big agenda unfinished. Congressman Richard Gephardt of St. Louis says prescription drugs and Medicare are at the top of his list. And Gephardt says...
by admin | Aug 17, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on the day the party nominated Al Gore for president. Three Missourians spoke on the day that ended with the roll call of the states officially nominating Gore, when Missouri committed all 92 delegates to...
