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Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays NO Bosnia NO NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The Federal Government must stop interfering with the education process. It is the responsibility of parents and churches to teach morals and values to children."
JOAN HORN (D) District 2 (Western St. Louis County; eastern St. Charles County)
BORN: Oct. 18, 1936, St. Louis EDUCATION: U of Missouri, St. Louis, B.A., 1973, M.A., 1975 FAMILY: Husband, Terrence Jones; six children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Small-business owner; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1990-92 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1661, Manchester 63011. Tel.: 314-428-1996
Horn has waited four years to avenge her loss to Jim Talent, after redistricting drained the Second of Democrats. Though the reminted district remains Republican (Talent won the 1994 race with 67% of the vote), Horn is counting on disenchantment with the G.O.P. revolution. And after raising six children as a single mother, she is accustomed to serious challenges.
THE ISSUES Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO Guns YES Gays NR Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare NO Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I had a sense that the mood of the country was really changing. The Republican revolution was perhaps frightening people a little bit with the drastic measures they seemed willing to take to balance the budget."
JAMES TALENT (R) District 2
BORN: Oct. 18, 1956, St. Louis EDUCATION: Washington U, B.A., 1978; U of Chicago, J.D., 1981 FAMILY: Wife, Brenda; three children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Missouri House, 1984-92, minority leader, 1989-92; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: 1031 Executive Parkway, Suite 100, St. Louis 63141. Tel.: 314-453-0344
In two terms Talent has established himself as a leading fiscal conservative, serving as class whip in both the 103rd and 104th Congresses. During that time he has also served on three committees, including National Security, where he looks out for his district's McDonnell Douglas Corp., which employs thousands of his constituents. An early welfare-reform proponent, in 1994 he proposed to cut off funds for unmarried mothers younger than 21.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "If we let the people keep more of their money, we will get more of what the people produce: stronger families, more jobs and greater charity."
RICHARD GEPHARDT (D) District 3 (South St. Louis; southeast St. Louis County; Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve counties)
BORN: Jan. 31, 1941, St. Louis EDUCATION: Northwestern U, B.S., 1962; U of Michigan, J.D., 1965 FAMILY: Wife, Jane; three children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Air National Guard, 1965-71 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: St. Louis board of aldermen, 1971-76; U.S. House 1976-; candidate for President, 1988 ADDRESS: 7135 Watson Road, Suite 107, St. Louis 63119. Tel.: 314-961-1111