Gephardt Gets Strategic.(Dick Gephardt)(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, June, 2001 by Dreyfuss, Robert
For congressional Democrats, losing the White House meant the loss of more than the president's veto power over Republican-sponsored legislation. It also left the Democrats without a central idea factory and place to commune with the Democratic Party's constituency groups. "The loss of the White House left us in a vacuum," said a staffer for the Democratic House leadership. "In the past, the administration served as the nexus, in charge of coordinating with outside groups."
House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut ...
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