Richard A. Gephardt

Senate rejects gun background check measure

2013-04-17 19:34:00

WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...

Weekend Talk Shows

2012-03-09 16:37:38

Jonah Goldberg: Run, Paul Ryan, run

2011-05-24 00:00:00

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' announcement that he can't play in the presidential primaries because his wife and daughters say he's not allowed to is terrible news for the GOP and the country. It's terrible not because Daniels was obviously the best...

Ron Paul: Why his silly campaign launch today really matters for 2012

2011-05-13 04:36:06

Getting inside voters' minds

2008-02-10 00:00:00

SEE CORRECTION APPENDED --- START OF CORRECTION --- For The Record Los Angeles Times Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 37 words Type of Material: Correction Voters' minds: A headline with an article...

Why be pro-life?

2007-10-16 00:00:00

Idon't know if life begins at conception. I don't really know what "life" means. Consciousness? Possessing a soul? Well, if consciousness defines the issue, then life surely does not begin at conception. Not even the most adamant pro-lifer claims...

In Missouri, GOP volunteers are on their own

2008-02-05 00:00:00

On behalf of John McCain, Tom Kuypers does his best. Addressing three dozen of his fellow members of the Pachyderm Club, a Republican organization that met Friday in the back room of a Golden Corral restaurant here, Kuypers, 69, talked movingly about...

Super, but not Duper, Tuesday

2008-02-05 00:00:00

Before there was Super-Duper Tuesday, there was plain old Super Tuesday, the Southern state primary-packed March contest that aimed to make or break presidential candidates. See what The Times editorial board had to say about the campaign gauntlet and...

Poll Analysis: Democratic Candidates Still Fighting For Every Vote in Arizona, South Carolina and Missouri

2004-02-01 00:00:00

With just two days remaining until the February 3rd primaries and caucuses – which will be held in Arizona, South Carolina, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Delaware and North Dakota – many of the Democratic candidates are crisscrossing these...

House Votes to Aid Insurers if Terrorists Attack U.S. Again

2001-11-30 00:00:00

The House approved legislation Thursday that would provide a federal safety net to insurance companies for future terrorist attacks, but the measure's fate is clouded by legal reforms added to it by Republicans. The Bush administration has said the bill...

John F. Kerry

2003-06-15 00:00:00

Early one evening in the fall of 1984, John F. Kerry was flying home from a campaign stop in western Massachusetts when his helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing. An engine light signaled trouble, so the pilot touched down in an open field...

Times Profile: Nancy Pelosi

2003-01-26 00:00:00

The day Nancy Plosi made history, the day Democrats made her their leader in the House of Representatives, she stepped from the Cannon Caucus Room flashing a high-beam smile that nearly outshone the television floodlights. Congressional leadership...

U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt, left, House Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Clinton welcome President Mandela during a 1998 visit to Washington.

2013-03-09 10:13:00

Directed by Frank Popper, this documentary follows the 2004 Missouri Democratic primary to replace retiring 28-year veteran and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt.

2007-02-01 17:03:45

BEFORE THE VOTE: President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, left, meet with Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D obscured, and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo right, on Sept. 18, 2002. Congress authorized war about three weeks later.

2005-11-28 00:00:00