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Article: Tricky 'Dick'; During his early years in Congress, Rep. Richard Gephardt voted for Ronald Reagan's tax cut, aid to the Nicaraguan Contras and a constitutional ban on abortion. Twenty-five years later, and with an eye on the White House, he is a pro-choice, tax-and-spend liberal.(Cover Story)
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- May 27, 2003
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Byline: John Berlau, INSIGHT
Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) often speaks of his humble roots as the son of a milkman in St. Louis. "My views on work and unions and the struggles of working families were shaped during this period," the former House minority leader and current candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination writes in his 1999 autobiography, An Even Better Place. On the presidential stump in Iowa last February, Gephardt again recalled his father Louis in a paean to labor unions. "He told me every time, pretty much, [when] we were at the dinner table that we had food on the table and I had clothes on my back because he was represented by a union ...