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Thursday, February 20, 2003
THE BATTALION
Democratic presidential field crowds
Gephardt announces second candidacy, Moseley-Braun says it’s time
pledges to repeal Bush’s tax cuts to take the "men only’ sign off
By Ron Fournier
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — Rep. Dick
Gephardt, a 26-year veteran of
Congress and the former House
Democratic leader, announced
his second candidacy for presi
dent Wednesday, pledging to
repeal President Bush’s tax cuts
to finance “quality health
coverage for everyone who
works in America.”
The eighth candidate in a
growing Democratic field,
Gephardt sought to distinguish
himself from lesser-known
rivals for the party’s nomination.
“1 think experience matters,”
said the Missouri lawmaker who
sought the presidency in 1988.
“I’m not the political flavor
of the month. I’m not the
flashiest candidate around,” he
said. “But the fight for working
families is in my bones.”
Gephardt’s health care plan,
which would give billions of
dollars in tax credits to business
es and require them to invest the
money in employee insurance
benefits, is the cornerstone of an
ambitious policy agenda
designed to win what he called
“the contest of ideas.”
It is his answer to critics who
say other Democratic candidates
have more momentum or charis
ma, aides said.
Addressing at least 500
friends, family and supporters at
his former elementary school’s
gymnasium, Gephardt said,
“Here in the home of my values,
here at the heart of the American
dream, I announce my candida
cy for the president of the
United States.”
“I’m running for president
because I’m tired of leadership
that’s left us isolated in the
world, and stranded here at
Gephardt
declares
candidacy
Name Richard A. Gephardt
Birth date Jan. 31, 1941
Home St. Louis
Career Practicing attorney,
1965-77; St. Louis city alderman,
1971-1976; U.S. House. 1977-
present; House Democratic
leader, 1994-2002
Family Wife, Jane; three children
Quote “That’s the Bush record
- a nation with zero job creation,
racked with debt, unprepared for
the economy of the future. A
nation that’s growing apart, when
we should be growing together.”
SOURCE:Associated Press AP
home,” Gephardt said.
While saying he supports
Bush’s efforts to disarm Iraq,
without the United Nations if
necessary, Gephardt said the
president’s go-it-alone rhetoric
has alienated allies. “We must
lead the world instead of merely
bullying it,” he said.
Gephardt. 62, ran for presi
dent in 1988 but his candidacy
fizzled for lack of money after
he won the Democratic caucuses
in Iowa. He took over the unen
viable job of minority leader
after the 1994 elections that
gave Republicans control of the
House for the first time in 40 years.
It was Gephardt who handed
the gavel to Newt Gingrich, offi
cially transferring power to the
conservative Republican on
what he later called one of the
worst days of his life. He failed
to return the Democrats to
majority status in four closely
fought elections between 1996
and 2002.
By Will Lester
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Former
Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley-
Braun, the first black woman
elected to the U.S. Senate, said
Wednesday that in times of trou
ble, a woman president could
move the nation “toward peace,
prosperity and progress.”
Moseley-Braun, who has
already made campaign appear
ances in Iowa, New Hampshire
and South Carolina, filed papers
establishing a presidential
exploratory committee Wednesday
afternoon, according to the
Federal Election Commission.
Describing herself as a
“peace dove and budget hawk,”
she criticized the Bush adminis
tration for its push for war
against Iraq, arguing that the
policy had alienated allies and
“frittered away” the goodwill
overseas that the nation had
engendered after the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11.
She also assailed the presi
dent's tax cut, saying that budg
et deficits are a major concern
and “we have no right” to force
our children to pay for tax
rebates today.
The 55-year-old Moseley-
Braun, the only woman in the
presidential race, said, “in these
difficult times for America, I
believe woman have a contribu
tion to make to move our coun
try toward peace, prosperity
and progress.”
Moseley-Braun is the second
black woman to seek the presi
dency. Former New York Rep.
Shirley Chisholm ran for the
Democratic nomination in 1972.
On Tuesday, in a speech at
the University of Chicago Law
Civil rights leader
to run for president
Former Illinois Sen.
Carol Moseley-
Braun, the nation's
first black female
senator, plans to
make a bid for the
2004 Democratic
presidential nomination.
Carol Moseley-Braun
Born: Chicago, Aug. 16,1947
Education: B.A. political science,
University of Illinois, '69
J.D. University of Chicago Law
School, 72
Career: Illinois House of
Representatives, 78- 88; Cook
County Recorder of Deeds, '88-'92;
U.S. Senator from Illinois, '92-’98;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand
for Clinton administration
Major issues: Civil rights, womens'
rights, health care, education, gun
control
SOURCES: W.H. Wilson Co.; AP
Associated Press
school, Moseley-Braun said ii
was time to “take the ’men
only’ sign” off the White House.
Moseley-Braun served one
term in the Senate, losing her
bid for re-election in 1998. Early
in her term in the Senate, slie
drew national attention after tak
ing on Jesse Helms, R-N.C,
when he sought to renew a
design patent for the United
Daughters of the Confederacy's
emblem that included the
Confederate flag.
But she was criticized for
splitting an inheritance from her
mother that should have gone to
reimburse Medicaid; for allega
tions that her campaign manager
and then-fiance Kgosie
Matthews sexually harassed
workers; for a monthlong, post
election trip to Africa with
Matthews; and accusations that
campaign funds were used for
jewelry and fancy clothes,
FCC moving to give state
authority over local phones
WASHINGTON (AP) — A weeklong delay
in a vote on phone competition rules
apparently did not resolve deep divisions
at the Federal Communications
Commission over rolling back require
ments for companies to share access to
transmission networks.
On Feb. 10, FCC Chairman Michael
Powell postponed the vote until Thursday,
hopeful he could win over a third com
missioner on the five-member panel for a
plan favored by the regional Bells —
BellSouth Corp., SBC Communications,
Verizon Communications and Qwest
Communications.
Negotiations continued Wednesday, but
industry officials and observers said they
expected no change in the commissioners'
positions.
NEWS IN BRIEF
The vote is the commission's last chance
to meet a court-ordered deadline to
rewrite the policy before existing rules are
struck down. Courts have rejected the
agency's last two attempts to revise the
rules, saying they failed to meet the
requirements of a 1996 telecommunica
tions law.
At issue is a requirement that the Bell
companies lease parts of their local net
works to competitors such as AT&T Corp.
and WorldCom Inc. at discount rates. The
policy was adopted seven years ago to
encourage companies to compete in the
Bells' markets.
The Bell companies say they are at a
competitive disadvantage because the FCC
requires that they rent parts of their sys
tems to competitors at a discount rate,
which allows competitors to undercut
their prices.
AT&T and other companies say without
the rule they cannot offer consumers an
alternative for local phone service.
Government announces
plan for arming pilots
WASHINGTON (AP) - Commercial pilots
who want to carry guns in the cockpit would
have to undergo psychological and back
ground checks before being selected for a
five-day training program under a plan
announced Wednesday by the Transportation
Security Administration.
The first group of 48 pilots could begin
training in a month, the agency said.
It said the plan is preliminary and could
change between now and Tuesday's deadline
for the agency to issue rules for the program,
which was approved by Congress last year.
The plan calls for the training to include
marksmanship, lessons on legal policies and
defensive tactics, agency spokesman Robert
Johnson said.
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