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QUOTE OF NOTE: "Every time I go out that door in the evening and walk across to vote and that dome is lighted, I get goose bumps. I think, 'I work there,' and it's very awesome."
JEFF BAILEY (R) District 6 (Northwest--St. Joseph)
BORN: Sept. 14, 1956, Chillicothe EDUCATION: U.S. Air Force Academy, 1975-76; U of Missouri, 1976-82 FAMILY: Wife, Evonna; four children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: Air Force, 1974-76 OCCUPATION: Railroad-car repairman; investment banker POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1992; sought Republican nomination for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 10790, Kansas City 64188. Tel.: 816-468-0953
Bailey, whose back was injured in a 1992 railroad accident, is using some of his settlement money to pay for political commercials. An independent thinker, he promises to replace the moribund Social Security system with a plan requiring workers 45 and under to save 15% of their income in an ira. Once they and their spouses are deceased, he says, the unspent money will help pay the national debt.
THE ISSUES
Budget NR Medicare NR Defense NR Abortion NR Guns NR Gays NR Bosnia NR NAFTA NR Welfare NR Medical Leave NR (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The Social Security System is going to go broke. That is a fact that we all agree on. We disagree as to when. I am making entitlement reform my main issue."
PAT DANNER (D) District 6
BORN: Jan. 13, 1934, Louisville, Ky. EDUCATION: Northeast Missouri State U, B.A., 1972 FAMILY: Husband, Markt Meyer; four children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Congressional aide; federal official POLITICAL CAREER: Missouri Senate, 1983-93; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 143, Smithville 64089. Tel.: 816-545-4188
Danner made a bold entrance into Congress by unseating 16-year incumbent Tom Coleman in 1992. Two years later, she claimed two-thirds of the vote during the year of Republican political upheaval. A moderate to conservative Democrat, she voted against the ban on assault weapons, opposed lifting the ban on gays in the military, sponsored legislation for term limits and drafted the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, which passed both houses this summer.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare NO* Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I do represent Democrats, but I also represent Republicans, Independents, those who aren't registered to vote and those who are too young to vote."
RUTH BAMBERGER (D) District 7 (Southwest--Springfield; Joplin)
BORN: Aug. 18, 1937, Newport, Ky. EDUCATION: Spalding College, B.S., 1966; Ohio State U, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1973 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Professor; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 4149, Springfield 65808. Tel.: 417-886-6122