No Comrade Left Behind Sep 5, 2009
"The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students," House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt said at the time. The White House hopes that schools will gather special assemblies to watch the speech on September 8, and has even recruited NASCAR drivers to advertise the speech in a PSA available on the White House. (Human Events Online)
Healthcare firms load up on lobbyists Jul 7, 2009
At least 10 others have been members of Congress, such as former House majority leaders Richard Armey, a Texas Republican, and Richard Gephardt, a Missouri Democrat, both of whom represent a New Jersey pharmaceutical firm. The hirings are part of a record-breaking influence campaign by the healthcare industry, which is spending more than $1. (Boston Globe)
Gephardt joins Ford board Mar 26, 2009
Former Congressman Richard Gephardt has joined s board, effective immediately. Gephardt, 68, is the former majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Ford Puts Ex-Congressman Gephardt on Its Board Mar 26, 2009
Former congressman Richard Gephardt elected to Ford Motor Co. board of directors ... Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that former U.S. House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Michigan utility chairman Anthony Earley Jr. have joined its board of directors. (ABC News -- Wire)
Business briefs: Secured property taxes due next month Mar 26, 2009
Former U.S. House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, a Missouri Democrat, has joined the board of Ford Motor Co.. A New York judge temporarily froze the assets of Bernard Madoff's brother after he was accused in a lawsuit of losing nearly a half-million dollars in a trust he administered. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
