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1ST STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.
Copyright 1992 Chicago Tribune Company
Chicago Tribune
August 2, 1992, Sunday, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: PERSPECTIVE; Pg. 1; ZONE: C
LENGTH: 1098 words
HEADLINE: GOP candidates fear Bush's coattails may be threadbare
BYLINE: By Elaine S. Povich; Elaine S. Povich is a member of the Tribune's
Washington bureau
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
It has been at least 12 years since Republican senators and congressmen
running for re-election described themselves as "mavericks" and "independents,"
but this year is different.
With President Bush plummeting in the polls, members of the GOP find
themselves in an odd position - running at a distance from their president.
Throw in the anti-incumbent mood in the country and, in Congress, the problem
of bounced checks at the defunct House bank, and it's not a great year for
Republicans.
Democrats, too, have the check problems and the dreaded incumbency tag, but
they are warming up to Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton like never
before.
Clinton is playing a tricky game, trying to run as an outsider. He kept
congressional leaders at arms length during the Democratic convention and, so
far, has been campaigning mostly for other outsiders like Carol Moseley Braun in
Illinois.
But Democratic officeholders such as Rep. Les AuCoin (D-Ore.), who is running
for the Senate this year, are clinging to every word Clinton utters in their
favor. It made AuCoin smile just to recall that Clinton mentioned him twice in a
recent speech.
For Republicans, it's tough times. Many GOP senators say they won't be
attending the Republican National Convention that begins Aug. 17 in Houston.
Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, who is in a tough re-election race, says he can
find better things to do "with Hoosiers" than go to Houston for four or five
days.
Coats said, however, he would be happy to play host to Bush in Indiana.
"Just because the president is down doesn't mean you walk away from him as a
person,' Coats said, in what appeared to be a mild endorsement.
If Bush loses the White House, Republicans face the prospect of two branches
of government being controlled by Democrats. More worrisome, from their point
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Proprietary to the United Press International 1992
June 8, 1992, Monday, BC cycle
SECTION: Regional News
DISTRIBUTION: Indiana
LENGTH: 506 words
HEADLINE: Quayle visits home state for fund raisers
DATELINE: SOUTH BEND, Ind.
KEYWORD: IN-QUAYLE
BODY:
Vice President Dan Quayle was expected to arrive in South Bend Monday for a
political fund raiser for Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., and to tour a shelter for
battered women.
Monday's trip was the second of three consecutive trips to his home state
for the vice president.
Sunday Quayle flew to Indiana for two Republican fundraisers. One was a
golf outing at Crooked Stick Golf Club near Carmel. The second was a dinner at
the home of James E. Rogers Jr., chairman of PSI Resources Inc., the parent
company of PSI Energy.
Quayle then returned to Washington so he would be able to host a breakfast
at the vice presidential mansion for British Prime Minister John Major on Monday
morning.
On Tuesday, Quayle will be in Indianapolis to address a national meeting of
Southern Baptists at the Indiana Convention Center. About 17, 000 Southern
Baptists are expected to attend Quayle's 9 a.m. keynote address on the opening
day of the convention.
While in South Bend Tuesday, Coats and Quayle will tour the YWCA Women's
Shelter for Domestic Violence Victims. The tour is significant to Coats who has
introduced legislation that would make it a federal crime for a person to cross
state lines for the purpose of abusing a spouse or violating a stay-away order.
The tour will follow the fund-raiser for Coats. Quayle will return to
Washington late Monday.
An impromptu news conference at the Indianapolis International Airport
Sunday gave Quayle a chance to criticize independent presidential candidate Ross
Perot for hiring political insiders to run his campaign.
Skirting questions about why Perot is more popular in the polls than
President Bush, Quayle said, ''The only poll that we're interest in is on
Election Day.
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He then steered the discussion to what he said was Perot's ''first major
political mistake.'
Perot has hired Hamilton Jordan, who ran President Jimmy Carter's 1976 and
1980 presidential campaigns, and Ed Rollins, who managed President Ronald
Reagan's 1984 re-election campagin.
Jordan and Rollins will be viewed as ''expensive, inside Washington
handlers, Quayle predicted.
Asked why Perot's situation would be viewed differently than his own, since
he too has high-priced, experienced Washington handlers, Quayle said, ''This is
Mr. Outside now going (to) the inside.
Perot, who led both Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton
in two national polls released over the weekend, has billed himself as a
Washington outsider who wants to correct the ills of politics-as-usual.
Quayle was accompanied Sunday by Allan B. Hubbard, the former executive
director of the White House Council on Competitiveness, which is headed by the
vice president and has worked to ease government regulation of business.
Hubbard was criticized last year for working on clean air matters for the
council while he owned $18,000 worth of stock in PSI Resources, which is subject
to clean air laws. Hubbard later said he would contribute the stock to charity.
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state Rep. John Hallock.
Two Republicans are squaring off for the nomination this time, state Sen.
Jack Schaffer and conservative attorney Donald Manzullo. Manzullo, 47, lost the
1990 primary but has returned for another try, this time against Schaffer, a
20-year veteran of the state Senate.
Schaffer, 49, has represented much of the Congressional district in the state
legislature, and odds seem to favor him in the primary, too. But Manzullo is a
term-limit supporter who has a strong network of grassroots support.
Both are eager to claim the prize of the GOP nomination, as redistricting has
made this only more of a Republican bastion, adding McHenry County to the 16th.
Cox has compiled a moderate voting record in Congress but 15 still likely to be
assailed as a liberal for his support of the Civil Rights Act and opposition to
the Gulf war.
19th District
Incumbents: Terry Bruce (D)
4th term (66 percent)
Glenn Poshard (D)
2nd term (84 percent)
Outlook: Safe Democratic
This may well be the last two weeks of Poshard's Congressional career.
Poshard was dealt a near-crippling blow by the three-judge panel that decided
redistricting; they carved his seat up almost equally between those of Bruce,
and Democratic Reps. Dick Durbin and Jerry Costello. After agonizing over
whether to retire, run against Costello, or face Bruce, Poshard chose the latter
course.
But he seems to face nearly insurmountable obstacles in the primary, not the
least of which is money. Poshard does not accept PAC contributions, and at the
end of December had just $17,272 on hand to face down Bruce's impressive
$699,486 war chest. In the end, it may just come down to that.
Indiana
Filing Deadline: Feb. 21
Primary Date: May 5
Senate
Incumbent: Dan Coats (R)
2nd term (54 percent)
Outlook: Leans Republican
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Coats officially launched his bid for re-election last month and immediately
went on the offensive, charging his Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Joe
Hogsett, with being a lifetime politician.
The opening jab has set the tone for this competitive race and has convinced
the Hogsett camp that Coats is worried.
A recent poll conducted for the state House Democrats showed Coats leading
Hogsett, 49 to 33 percent.
Hogsett, 35, is also doing well in fundraising, reporting more than $400,000
cash on hand in January, but it can't compare with Coats's $1 million at year's
end.
While Coats, 48, has attacked Hogsett - the former campaign manager for Gov.
Evan Bayh's (D) race for Secretary of State and later governor - as a lifetime
politician, Coats has portrayed himself as an average worker who "never imagined
I'd someday be what people call a politician."
But Hogsett has his own ammunition against the incumbent. Coats will come
under attack for his vote to close local military bases, including the Fort
Benjamin Harrison Army base, a large source of employment for the state.
Area pundits say Hogsett is a scrappy campaigner and will make this the most
competitive race in the state this year.
House
3rd District
Incumbent: Tim Roemer (D)
1st term (51 percent)
Outlook: Likely Democratic
The freshman won't have a rematch against former Rep. John Hiler (R), the man
he defeated in 1990 with just 51 percent of the vote, but he is being challenged
by former Hiler aide Carl Baxmeyer (R).
Baxmeyer served with Hiler from 1983 until 1987, when he made an unsuccessful
bid for the mayor of South Bend. He is now the owner of a land-use planning
consulting business and reports only $21 in his campaign war chest.
A stronger contender against Roemer, 35, is Doug Bernacchi (R), a floor
trader with the Chicago Mercantile Stock Exchange.
This is Bernacchi's first run for political office, but he is considered a
frontrunner in the primary. A staunch conservative, Bernacchi, 33, has about
$77,000 cash on hand. He is promoting his past as a local farm laborer and his
experience at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and the University of
Notre Dame Business School.
Bernacchi hopes to combine his local ties and his Washington know-how to
defeat the incumbent, but Roemer, a former staffer for Sen. Dennis DeConcini
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Married to the daughter of the late President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robb
served as a Marine Corps officer in Vietnam.
He was elected Virginia's lieutenant governor in 1977, the only Democrat to
win statewide office that year. He was elevated to the governorship four years
later in a Democratic sweep of the state's top three offices.
After his own term ended, he was widely credited for helping pave the way for
the 1985 election of Democratic Gov. Gerald Bailes and a ticket that included a
black lieutenant governor and a female attorney general.
While Robb has declared he has no intention of doing anything but serve his
six-year Senate term and run for re-election, he is on most short lists of
potential presidential candidates in 1992 or 1996.
Republicans joining the Senate's minority are:
Conrad Burns of Montana
Burns, 53, a rumpled, folksy farm broadcaster, squeezed past incumbent Democrat
John Melcher to win a Senate seat.
Burn's victory represented a major political promotion from his present job
as a commissioner of Yellowstone County.
Burns is a co-founder of the Northern Agricultural Network and his broadcasts
and subsequent success as an after-dinner speaker won him statewide popularity.
During the campaign, he accused Melcher of having a disproportionate interest
in the affairs of the Philippines - which he visited three times in five years.
He also may have been helped by President Reagan's veto of a Melcher-sponsored
Montana wilderness bill.
Dan Coats of Indiana
Coats, 45, has spent his career following in the footsteps of Sen. Dan Quayle,
a political ally.
He served on Quayle's staff in the House when Quayle represented Indiana's
4th Congressional District.
He was elected to fill Quayle's House seat after Quayle's election to the
Senate in 1980.
And he was appointed last month to fill Quayle's Senate seat after Quayle was
elected vice president.
In Congress, his record has been described as conservative, Christian-based
and pro-family.
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He has served as the senior GOP member on the Select Committee on Children,
Youth and Families.
He became identified with the issue of school prayer, trying in 1984 to
attach an amendment to an education bill to cut off federal aid to schools and
states banning voluntary school prayer. It was defeated by the full House.
Slade Gorton of Washington
Gorton, 60, returns to the Senate after a political rebirth in his home state.
He was defeated by Democrat Brock Adams in 1986 after negative publicity
about his decision to vote for Senate confirmation of Daniel Manion for a seat
on a federal appeals court in exchange for the Reagan administration's
nomination of a friend to be a federal judge in Washington state.
Sen. Daniel Evans's surprise decision not to seek re-election opened a new
chance for Gorton.
He warmed up his speaking style, asked pardon for his judge-swap decision and
made other changes.
In the end he defeated five-term Rep. Mike Lowry and regained a Senate seat.
Gorton served in the Washington House for a decade beginning in 1959 and was
its majority leader for his last two years. A lawyer, he served as the state's
attorney general from 1969 to 1981.
James M. Jeffords of Vermont
Jeffords, 54, a seven-term member of the House, is expected to be one of the
Senate's most liberal GOP members.
He captured 70 percent of the vote to succeed Sen. Robert Stafford, a
Republican who retired after a long Senate career.
Jeffords has been a House maverick. Some call him a gadfly. He does not
follow his party's line in many cases. In 1981 he voted against President Reagan
more often than any other Republican member of the House. That included voting
against Reagan's 1981 tax bill.
The following year he was elbowed aside by other Republicans and denied a
chance to become the ranking GOP member of the House Agriculture Committee, in
large part because of his independent voting record.
He became, instead, ranking GOP member of the Education and Labor Committee
where he supported student loans and job training legislation and, in another
break with the GOP, backed a plan to soften the blow of plant closings on
workers.
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The Associated Press
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materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The
Associated Press.
December 12, 1988, Monday, AM cycle
SECTION: Political News
LENGTH: 540 words
HEADLINE: Coats One of "Two Dans" in Northeast Indiana District
BYLINE: By DOUG RICHARDSON, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: INDIANAPOLIS
KEYWORD: Coats Profile
BODY:
Their career paths and political philosophy are similar, but people who know
both men say Daniel R. Coats will bring a different background and style to the
U.S. Senate than the man he replaces - Vice President-elect Dan Quayle.
In contrast to Quayle, an exuberant campaigner, Coats is "very low-key," said
former Secretary of State Edwin J. Simcox.
Jill L. Long, a Democrat who has run against both Quayle and Coats, said
Coats is not a passionate speaker, but contended he is stronger than Quayle in
other ways.
"His style was more substantive than Dan Quayle's," said Long, who lost to
Quayle in the 1986 Senate race and to Coats in the November election for the
U.S. House. "He is more of an intellectual than is Dan Quayle."
The son of a Michigan pharmacy owner, Coats, 45, was named Monday by Gov.
Robert D. Orr to succeed Quayle. This marks the second time Coats, a former
congressional aide to Quayle, has followed his ex-boss to a Congress. In 1980,
Coats won the 4th District House seat Quayle vacated to run for the Senate.
Orvas Beers, the Allen County GOP chairman, said, "I usually distinguish them
by calling them Danny and Dan. Nobody ever called him Danny Coats."
Beers called Coats "a kind of all-American boy," a successful athlete and
accomplished student who became a good family man and solid congressman. Coats,
he said, "is a conservative, but he's not a nut about things. He's pragmatic."
Coats was born in Jackson, Mich., and graduated from Wheaton College in
Illinois, a conservative religious school where he was the captain of the NCAA
small-college championship soccer team, associates said.
Four years older than Quayle, Coats served in the Army for two years in
Virginia before getting his law degree by attending night classes at Indiana
University in Indianapolis, where he was associate editor of the law review
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and graduated with honors.
Quayle attended the same law school while serving in the National Guard
during the Vietnam War. But he admitted talking his way into law school because
his college grades at DePauw University were not good enough for regular
admission.
Coats joined Quayle's staff in 1976 after working as an assistant vice
president and legal counsel for Mutual Security Life Insurance Co. in Fort
Wayne.
Married for 23 years, Coats and his wife, Marcia, have three children -
Laura, 21, Lisa, 17, and Andrew, 11.
"He's about as high class as you can get in every way," said Beers. "He not
only will be an excellent senator, but he'll be a good candidate in two years."
Coats will have to run in a special election in 1990 to win the right to
serve the final two years of Quayle's term.
Coats has never received less than 61 percent of the vote in the northeastern
Indiana district. He defeated Long in November with 62 percent of the vote.
"There's not a lot of passion that comes through in his speech," Long said.
"He's very reserved, but he has a nice smile and that helps him."
Robert E. Gates, the 4th District Republican chairman, said Coats is
especially attentive to his district's wishes.
"He's not ultraconservative. He really studies what the people want and votes
that way. He takes a lot of surveys," said Gates. "He really cares for his
people.
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Copyright 1990 Chicago Tribune Company
Chicago Tribune
August 15, 1990, Wednesday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 18; ZONE: C; 'Malley & Collin INC
LENGTH: 800 words
BYLINE: By Kathy O'Malley and Dorothy Collin
BODY:
All wars are local
Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, in the midst of an election campaign, just sent out a
press release with this headline: "Coats Calls for International Effort to Free
Hoosiers in Kuwait."
State fare
Gov. James Thompson warmed up for his last Guv's Day at the Illinois State Fair
by downing Greek salad, pizza, curried chicken, ginger beer and Bader Brau, a
brew from Elmhurst. That was for lunch
The guv says his new America 2000
Fund is not "a plot to run for president. It's a PAC to help me help young
federal candidates." Thompson points out that federal laws prohibit using a PAC
as a campaign finance committee.
Chairman Yuppie
Look for this week's Democratic State Convention in Springfield to be a showcase
for new chairman Gary LaPaille, 36, and his efforts to get yups to join the
party. In recent years, a lot of potential pols have been attracted by
Republicans, partly because they owned the White House and governor's mansion.
That meant the GOP had jobs for ambitious young things. LaPaille, who also is
Speaker Michael Madigan's top aide, wants to recruit a pool of talent in case
the Dems actually win something in the executive branch.
The mouths of babes, babe
During taping this week on the new CBS-TV series "Sons and Daughters,"
5-year-old Aaron Brownstein (who plays Don Murray's son) asked his real-life
father, Paul Brownstein, if he could go back to his trailer for a while. Dad
explained that the director had just said they were about to film a scene in
which the little guy would be included, so they'd have to wait a bit. Paul,
who's director of "Showtime Comedy Club," decided to use an example. "What do
you think I'd do," he asked Aaron, "if I asked a comedian to do something, and
he did exactly the opposite?" After only a brief pause, the 5-year-old came up
with his answer: "Oh, yeah. You'd probably damage his entire career."
TV tidbits
ABC News is going international with a weekly one-hour, prime-time television
series that will premiere on the Polish Television network in October. "ABC News
Presents" will be anchored by Polish newscasters and will feature highlights of
the previous week's ABC News programming, translated into Polish. Other European
versions of the program probably will follow
American programming is not
new to Polish TV viewers; they've been receiving "Donahue" for over a month now.
When Warner TV sales reps trying to sell "The Jesse Jackson Show" weren't
meeting with the desired level of success, they were told to draw up a list of
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The Hotline
April 5, 1990
SECTION: SENATE WATCH
LENGTH: 280 words
HEADLINE: INDIANA: BUSH VISIT PROMPTS RECORD FUNDRAISER FOR COATS
BODY:
In his first visit to IN as president, Bush's 14-minute
appearance at a $-raising luncheon for GOP U.S. Sen. Dan Coats
Tuesday helped raise $562,000. "Bush did for ... Coats in one
hour
what
Democratic challenger , Rep. Baron Hill, has
yet to do in six months" (Patrick Traub, INDIANAPOLIS STAR).
Coats spokesperson Curt Smith called the sum "a figure far
exceeding earlier estimates. IN Dem chair Michael Pannos
concurred that it was the largest take in IN $-raising history:
"We've never raised that much for any one event." Tickets to the
lunch ranged between $150 to $1,000 and Smith said 886 supporters
attended. Hill campaign manager Tim Phillips said he "would be
surprised" if the Coats' event grossed $560,000 and that a
presidential visit seven months before the 11/6 election "clearly
shows how worried the national Republicans are about holding this
seat" (4/3). Hill has raised about $450,000 through March, while
Coats has amassed over $2 million which Smith said did not
include most of the proceeds from the Bush lunch. Ex-GOP state
chair Gordon Durnil said the previous record was held by an 10/88
event featuring vice-presidential candidate Quayle, which helped
raise $494,000 for the IN GOP (Joe Fahy, INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, 4/3).
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Associated Press.
April 3, 1990, Tuesday, PM cycle
SECTION: Domestic News
LENGTH: 650 words
HEADLINE: Bush Plants Elm Tree Dedicated to Ryan White
BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER CONNELL, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: INDIANAPOLIS
KEYWORD: Bush
BODY:
President Bush today planted an elm tree in a downtown park and dedicated
it to Ryan White for "the strength and bravery" the youth has shown in his
struggle against AIDS.
"Let it be Ryan's tree," Bush said at the ceremony in near-freezing
temperatures under leaden skies.
The 18-year-old White was reported in critical condition today on a life
support system at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.
"He's created a special legacy of his own and he is in our prayers today,"
Bush said.
"He has been fighting a courageous battle against a deadly disease, but also
against ignorance and fear.
"Ryan has helped us to understand the truth about AIDS and he's shown all of
us the strength and bravery of the human heart. So today, as together we plant
this beautiful American elm, the symbol of new life, let it be Ryan's tree."
White, a hemophiliac who contracted AIDS from contaminated blood products,
becase an international spokesman for victims of the disease during his
five-year battle with it.
Bush also used the tree-planting to urge the Senate to "make America cleaner
and safer" by passing the Clean Air Act.
As he planted the tree in Washington & Alabama Street Park, Bush engaged in
some last minute, long-distance lobbying on tonight's Senate vote on the
nation's first tougher clean air standards in 13 years. The Senate is expected
to pass the compromise Clean Air Act rewrite.
"I am proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain and toxic pollution, to
make America cleaner and safer.
" Bush said. "I urge the Senate to act not
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merely for this generation but all the generations to come."
During the tree-planting ceremony, Bush praised the Indiana capital's program
to plant 30,000 trees this year and also urged Congress to pass his own $$175
million program to plant 1 billion trees a year.
Bush said trees "renew and restore the natural magic of our world" and "can
help ensure clean air."
He joked that he has been planting SO many trees around the country "I might
have to open a branch office."
The main purpose of the Indianapolis stop was to attend a fund-raiser for
Sen. Dan Coats, who was appointed to fill Dan Quayle's Senate seat and who is
now running for the job in his own right.
Bush called his vice president and basketball "two great Indiana exports."
Before leaving Cincinnati early today, Bush visited the bedside of a youth
shot and paralyzed as an innocent bystander to a schoolyard fight earlier this
year.
Derrick Turnbow, 17, is a senior honor student at Taft High School in
Cincinnati, which Bush visited in January to attend an anti-drug rally. Marlin
Fitzwater, the White House press secretary, said Bush told the youth, "We're
very proud of you.'
Before heading home to the White House tonight, Bush also was bound for
Detroit to help the Michigan GOP fill its political war chest.
In Indianapolis, Bush planted the tree in a downtown "urban forest," before
pitching the fortunes of Coats, who will face Democratic State Rep. Baron P.
Hill in the fall election for the final two years of Quayle's term.
At a fund-raiser Monday evening for Ohio gubernatorial hopeful George
Voinovich, Bush paused to send his best wishes to Republican National Committee
Chairman Lee Atwater, hospitalized in New York for intensive radiation treatment
of a brain tumor.
"During this difficult time
our hearts go out to him and to that
wonderful family of his," said Bush.
Wishing the 39-year-old GOP chairman "our very, very best," Bush added,
"Right now, there's nothing more important for Lee to do than to get well, and I
know that's exactly what he intends to do given that fighting spirit."
The seat Atwater often occupies on Air Force One on political trips like this
was filled by RNC co-chairman Jeanie Austin. Bush introduced her to the Ohio
crowd, saying, "Lee is backed up by one of this party's most able politicians."
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to some points of agreement, however, before the legislature essentially
abdicated its role in the process.
That points the way to a combined district for Reps. Dan Rostenkowski and Frank
Annunzio. Look for the embattled Annunzio to retire if that's the case, although
some suggest he might be willing to stake it all on a primary match with the
Ways and Means chair. Newly elected Rep. Tom Ewing (R) will also almost
certainly face the redistricting perils: If the courts listen to Democrats,
he'll wind up with Minority Leader Bob Michel; if they choose a GOP plan, he
could face Democratic Rep. George Sangmeister.
A new Hispanic seat is also in the offing. The federal Voting Rights Act
virtually ensures it, although disagreements about the boundaries were a
principal reason for the stalemate between black and white Democratic
incumbents. State Sen. Miguel del Valle (D) is a possibility for the open
Hispanic seat.
One of the city's three black Members, Rep. Gus Savage, will likely face a
primary challenge from his 1990 opponent, Mel Reynolds. If the districts shift
to Reynolds's advantage, this could be a primary to watch. Another race to
watch: first-term Rep. John Cox's effort to hold on to his seat as a Democrat in
a district that has been Republican ever since settlers arrived there.
Other possible developments include continued speculation about retirements:
Annunzio could bow out, especially if faced with the Rosty scenario; Rep. Sid
Yates (D) is also a potential retiree; while Michel, who once seemed to be
leaning toward an end-of-Congress exit, has said emphatically he will be
running.
Indiana
Filing Deadline: Feb. 21
Primary Date: May 5
Senate
Incumbent: Dan Coats (R)
First term (54 percent)
Outlook: Likely Republican
Coats, who was appointed to replace Vice President Dan Quayle in 1989, was
forced last November to run for the remaining two years of the term and garnered
only 54 percent of the vote against former state Rep. Baron Hill (D), who was
considered only a mediocre candidate. Bigger names, like Rep. Lee Hamilton,
ducked the race.
Democrats think they have a good chance at this seat, but area pundits say
Coats, 48, will be a tougher candidate this time around. He'll have some strong
coattails from Bush - and Quayle - in the presidential election year.
This time around, the Democrats are pinning their hopes on Joseph Hogsett, who
has served as Indiana's secretary of state since 1989. Hogsett, who is only 34,
may still have to face Hill in a primary. But Democratic leaders, especially
Gov. Evan Bayh, are trying to ease Hill out of the race, and he may be offered
the state Insurance Commissioner's post as a carrot. Hogsett managed Bayh's
successful campaigns for both secretary of state and governor.
Hill has already started to throw some mud at Hogsett, complaining that he used
the same pollster that the State Democratic Committee uses. "I don't mind
running against Joe if I have to," Hill said. "But it is not fair that I have to
run against the entire Democratic party, too."
Last week, however, there were strong indications that Hill would drop out of
the race, avoiding a divisive primary.
By the way, if Hogsett beats Coats, he will undoubtedly become the youngest
Senator. He's eight years younger than the youngest incumbent.
House
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Bush to use force in the Persian Gulf, and state Republican party officials
began licking their chops.
The GOP, which holds only two Indiana House seats (and both Senate seats), plans
to put up a challenger in each district and to work the war issue hard.
They've already recruited a Desert Storm veteran, Army Reserve Capt. Stephen
Buyer, to challenge Rep. Jim Jontz (D), who won election to a third term last
year with just 53 percent of the vote.
Jontz has always had tough re-election races in the heavily Republican 5th
district - he's never topped 60 percent - and the fatigue-wearing Buyer, who
proudly admits to wrapping himself in the flag (figuratively), may be the
candidate to push Jontz below the 50 percent mark.
In the southwest corner of the state, five-term Rep. Frank McCloskey (D) will
likely have a rematch with Republican Evansville businessman Richard Mourdock,
who held the incumbent to just 55 percent last year.
Republicans say McCloskey was one of the most vocal opponents of the war and
even made an appearance on 60 Minutes criticizing America's military readiness.
Hamilton, dean of the state delegation, was the author of a resolution favoring
continued sanctions against Iraq, and two savvy candidates are eyeing this race.
Former State Auditor Charles Loos, who served from 1978 to 1982, is mentioned as
a possible challenger, as is Indianapolis attorney Greg Zoeller, a former aide
to Quayle both in the Senate and the White House. Hamilton, the number-two
Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, received 69 percent of the vote
against a weak challenger in 1990.
Rep. Jill Long (D), who was an upset winner in the special election to fill
Coats's House seat, scored impressively last year with 61 percent of the vote.
Right now, no high-powered challenger has emerged.
And freshman Rep. Tim Roemer (D), who nipped Republican Rep. John Hiler last
year, 51 to 49 percent, will surely face opposition this time around, but
Republicans aren't naming names - yet.
Iowa
Primary Date: June 2
Filing Deadline: March 13
Senate
Incumbent: Charles Grassley (R)
2nd term (66 percent)
Outlook: Safe Republican
Grassley, 57, is popular even with Democrats. A recent poll showed that 63
percent of Democrats surveyed approve of his performance - a number that doesn't
bode well for any Democrats thinking of taking on Grassley next year.
While Iowa has often been finicky about returning its Senators to Washington
(there's a long history of incumbents with approval ratings as high as
Grassley's who soon found themselves out of a job), don't expect any trouble for
Grassley this year.
Former state Democratic Party chairman John Rohrick, who ran for governor last
year, has been mentioned as a possible candidate.
House
Iowa's redistricting process is over, and the result is a new 2nd district that
will pit third-term Democratic Rep. Dave Nagle against freshman GOP Rep. Jim
Nussle.
There's been some talk that Nagle may choose to retire rather than compete for
the new seat, but most observers expect the scrappy Democrat to rise to the
challenge, making this one of the more enticing House races for 1992.
Both candidates are tough politicians, and both will be able to call on
considerable grassroots experience.
Should Nagle decide not to make the race, possible Democratic contenders
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DAN COATS
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UNITED STATES SENATOR
Dan Coats
Indiana
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47 South Meridian Street
Suite 301
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Post Office Box 2365
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BIOGRAPHY OF U.S. SENATOR DANIEL R. COATS
Dan Coats was elected to the United States Senate by the largest margin of victory for an
appointed Senator in Indiana history in November of 1990.
Coats' record of accomplishment began well before entering work in politics. After
graduating from Wheaton College, he served for two years with the U.S. Army. Coats then worked
full-time as a legal intern, while attending Indiana University law school at night and serving as
Associate Editor of the Law Review. He graduated Cum Laude, and went to work as an attorney
in Fort Wayne.
Dan Coats was first elected to represent Indiana's 4th Congressional District in the U.S.
House of Representatives in 1980, on a platform of lower taxes, reduced government spending, and
a strong national defense. These abiding commitments have remained the focus of Coats' legislative
efforts.
During his eight years in the House, Coats served on the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, which is considered one of the most powerful House committees, considering nearly
40 percent of all legislation. Coats was also recognized as a Congressional leader in the fight to
double the personal exemption to $2000, easing the tax burden on families.
In his decade of public service, Coats has become known as a champion of the American
family. Every imaginable special interest group in Washington has a lobbyist. But who, Coats
asked early in his career, will speak for the family? It was this interest and leadership in family
issues which lead Coats' House colleagues to appoint him as the Republican leader of the Select
Committee on Children, Youth and Families.
In December 1988, shortly after being elected to a fifth House term, Coats was appointed
by Governor Robert D. Orr to fulfill the Senate term of Vice President Dan Quayle. Coats quickly
established a reputation in the Senate as a determined and effective legislator. As a freshman
Senator, Coats led his class in the number of measures to pass the Senate.
Coats has been able to continue his leadership role on family issues in the Senate, serving
as the Republican leader of the Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs and Alcoholism. This position has allowed Coats to play a key role on issues as child care,
Head Start, and education.
World events during the 102nd Congress made Coats' position on the Senate Armed Services
Committee an influential one. As a member of this Committee, Coats has been involved in setting
policy for the U.S. in the Persian Gulf War, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
Senator Coats and his wife, Marcia, have been married for 25 years and have three children.
Asked what he would like to do if he were not in the United States Senate, Senator Coats
replied, "Play shortstop for the Chicago Cubs."
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AUG-11-92 TUE 10:15
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.03
Races of the week
Indiana's U.S. Senate Race
Conts Senate race-a clash between one
(Couts for Indiana, 47 Soull Men-
who enters polities to be someone and
dian Street, Suite 301, Indian-potis
another who enters 10 do something.
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Coats VS. Hogsett
In 1990, conservative Republican
Dan Coats overcame the initial stum-
bling block for appointed U.S. senators
-barely, Less than two years after he
left the House to take the Senate seat
vacated by good friend Dan Quayle,
Coats (American Conservative Union
rating: 94 per cent) faced B special elec-
lion against a Democraric state legista-
for with a campaign Invishly lubricated
by organized labor and pro-abortion
groups. Coats survived with 54 per cent
of the vote.
Now il is 1992 and. having completed
the remaining portion of Quayle's
term, the 52-year-old Couis is running
for a full six-year term of his own.
True, he has had more time and ex-
posure to develop statewide recognition
on his own. But this time. Costs Faces
an opponent who has already won
statewide office and seems to have been
yearing up for a Senate bid since his
childhood.
COATS
Secretary of State Joe Hogsett. who
monstrated 1 propensity for occasion-
quarterbacked the election of Demo-
ally "doing the twist" on hey Issues.
cratic Gov. Evan Bayh in 1988, was
thereupon appointed 10 Bayli's former
When he was running for secretary of
job as the Hoosier State's chief elec-
state two years ago, Housen said he file
tions officer, and then won a full term
vored Indiana's abortion law. which in.
cluded parental notification and a
two years ago over une of Indiana's
premier vote-getters, Indianapolis
period of counseling prior to illl abor.
tion.
Mayor Bill Hudnut (R.).
Not an opponent 10 be taken lightly,
But what a difference IWO years and
(0 say the least. Like Bill Clinion, the
two Supreme Court decisions makes:
37-year-old Hogsell is one of those
Senate candidate Hogsen has now
office-seukers seemingly consumed by
wholeheartedly blessed the so-called
arraining the post. A bachelor who
Freedom of Choice Act, which goes
doesn't own a home, Hogsett has been
beyond even Rue V. Wade and allows
involved in the campaign side of poli-
no such impediments to abortion-on-
ties all of his adult life. The contacts
demand.
that he has made in becoming his state's
The dicholomy between this candi-
leading Democratic "nuts-and-bolis
date and Coats could not be more dis-
man" appear 10 have paid off: already,
linet. As 3 young man, Coats seemed
the challenger has brought in an eye.
headed for a prosperous career as an
brow-raising $1.2 million, with
executive with the Murual Security Life
5875,000 still on hand for the race.
Insurance Co. But he gave that up in
But as nimble-tongued and politi-
1977 10 run the district offices for
cally assure as the Clintons and Hog.
friend Quayle. He succeeded Quayle in
sells are, the hard fact remains that
the House when Quayle moved 10 the
they are liberals in a resolutely portside
Senate in 1980. and then rook his Sen-
party.
are seal in 1989.
Forced to address national issues for
A vigorous champion of both the
the first time in his career, Hogsen has
pro-life cause and school prayer, Couts
come out foursquare against liability
has battled sex education in schools be.
reform (a key endeavor of both Coats
cause il includes the dispensing of con-
and Quayle), againsi term limitation
traceptives that encourages premarital
(which Coats has spoken for and co-
sex and he has pushed an amendment to
sponsored in Congress). and has de-
cut off federal education Funds 10 states
clared that he would have opposed
banning voluntary school prayer. The
Clarence Thomas' nomination 10 the
Hoosier conservative has also taken
Supreme Court. In addition, the Demo-
other controversial positions out of
cratic hopeful heartity endorsed the re-
principle He supported raising the in.
cent Supreme Court decision banning
prayer at high school graduations.
come tax exemption for child care and
was one of only four sensiors to oppose
: And like political leam-male and
the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
noul-mate Clinton, Hogsett has de-
In a nurshell, that's the Hogsen-
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YOURNAL-GAZETTE
S. 108,014
D. 66,531
Chats' seat called
Coats
From Page 1C.
'highly vulnerable'
Hogsett's Washington connections
and at Colits' job performance neg-
atives and factors in the public's
Current disdain for incumbents to
By BRIAN HOWEY
rate the Fort Wayne Republican as
seen the
Staff Writer
an endangered political species.
likes of a
A recent public opinion
Coats has good company, includ-
candidate
poll conducted on the Dan
ing senators Alphonse D'Amato of
like Joe
Coats-Joc Hogsett U.S. Senate
New York, Robert Packwood of
Hogsett,
race in Indiana reveals the
Oregon, Arlen Specter of Pennsyl-
S
the cur-
incumbent Republican lead-
vania and Ernest Hollings of South
rent
ing by a 53 percent to 28 per-
Carolina among the 13 senators on
E
Demo-
hi
cent margain.
that list.
cratic sec-
R
Yet on May 15, the Roth-
Three more Senate seats are
ic
retary of
enberg Political Report in
listed on Rochenberg's "vulnerable"
to
state.
Washington rated Coats on its
list.
"Hog-
"There is no doubt the underly-
R
"highly vulnerable" list.
Polls, though, are simply
Coats
sett
is
ing national mood against politics as
D
unusually
usual is an important factor in
6:
snapshots of a given race al a
aggres-
specific point in time. Data
explaining increased vulnerability,"
sive,
El
can be deceiving when num-
Rothenberg said. "Since World War
Rothen-
ar
bers are taken out of context,
II, I could not find a pure anti-
de
berg said.
but it gives campaign staffs a
incumbent election, even with
an
"He's a
feel for the direction of their
(Barry) Goldwater or Watergate or
consum-
mission. And there is always
(George) McGovern and the elec-
for
mate poli-
2
another side to a poll. In this
tions that followed. It was always
tician. He
fui
case, the Political Media
one party that was hurr. But 1992 is
ria
lives and
Research, Inc. poll aired by
a little different. More incumbents
Fo
breathes
are likely to go down.'
Ch
WISH-TV in Indianapolis
politics.
revealed that Coats has just a
Those reasons include the House
W
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35 percent job performance
banking scandal, redistricting, more
4:0
Hogsett
time I talk
and better challengers, Ross Perot's
Hd
rating of "good or excellent."
to him,
maverick presidential campaign
Ha
"When we look at job per-
he's on the edge of his seat."
he
formance, those are not ideal
Rothenberg said Hogsett is
and a general perception of dissatis-
ve:
numbers," Stuart Rothenberg
"the most visible" challenger
faction, Rothenberg said.
na
said Monday. "Coats has
"I think these incumbent num-
Fo
in Washington. "I've met him
bcrs are going to come back," Roth-
Ha
good balance in the head-to-
several times. I've bumped
Th
head. The reason we look
into him on the street once or
enberg said. "Right now, voters are
an
beyond that is head-to-head
twice. He's been in Washing-
still comparing congressmen to
en
tests can be deceiving. If they
some ideal House or Senate candi-
HE
ton looking for support,
(likely voters) don't have a
mostly financial. I think in
date. But come November, it will be
W
favorable impression of his
terms of candidates this elec-
their guy against a specific
EV
of
job performance, it means
tion cycle, Joe Hogsett has
opponent."
an
there's an opportunity for the
been as visible in Washington
Curt Smith, a press aide to Coats,
1:
challenger. Anything under
also sees different numbers in the
Fi
as any of them."
50 percent means trouble."
Thus, Rothenberg looks at
poll.
Rothenberg has rarcly
See COATS Page 3C.
"We think a 28 percent lead is
7
significant. Joe cites the fact he was
down 32 percent against (William)
Hudnut in 1990" in the secretary of
state race. "But now he's a known
quantity. And Joe is not getting the
baseline Democratic vote, even
with 70 percent name ID. He's got
problems in his own ranks."
As for Roihenberg's rating,
Smith said, "It reflects that Joc's
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FAX NO. 3176352684
Coats offers own term limits
By JOE THOMAS
Banner-Graphic Assistant Editor
To paraphrase another Repub-
Pictorial history books can
lican candidate, come the summer
and foll of 2004, we shouldn't have
be ordered at office or fair
Dan Coats to kick around any more
- assuming Hoosier voters are
Response to the Banner-
be limited.
good to Coats this year and in
Graphic request for photographs
The book will be available
12:04
1998.
for the Putnam County pictorial
Nov. 15.
Coats, who is secking his first
history book has been great. The
PERSONS CAN order R
full term as Indiana's junior
book will contain more than 200
book by calling the Bonner-
senator, was in Putrisan County
photos.
DAN COATS
Sunday for the 4H Fair Parade,
Graphic (653-5151), stopping by
ADVANCE BOOK sales also
the office at 100 N. Jackson St.
and repeated his personal piedge to
07/29/92
have been very good. Advance
place a limit OR his own term in
between 8 BLTIL and 5 p.m. Mon-
orders are being taken at $27.50,
office.
day through Friday or during fair
E savings of $8.
"One of the problems we have in
week by. filling out au order
Once published, the book will
blank at the B-G fair booth in
government today is that people BO
COST $35.50 and quantities will
the industrial leat.
longer trust their elected leaders to
keep their word," Conts observed.
The beat way to deal with that
two full terms be said.
office in time for former Gov.
problem, he said, is term limits.
Coms was appointed one of In-
Robert On 10 appoint Coats to start
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:17
"I BELIEVE THAT is so im-
SEN, DAN COATS
diana's two U.S. Senale seats when
serving in January 1989. He was a
Makes fair parade visit
portant that I've pledged to honor
Dan Quayle was elected vice presi-
special election in 1990, earning
term limits. I won't serve more than
deut in 1988. Quaryle resigned his
Col. 4, back page, this section
lofz
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:18
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.06
Coats
Continued from Page 1
the right to finish Quayle's term.
Costs has spent three years
designed as a separate trust entity
He is now seeking election in his
working on the issue, and he had to
where people pay into it and that
own right, facing Democratic
overcome three filibusters OR the
money is set aside for their retire-
Secretary of State Joe Hogsett.
Senate floor to get the bill to a vote.
ment."
But Coats is thinking about more
It finally passed 89-2.
But everything else is fair game.
than just the end of his political
NOW, SEN. COATS says, it's
"BUT, I THINK we ought to
career. He back on the hustings in
time to take aim on government
consider at least putting some cap
Indiana, fresh from a victory on the
spending, which he says will even-
on the rate of growth. 1 don't think
Senate floor, where he was able to
tually bankrupt the nation, if the
we necessarily have to CUL, but we
pass a bill giving states the legal
problem is ignored.
have to hold down the rate of
:
authority to refuse out-of-state
"We have to make the effort to
trash.
growth for a number of years SD
balance the budget without a tax
that revenues can catch up." he
"FOR THE FIRST time,
Increase." Coats said. "We've had
anid.
Hoosiers will have the power to say
19 tax increases in the past 20 years'
But that does not mean the
"no" to new shipments of out-of-
and we've balanced the budget
federal government should give up
state trush," Coats sald. "Indiana
only one time."
making policy and passing laws.
has been a dumping ground for
And since two-thirds of federal
Bur Coats has a different vision of
other people's gurbage and this
spending comes in the form of
what those policies and laws ought
legistation will give them authority
mandated programs that only Con-
to be And one area where his vi-
to refuse it"
gress has the authority to FUL Coats
sion comes through is education.
The bill provides states and
said it's time to look at those entit-
"I don't believe the solution to
communities the authority to ban or
tement programs.
education is to federalize iL" Coats
restrict new shipments of out-of-
"WE HAVE TO somehow ad-
Insisted. "I don't think that more
state wash; allows continued wash
dress the growth of entitlement
money is what the problem Is In
shipments 10 a limited number of
programs. Unchecked growth will
education."
landfills that received out-of-state
run this country into bankruptcy, so
Instead, Coats wants to decen-
rash in 1991 and that meet all state
there has to be some limitation on
valize education policy making,
standards for environmentally
that" Coats maintained.
empowering those who are closest
sound facilities; and prevents any
And the only secred cow, Costs
to the school children.
landfill from becoming A target for
said, is Social Security.
"YOU GIVE ME a good
out-of-ste trash by giving all
"I don't believe we should in-
teacher. and give that teacher the
states the right to freeze volumes at
clude Social Security in that be-
freedom. to teach without the bur-
grandfathered facilities.
cause Social Security was always
den of all of the rules and
regulations impoxed on them by
burenueracy and students are going
to lèarn," he said,
Coats also called for parental
empowerment by giving them a
choice of where their children at-
tend school, and give them 1 say in
that school's curriculum, But that's
not all
"You give the a school that im-
poses discipline and provides the
atmosphere for loarning and
teaches that basics and that allows
values to be taught - you give the
chare, and you IT going to get
children who are well educated." he
maintained.
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ZONING,
Debate 1133
From Page A1
Debate highlights
Some of the issues covered in the
voluntary and involuntary prayer
if the debate
first debate between U.S. Senate
in government settings. The
candidates Dan Coats, the
is a true sign of
pilgrims found their way here
insumbent Republican, and
because they wanted religious
things to come
Secretary of State Joseph
freedom.
Hogsett, the Democrat
voters will be
CONGRESSIONAL TERM
challenger
LIMITS
Coats
Hogsett
seeing a lot of
KEEPING PROMISES
Hogsett said setting term limits
Coats said Hogsen went back
wont answer the questions
Senatorial
political
on his word after vowing to full
people have about Washington
fisticuffs
his term as Secretary of State
politicians, but getting rid of perks
which expires in 1995, 7 don't
might help. "I think the people
candidates
between now and
think there's any more
bught to make those decisions
fundamental aspect of leadership
he said of terms in Congress
then.
these days than living up to your
promise
Costs favors limiting Individuals
to aix terms in the House and two
square off
Hogsett said he simply
terms in the Senate, for a total
range ambitions are."
changed his mind, "I think I can
limit of 24 years, MI think people
In the debate, Hogsett said Coats
do more for the people of Indiana
want to get back to the concept of
By Nancy J. Winkley
missing the point, and that thereal
in the U.S. Senate fighting for
calzen legislatures
Staff writer
issues in what promises to be A gritty
their needs than lean in the
campaign include jobs, health care
BASE CLOSINGS
Secretary of State's office
INDIANAPOLIS - If their first debate
and responsiveness to Hoosiers.
Hogsett criticized Coals for
Wednesday is any indication, voters will
Voters don't want finger-pointing
PRAYER IN SCHOOL
voting to close two Indiana
have a distinct choice in the fall between
back and forth between Republicans
Coals denourced the U.S
military bases when jobs are
U.S. Senate can-
and Democrate or the Congress and
Supreme Court's recent decision
needed in Indiana and said it
-DECISION
didates.
the White House, Hogsett said.
that a prayer at a high school
Ironic that now officials are
And if the debate is R
"They Want something done," he
commencement violated the
scrambling 10 win military jobs
true sign of things to
said.
constitutional separation of
back
come, voters will be
But asked about Coats' swipe on
church and state I think one of
seeing a lot of political
the trust issue after the taping, Hog-
the problems We have in
Coals said it was necessary to
fisticulis between now
sett took a few swings himself,
education is there are no values
make the tough choice on base
and then.
"I think Sen. Coats better hope
closings in order to fulfill his
Incumbent Republi-
trust isn't the fundamental issue,"
Hogsett said prayer is
commitment to cutting the budget
can Dan Costs said the
he said, adding that he believes
Important to people but there
I had to guip and swallow real
key issue in the cam-
Coats has flip-flopped on a number of
should be a distinction between
hard.
paign is trust and that
issues, particularly those having to
Democratic challenger Joseph Hogsett
do with the perks of Congress.
FELICIA McGURREN/staff anist
hasn't earned it.
Coats and Hogsett offered the
Continuing on a theme he began in state-
abortion issue.
same answer to just one of the six
grandchild.
wide radio commercials, Costs said during
questions posed to them during the
Coats is a staunch anti-abortion
Those are the sort of "life experi-
the taping of the televised debate that Hog-
taping of the half-hour debate, spon-
candidate who supports legal abor-
ences that Hoosiers can best relate
sett broke one promise to voters already af-
sored by the conservative group Citi-
tion only if the health of the mother
to," he said.
ter vowing in 1990 to serve a full four-year
zens Concerned for the Consti-
is at risk.
term as Secretary of State.
tution.
Hogsett supports abortion rights
Said Hogsett, who is unmarried, "1
"It was barely days after the election when
Both favor a balanced budget
as outlined in Indiana law, which re-
believe I have the life experiences
that promise was broken," Coats said.
amendment to the Constitution.
quires parental consent unless & ju-
necessary to serve."
Later, Coats said, "It throws a doubt over
But they varied widely on issues
dicial waiver is obtained.
what else you can trust or what his long.
including health care, military base
In his closing remarks, Conts sug.
The Coats) Hogsett debate will be tele-
closings, term limits and prayer in
gested another contrast between the
vised on cable and public television
See DEBATE, AS
school.
candidates - although it was a
stations in Northwest Indiana. Con-
Conspicuously absent from the de-
somewhat veiled suggestion.
The incumbent noted he is mar-
suit your local listings or contact your
bate was any mention of the volatile
ried, has three children and one
times. local television station for dates and
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:20
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.08
Bush signs Coats'
domestic abuse bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A law
"Senseless, violent. tragic abuse
authorizing $60 million to help
has become an all too common and
abused women was introduced by
sorry fact of life in America,' Coats
Sen. Dan Coats. R-Ind., after a man
said.
on furlough from prison heat his
former wife to death.
Coats' sponsorship of the legis-
lation was in reaction to the 1989
The legislation, part of the Child
murder of Lisa Marie Bianco, a
Abuse, Domestic Violence. Adop-
Mishawaka woman bludgeoned to
tion and Family Services Act of
death by her former husband, Alan
1992, was signed into law by Presi-
Matheney. while he was on a prison
dent Bush on Thursday,
furlough. Matheney is on death row
In sponsoring the spouse abuse
for the murder.
legislation, Coats cited research
If fully funded, the bill authorizes
showing that at least 14,000 women
$60 million for domestic violence
in Indiana were forced from their
programs in all 50 states during the
homes last year by abusive hus-
next four years. creates a new pro-
bands, and the FBI reported almost
gram to help states prosecute peo-
30 percent of female murder vic-
ple accused of victimizing women,
tims were killed by their husbands
and doubles the level of funding for
or boyfriends.
shelters for battered women.
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:20
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.09
INDIANA WEWSOLIP
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46293
2102 [. 52ND ST. SUITE E
HAMMOND TIMES
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Coats pushes domestic violence bill in visit to Gary shelter
By D, AILEEN DODD
TIMES Staff Writer
GARY - Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.,
visited a shelter for abused chil-
dren Thursday in continue press-
ing for legislation to help funilies
suffering from domestic violence.
In May, President Bush signed a
domestic violence bill, sponsored
by Coats, which gives states 560
million in the next four years for
programs that serve victims of
abuse and help to prosecure
abusers.
"My bill will help women who
have been victimized by spouse
abuse and will enable them and
their children In live in safety," he
said.
"Healing the broken lives of
abused women und cluidren is one
of our most vital federal initia-
tives" "he added
During Coats' visit TO the Crisis
Center, 101 N. Montgomery Sr., he
saw how similar programs work at
the grass-roots level.
The Crisis Center provides shel-
ter for abused and runaway teens
Sen. Dan Costos takes a quick tour of the Alternative House dormatories with Director Kale Whitacre. Aller-
Times photo by John J Walkins
native House is part of the Crisis Center.
age 13 through 17, and support ser-
vices for victims of domestic vio-
million children were victims of
lence.
legislation he suid.
child abuse or neglect, it 31 percent
Coats' domestic violence bill
Coats toured the shelter and
To discourage domestic vio-
increase in reports between 1985
provides incentives for states that
wilked with reens there about their
and 1990. And in 1991, 51 child fa-
lence, state law enforcement agen.
experiences.
cies should deal with abusers
adopt similar programs, doubles
talities in Indiana were caused by
abruptly, he said. Sometimes when
the level of funding for shelters for
Shelters for victims of domestic
abuse or neglect.
women who are victims of domes-
violence are in short supply in Indi-
"Violence in the home has be-
complaints are filed, police don't
tic violence, allows states to use
and and other parts of the country,
follow them up and charges are
come an all 100 common fact of life
dropped because abusers threaten
federal funds for public informa-
But with the help of the federal,
in our country," Couts said. Stop-
stare and local government and :1
their victims, he said.
tion campaigns and provides more
ping the violence must be il top do-
strong show of support from volun.
In Wisconsin and Minnesota,
flexibility for states (i) develop in-
mestic priority, he said.
where police and prosecurors are
novative approaches to address do
Icers, "we are going to meet the
Now Coars is directing his atten-
mestic violence.
needs of the people," Coats said.
required to follow up on domestic
rion to programs that aid victims of
"The bortom line is people that
child abuse.
violence complaints and charges,
care " people who are willing to
"ubusers very quickly got the mes-
"We are looking at the whole
give of their time and talent."
sage that they are not going TO be
question of child abuse" and find-
According to Cours, in 1990, 2.5
ing ways to translate concerns into
able to talk their way our" of being
punished for their actions, he said.
FIRST FEDERAL
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:22
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Coats, Hogsett trumpet their differences
By MARY DIETER
Staff Writer
INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Sen. Dan
Coats and his challenger. Secretary
of State Joseph Hogsett, both wore
blue shirts. navy suits, dark-red ties
Indiana
and winglips to their first debate
Government
yesterday
That's where the similarities end-
ed.
Republican Couts and Democrat
Hogsett took turns answering six
questions in a half-hour program
that clearly delineated the differ-
ences between the no men seeking
election to the US Senure in No-
vember's election.
Coats even made a big deal OUI of
the fact that he has three children
and a grandchild. while Hogsert is
single.
Hogsen came out fighting with re-
peared references to Coats' alleged
entrenchment in Congress. He said
Coats epitomizes the problem peo-
ple have with Washington when the
GOP incumbent criticized Demo-
crats for causing the budget deficit.
The public. Hogsen said, thinks "100
ASSOCIATED PRESS
much time is spent with Democrats
Secretary of State Joseph Hogsen, left, and U.S. Son. Dan Coats talked before the taping of "Inside
blaming Republicans and Republi-
Indiana Government" in Indianapolis yeslorday. They face each other In the November eloction.
cans blaming Democrats." They
need someone "who'll dig in and get
cal steppingstone while he, Hogsett,
needs. These are problems that need
Conts wanted to be their congress-
things done."
would complete the four-year term.
10 be addressed. and all 100 often
man when he sought and won re-
But Coats counterpunched by
"I don't think there's any more
the folks we have in Washington
election in 1988, only to be appoint-
Energing that Hogsett was untrust.
fundamental aspect in leadership
aren't addressing them.
1 think 1
ed a month later 10 the Senate after
worthy. as evidenced by his decision
these days than living up to your
can do more for the people of Indi-
promises," Coats said, adding larer
Dan Quayle was elected vice presi-
to run for the Senate. Hogsett, who
ana in the Senate, fighting for their
deni.
was elected secretary of state in
that, "it was barely days after the
needs, than I can do as secretary of
1990. contrasted himself to his then-
election when that promise was
state."
The appointment was good until
opponent, Indianapolis Mayor Wil-
broken."
the next general election; Coats then
And he returned the enticism,
hum Hudnut, by saying that Hudnut
Hogsen said he changed his mind
saying that the people of the -Ith
wanted to use the office as a politi-
See RIVALS
because of the country's "pressing
Congressional District believed that
Page 4. col 4, this section
INDIANA NEWS
and Hogses for breaking campaign
promises. "The people of Indiana
and the people of this country are
saying we can't Inist politicians
anymore," Coats said, adding that,
"unfortunitiely." LI was because
Bush broke the "no new was"
pledge he made in the 1988 cam-
Rivals come
out swinging
Continued fruns Page
was elected an 1990 to complete the
term. the now is seeking his are full pagn.
Senate term.
Hegsen was appointed secretary
of state after his predecessor, Evan
Bayh. was elected governor: he then
won a four-year term in 1990.
Their debate yesterday on "Inside
Indiana Government" was their first
joint appearance of the campaugn.
The program. which will be shown
on cable and public TV stations in
caties around Indiana, LS sponsored
by Crizens Concerned for the Con-
stitution, a conservative organiza-
tion founded by Indianapolis lawyer
Miller. who serves as the host,
Miller did not ask the candidates
Eric Miller.
opened the program by describing
the group's political agenda, which
includes anti-abortion advocacy and
freedom from government regula-
tion for church and home schools.
about aborrion. He did inquire
about their positions about the U.S.
Supreme Court's recent decision
forbidding prayer at a school com-
mencement ceremony.
Coats decred the ruling. saying
"one of the problems we have in
education today is there are no val-
Hogseu said that "we do need to
recognize the role prayer has in all
of our laves" and that voluntary
prayer is protected by the Constitu-
tion. But noting that "the pilgrims
found their way here because they
wanted religious freedom." he said
society must be careful about draw-
ing a line SQ that prayer is not
forced on individuals
Also during the debate:
Coals took on his ow president
when he criticized President Bush
ues
- - raise taxes
- NEA
- nationalized health cap
- lawya
- Qfvd scholer shp
A her who made his in who off
A man
the law
who made his ling form
land
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a we who
weight watchs the sorts
A man who do cary a
the in the me who
wrote the say
wins was
A me who riches the bas
Sen. Coats just got back from Washington where he played in
the annual softball game -- Republicans VS. Democrats. One thing
I like about Dan -- Bats right, throws right, votes right. He's
gone to the plate for me any number of times, for family values,
for the line-item veto, and for the balanced budget amendment.
He's quite a slugger.
I just recently signed Dan's Domestic Violence Bill into
law. We have a message for abusive husbands and deadbeat dads:
You can run, but you can't hide. We will find you, and we will
jail you.
We also have a message for this new breed of professional
politicians -- the guys who ran for student council in
kindergarten and haven't stopped since: it takes more than a
good haircut to win in American politics -- this is not your high
school, and the American people will look beyond a flashy smile.
(Coats is running against a 34 year-old former campaign manager
with no professional experience outside of politics.)
of course Dan and I have our differences, too. He's a Cubs
fan.
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:06
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.OI
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Ed Walters
FR:
Brose McVey
Re:
President's Remarks on 8/17
Dt:
August 11
There are a few themes I would encourage you to include in the
President's remarks regarding Dan Coats.
We're running this race as a contrast between two individuals,
as opposed to two resumes, two position papers, etc. So, the
President's testimony as to the type of person Dan Coats is
would be very helpful.
1. Dan Coats is a man of intergrity, who comes to his
position on issues based on strongly held values.
2. Dan Coats is a family man, and his intense interest in the
health of the American family is reflected every day in Dan's
work. "You've heard the phrase from Barbara Mandrell's song:
'I was country when country wasn't cool.' Well, Dan Coats was
fighting for the family in Congress when that approach wasn't
in vougue."
3. Dan and his wife Marcia have taken to Washington a set of
simple and strong principles and values, and they've been true
to those values. I guess you'd call it Hoosier common sense.
Dan Coats looks a little out of place in the Washington scene.
4. Dan is a strong advocate for many of the legislative goals
I hold dear. Like the line-item veto, the Balanced Budget
Amendment and a strong economy built on the free enterprise
system, NOT more government spending.
Thanks. Call me at #317-636-1992 with questions.
# # #
AUG-11-92 IVE 10:14
DAN COATS
THA
NO.
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Dan Coats
Indiana
Dan Coats for Indiana
47 South Meridian Street
Suite 301
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Post Office Box 2365
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206
Office: 317/636-1992 or 1-800-729-0799
FAX: 317/635-2684
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AUG-11-92 TUE 10:14
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3170352064
BIOGRAPHY OF U.S. SENATOR DANIEL R. COATS
Dan Coats was elected to the United States Senate by the largest margin of victory for an
appointed Senator in Indiana history in November of 1990.
Coats' record of accomplishment began well before entering work in politics. After
graduating from Wheaton College, he served for two years with the U.S. Army. Coats then worked
full-time as a legal intern, while attending Indiana University law school at night and serving as
Associate Editor of the Law Review. He graduated Cum Laude, and went to work as an attorney
in Fort Wayne.
Dan Coats was first elected to represent Indiana's 4th Congressional District in the U.S.
House of Representatives in 1980, on a platform of lower taxes, reduced government spending, and
a strong national defense. These abiding commitments have remained the focus of Coats' legislative
efforts.
During his eight years in the House, Coats served on the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, which is considered one of the most powerful House committees, considering nearly
40 percent of all legislation. Coats was also recognized as a Congressional leader in the fight to
double the personal exemption to $2000, easing the tax burden on families.
In his decade of public service, Coats has become known as a champion of the American
family. Every imaginable special interest group in Washington has a lobbyist But who, Coats
asked early in his career, will speak for the family? It was this interest and leadership in family
issues which lead Coats' House colleagues to appoint him as the Republican leader of the Select
Committee on Children, Youth and Families.
In December 1988, shortly after being elected to a fifth House term, Coats was appointed
by Governor Robert D. Orr to fulfill the Senate term of Vice President Dan Quayle. Coats quickly
established a reputation in the Senate as a determined and effective legislator. As a freshman
Senator, Coats led his class in the number of measures to pass the Senate.
Coats has been able to continue his leadership role on family issues in the Senate, serving
as the Republican leader of the Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs and Alcoholism. This position has allowed Coats to play a key role on issues as child care,
Head Start, and education.
World events during the 102nd Congress made Coats' position on the Senate Armed Services
Committee an influential one. As a member of this Committee, Coats has been involved in setting
policy for the U.S. in the Persian Gulf War, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
Senator Coats and his wife, Marcia, have been married for 25 years and have three children.
Asked what he would like to do if he were not in the United States Senate, Senator Coats
replied, "Play shortstop for the Chicago Cubs."
(over)
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:15
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
Races of the week
Indiana's U.S. Senate Race
Coais Senate race-a clash between one
(Couts for Indiana, 47 Soull Men-
who enters polities 10 be someone and
dian Street. Suite 301, Indianapolis
another who enters 10 do something.
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Coats vs. Hogsett
in 1990, conservative Republican
Dan Coals overcame the initial slum-
bling block for appointed U.S. senators
-barely. Less than IWO years after he
left the House 10 sake the Senate seal
vacated by good friend Dan Quayle,
Coats (American Conservative Union
rating: I per cent) faced a special elec-
lion against a Democrarie state legista-
for will, a campaign Havishly lubricated
by organized labor and pro-abortion
groups. Coats survived with 34 per cent
of the voic.
Now il is 1992 and has ing completed
the remaining possion of Quayle's
term. the 52-year-ond Costs is running
for B full six-year term of his own.
True, he has had more time and ca.
posure to develop statewide recognition
on his own. But this time. Costs faces
an opponent who has already won
statewide office and seems to have been
gearing up for a Senate bid since his
COATS
childhood.
Secretary of State Joe Hogsert, who
monstrated al propensity for occasion-
quarterbacked the election or Demo-
ally "doing the IMM" "n key mus.
craric Gov. Evan Bayh in 1988, was
When he was running for secretary of
thereupon appointed 10 Bayli's former
state two years ago, Hogsen said he fil.
job as the Hoosier State's chief elec.
vored Indiana's aborrion law. which in.
tions officer, and then won a full term
cluded parental notification and a
two years ago over une of Indiana's
period of counseling prior to in above.
premier vote-getters. Indianapolis
tion.
Mayor Bill Hudnut (R.).
Not an opponent to be taken lightly,
Bur what a difference 1850 years and
to say the least. Like Bill Clinion, the
two Supreme Court decisions makes:
J7-year-old Hogsell is one of those
Senate candidate Hogset: has now
office-seukers seemingly consumed by
wholeheartedly blessed the so-called
artaining the post. A bachelor who
Freedom of Choice Act, which your
doesn't own a home. Hogsell has been
beyond even Rur V. Wade and allows
involved in the campaign side of poli-
no such impediments 10 abortion-on-
demand.
ties all or his adult life. The contacts
that he has made in becoming his state's
The dicholomy between this candi-
leading Democratic "nuts-and-bolts
date and Coats could not be more dis-
man" appear 10 have paid off; already,
linet. As 2 young man, Coais seemed
the challenger has brought in an eye.
headed for 2 prosperous carder as an
brow-raising $1.2 million, with
executive with the Murual Security Life
5875,000 still on hand for the race.
Insurance Co. But he gave that up in
Bui as nimble-tongued and politi-
1977 10 run the district offices for
cally astute as the Clintons and Hog.
friend Quayle. He successed Quayle in
sells are. the hard faci remains that
the House when Quayle moved 10 the
they are liberals in 2 resolutely portside
Senate in 1980. and then :cok his Sen-
party.
are seal in 1989.
Forced to address national issues for
A vigorous champion of buth the
the First time in his carder, Hogsess has
pro-life cause and school prayer. Couts
come. out foursquare against liability
has battled sex education in schools be.
reform (a key ender "or of both Coats
cause il includes the dispensing of con-
and Quayle). against term limitation
traceptives the encourages premarital
(which Coals has spoken for and co-
sex and he has pushed an amendment 10
sponsored in Congress), and has de-
cut off federal education Funds 10 STRIUS
clared that he would have opposed
banning voluntary school prayer. The
Clarence Thomas' nomination 10 the
Hoosier conservative has also taken
Supreme Court. In sidition, the Demo-
other controversial positions out of
cratic hopeful hearthy endorsed the re-
principle. He supported raising the in.
cont Supreme Court decision banning
come tax exemption for child care and
prayer at high school graduations.
was one of only four sensiors to oppose
: And like political team-male and
the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
voul-mate Clinton. Hogsen has de.
In a nurshell, that's the Hogsen-
18 / Human Events / AUGUST 8, 1992
2
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:16
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.04
9
1992
MAY
GOURNAL-GAZETTE
S.
108,014
D. 66,531
Dhats' seat called
Coats
From Page 1C.
'highly vulnerable'
Hogsett's Washington connections
and at Colits' job performance neg-
atives and factors in the public's
current disdain for incumbents to
By BRIAN HOWEY
rate the Rom Wayne Republican as
seen the
Staff Writer
likes of a
an endangered political species.
A recent public opinion
Coats has good company, includ-
candidate
poll conducted on the Dan
ing senators Alphonse D'Amato of
like Joe
Coats-Joe Hogsett U.S. Senate
New York, Robert Packwood of
Hogsett,
race in Indiana reveals the
Oregon, Arlen Specter of Pennsyl-
S
the cur-
incumbent Republican lead-
vania and Ernest Hollings of South
rent
ing by a 53 percent to 28 per-
Carolina among the 13 senators on
Demo-
cent margain.
that list.
cratic sec-
Yet on May 15, the Roth-
Three more Senate seats are
id
retary of
emberg Political Report in
listed on Rothenberg's "vulncrable"
to
state.
Washington rated Coats on its
list.
ge
Hog-
"highly vulnerable" list.
"There is no doubt the underly-
Polls, though, are simply
Coats
sett
is
ing national mood against politics as
D
unusually
stapshots of a given race at a
usual is an important factor in
6:
aggres-
specific point in time. Data
explaining increased vulnerability,"
sive,
can be deceiving when num-
Rothenberg said. "Since World War
Rothen-
ar
bers are taken out of context,
berg said.
II. I could not find a pure anti-
but it gives campaign staffs a
incumbent election, even with
'He's a
feel for the direction of their
(Barry) Goldwater or Watergate or
consum-
mission. And there is always
(George) McGovern and the elec-
to
mate poli-
2
another side to a pull. In this
tions that followed. It was always
tician. He
fui
case, the Political Media
one party that was hurt. But 1992 is
lives and
Research, Inc. poll aired by
a little different More incumbents
Fo
breathes
WISH-TV in Indianapolis
are likely to go down."
politics.
revealed that Coats has just a
Those reasons include the House
W
Every
35 percent job performance
banking scandal, redistricting, more
4:0
Hogsett
time I talk
rating of "good or excellent."
and better challengers, Ross Perot's
Hc
to him,
he's on the edge of his seat."
maverick presidential campaign
Ha
"When we look at job per-
formance, those are not ideal
Rothenberg said Hogsett is
and a general perception of dissatis-
he
numbers," Stuart Rothenberg
"the most visible" challenger
faction, Roihenberg said.
said Monday. "Coats has
in Washington. "I've met him
"I think these incumbent num-
Fo
good balance in the head-to-
several times. I've bumped
bers are going to come back," Roth-
Ha
enberg said. "Right now, voters are
Th
head. The reason we look
into him on the street once or
an
beyond that is head-to-head
twice. He's been in Washing-
still comparing congressmen to
tests can be deceiving. If they
ton looking for support,
some idcal House or Senate candi-
HE
(likely voters) don't have a
date. But come November, it will be
W,
mostly financial. I think in
favorable impression of his
terms of candidates this elec-
their guy against a specific
Ev
job performance, it means
tion cycle, Joe Hogsett has
opponent."
of
there's an opportunity for the
been as visible in Washington
Curt Smith, a press aide to Coals,
1:
challenger. Anything under
as any of them."
also sees different numbers in the
Ft
50 percent incans trouble."
Thus, Rothenberg looks a
poll.
Rothenberg has rarely
See COATS Page 3C,
"We think a 28 percent lead is
significant. Joe cites the fact he was
7
down 32 percent against (William)
Hudnut in 1990" in the secretary of
state race. "But now he's a known
quantity. And Joe is not getting the
baseline Democratic voic. even
with 70 percent name ID. He's got
problems in his own ranks."
As for Rothenberg's rating.
Smith said. "It reflects that Joc's
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Coats offers own term limits
By JOE THOMAS
Banner-Graphic Assistant Editor
To paraphrase another Repub-
Pictorial history books can
lican candidate, come the summer
and full of 2004, we shouldn't have
be ordered at office or fair
Dan Coats to klck around any more
- assuming Hoosier voters are
Response to the Banner-
be limited.
good to Coats this year and in
Graphic request for photographs
The book will be available
12:04
1998.
for the Pulmam County pictorial
Nov. 15.
Coals, who is secking his first
history book has been great. The
PERSONS CAN order a
full term as Indiana's junior
book will contain more than 200
book by calling the Banner
senator, was in Putrum County
photos.
Graphic (653-5151). stopping by
DAN COATS
Sunday for the 4H Fair Farads,
ADVANCE BOOK sales also
the office at 100 N. Jackson St.
and repeated his personal piedge to
have been very good. Advance
between 8 BLITI, and 5 p.o. Mon-
25/62/20
place a limit OR his own terms in
orders are being taken at $27.50,
day through Friday or during fair
office.
asavings of $8.
week by. filling out an order
"One of the problems we have in
Once published, the book will
blank at the B-G fair booth in
government today is that people no
cost $35.50 and quantities will
the industrial knt.
longer trust their elected leaders to
keep their word," Costs observed.
The beat way to deal with that
two fall terms" be sald.
office in time for former Gov.
problem, he said, is term limits.
Coass was appointed one of In-
Robert On to appoint Costs to start
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:17
"I BELIEVE THAT is so im-
diana's two U.S. Senale seats when
serving in January 1989. He WOTH a
9EN. DAN COATS
portant than I've pledged to honor
Dan Quayle was efected vice prosi-
special election in 1990. earning
Maxes tals purude visit
term Umits. I wom's serve more them
dont In 1988. Quaryle resigned delm
Col. 4, back page, this section
10fz
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:18
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
Coats
Continued from Page 1
the right to finish Quayle's term.
Conts has spent three years
designed as a separate trust entity
He is now seeking election in his
working on the issue, and he had to
where people pay into it and that
own right, facing Democratic
overcome three filibusters OD the
money is set aside for their retire-
Secretary of State foe Hogsett
Senate Boor to get the bill to a vote.
ment.
But Coats is thinking about more
11 Grally passed 89-2
But everything else is fair game.
than just the end of his political
NOW, SEN, COATS says, it's
"BUT, I THINK we ought to
career. He back on the hustings in
time to take aim on government
consider at least outling some cap
Indiana, fresh from a victory on the
spending, which he says will even-
on the rate of growth. 1 don't think
Senate floor, where he was able to
tually bankrupt the nation, if the
we necessarily have to CUL, but we
pass a bill giving states the legal
problem is ignored.
have to hold down the rate of
authority to refuse out-of-state
"We have to make the effort to
growth for a number of years to
trash.
balance the budget without a tax
that revenues can catch up." be
"FOR THE FIRST time,
Increase." Costs said. "We've had
said.
Hoosiers will have the power to say
19 tax increases in the past 20 years'
But that does not mean the
'no' to new shipments of out-of-
and we've balanced the budget
federal government should give up
state trash," Coats sald. "Indiana
only one time."
making policy and passing laws.
has been a dumping ground for
And since two-thirds of federal
Bur Coats has & different vision or
other people's guabage and this
spending comes in the form of
what those policies and laws ought
legislation will give them authority
mandated programs that only Con-
to be And one area where his vi-
to refuse it"
gress has the authority to cell Costs
sion comes through is education.
The bill provides states and
said it's time to look at those entit-
up don't believe the solution to
communities the authority to ban or
lemens programs.
education is to federalize 2" Costs
restrict new shipments of out-of-
"WE HAVE TO somehow ad-
Insisted. "I don't think that more
state trash; allows continued wash
dress the growth of entitlement
money is what the problem is in
shirenents 10 a limited number of
programs. Unchecked growth will
education."
landfills that received out-of-state
run this country into bankruptcy, so
Instead. Coals wants to decen-
rash in 1991 and that meet all state
shere has to be some limitation on
tralize education policy making,
standards for environmentally
that Coats maintained.
empowering those who are closest
sound facilities; and prevents any
And the only cared cow, Costs
to the school children.
landfill from becoming a larget for
said, is Social Security.
"YOU GIVE ME a good
out-of-state trash by giving all
"I don't believe we should in-
teacher. and give that teacher the
states the right to freeze volumes at
cloude Social Security in that be-
freedom. to teach without the bur-
grandfaibered facilities.
cause Social Security was always
den of all of the rules and
regulations impoxed on them by
bureaucracy and students are going
to ltarn," he said,
Coats also called for giarental
empowerment by giving them a
choice of where their children at
tend school, and give them $ say in
that school's curriculum, But that's
not JL
"You give the a school that im-
poses discipline and provides the
atmosphers for loarning and
teaches that basics and that allows
values to be taught-- you give the
chese, and you IT going to get
children who are well educated," he
maintained.
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DAN COATS
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ZONING
Debate 1133
From Page A1
Debate:highlights
Some of the issues covered in the
voluntary and Envoluntary prayer
if the debate
first debate between U.S. Senate
in government settings. The
candidates Dan Coals. the
pligrims found their way here
is a true sign of
Incumbent Republican, and
because they wanted religious
things to come
Secretary of State Joseph
freedom.
Hogsett, the Democrat
CONGRESSIONAL TERM
voters will be
challenger
LIMITS
Coats
Hogsett
seeing a lot of
KEEPING PROMISES
Hogsett said setting term limits
Code said Hogget word back
won't answe the questions
Senatorial
political
on his word after yowing to full
people have about Washington
his term as Secretary of State,
politicians, but getting rid of perks
fisticuffs
which expires in 1995. don't
might help. 1 think the people
between now and
think there's any more
ought 10 make those decisions
candidates
fundamental aspect of addership
he said of terms In Congress
then
these days than living up 10 your
promise
Costs favors limiting Individuals
to aix terms in the House and two
square off
Hogsett said he simply
terms in the Sensie, for a total
range ambitions are."
changed his mind) think can
limit of 24 years. "I think people
In the debate. Hogsett said Coate
do more for the people of Indiana
want to get back # the concept of
By Nancy J. Winkley
is missing the point, and that the real
in the U.S. Senate lighting for
chizen legislatures
Staff writer
issues in what promises to be a gritty
their needs than lean in the
BASE CLOSINGS
campaign include jobs, health care
Secretary of States office.
INDIANAPOLIS - If their first debate
and responsiveness 10 Hoosiers.
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Hogsed criticized Coals for
Wednesday is any indication, vours will
Voters don't want finger-pointing
PRAYER IN SCHOOL
voting to close two Indiana
have a distinct choice in the fall between
back and forth between Republicans
Coals denounc ed the U.S.
military bases when jobs are
U.S. Senate can-
and Democrate or the Congress and
Supreme Count's recent decision
needed in Indiana and said it is
DECISION
didates.
the White House, Hogsett said.
that a prayer at a high school
Ironic that now officials are
And if the debate is a
"They want something done," he
commencement violated the
scrambling 15 win military jobs
true sign of things to
said.
constitutional separation of
back
come, voters will be
But asked about Coats' swipe on
church and state. I think one of
seeing a lot of political
the trust issue after the taping, Hog.
the problems we have in
Costs said K was necessary to
adques
fusticults between now
sett took a few swings himself.
education is there are no Values
make the tough choice on base
and then.
"I think Sen. Coats better hope
closings in order to fullill his
Incumbent Republi-
trust isn't the fundamental issue,
Rogsett said prayer is
commitment to outling the budget
can Dan Costasaid The
he acid, adding that he believes
Impoidant to people but there
had to guip and swallow real
key issue in the cam-
Coats has flip-flopped on 2 number of
should be # distinction between
hard.
paign is trust and that
issues, particularly those having to
Democratic challenger Joseph Hogsett
do with the perks of Congress.
FEUCIA McGURREN/staff aftail
hasn't earned it.
Coats and Hogsett offered the
abortion issue.
Continuing on a theme he began in atate
same answer to just one of the six
grandchild
questions posed to them during the
Coats is a staunch nti-abortion
wide redio commercials, Costs said during
Those are the sort of "life expcri-
the taping of the televised debate that Hog-
taping of the half-hour debate, spon-
candidate who supports legal abor-
ences that Hoosiers can best relate
sored by the conservative group Citi-
tion only if the health of the mother
sett broke one promise to voters already af-
to, he said.
is at risk.
ter vowing in 1990 to serve B full four-year
zens Concerned for the Consti-
Hogsett supports abortion rights
Said Hogsett, who is unmarried, "1
term as Secretary of State.
tution.
"It WES barely days after the election when
Both favor R balanced budget
as outlined in Indiana law, which ro-
believe I have the life experiences
that promise was broken." Coats said.
quires parental consent unless a ju-
necessary to serve."
amendment to the Constitution
dicial waiver 14' obtained
Later. Coats said, "It throws a doubt over
But they varied widely on issues
what else you can trust or what bis long.
Lr. his clusing remarks, Conta sug.
The Coats/Hogsett debate will be tele-
including health care, military base
gested another contrast between the
vised on cable and public television
closings, term limits and prayer in
See DEBATE, AS
candidates - although it was a
school
stations in Northwest Indiana. Con-
somewhat veiled suggestion
Conspicuously absent from the de-
suit your local listings or contact your
The incumbent noted be is mar-
bate was any mention of the volatile
local television station for dates and
ried, has three children and one
times.
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DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P. 08
Bush signs Coats'
domestic abuse bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A law
"Senseless, violent. tragic abuse
authorizing $60 million to help
has become an all too common and
abused women was introduced by
sorry fact of life in America.' Coats
Sen. Dan Coats. R-Ind., after a man
said.
on furlough from prison heat his
former wife to death.
Coats' sponsorship of the legis-
lation was in reaction to the 1989
The legislation, part of the Child
murder of Lisa Marie Bianco. a
Abuse, Domestic Violence. Adop-
Mishawaka woman bludgeoned to
tion and Family Services Act of
death by her former husband, Alan
1992. was signed into law by Presi-
Matheney. while he was on a prison
dent Bush on Thursday.
furlough. Matheney is on death row
In sponsoring the spouse abuse
for the murder.
legislation. Coats cited research
If fully funded, the bill authorizes
showing that at least 14,000 women
$60 million for domestic violence
in Indiana were forced from their
programs in all 50 states during the
homes last year by abusive hus-
next four years. creates a new pro-
bands, and the FBI reported almost
gram lo help states prosecute peo.
30 percent of female murder vic-
ple accused of victimizing women.
tims were killed by their husbands
and doubles the level of funding for
or boyfriends.
shelters for battered women.
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Coats pushes domestic violence bill in visit to Gary shelter
By D. AILEEN DODD
Times Staff Writer
GARY - Sen. Dan Chats R-Ind.,
visited a shelter for abused chil-
dren Thursday in continue press-
ing for legislation to help families
suffering from domestic violence.
In May. President Bush signed a
domestic violence hill. sponsored
by Costs, which gives states 560
million in the next four years for
programs that serve victims of
abuse and help to prosecure
abusers.
"My bill will help women who
have been victimized by spouse
abuse and will enable them and
their children In live in safety,' he
said
"Healing the broken lives of
abused women and children is one:
of our most vital federal initia-
Lives"he added
During Coats' visit TO the Crisis
Center, 101 N. Montgomery Sr., he
saw how similar programs work at
the grass-roots level.
Times photo by Jain ; Watkins
The Crisis Center provides shel-
Sen. Dan Coates takes a quick lour of the Alternative House dormatories with Director Kale Whitacre. Aller-
ter for abused and runaway teens
native House is part of the Crisis Center.
age 13 through 17, and support ser-
vices for victims of domestic vio-
million children were victims of
legislation he said.
Coats' domestic violence bill
lence.
child abuse or neglect, a 31 percent
To discourage domestic vio-
provides incentives for states that
Coats toured the shelter and
increase in reports between 1985
lence, state law enforcement agen.
adout similar programs, doubles
talked with teens there about their
and 1990. And in 1991, 51 child fa-
ries should deal with abusers
the level of funding for shelters for
experiences.
talities in Indiana WITE caused by
abruptly, he said. Sometimes when
women who are victims of domes-
Shekers for victims of domestic
abuse or neglect.
complaints are filed, police don't
tic violence, allows states to use
violence are in short supply in Indi-
"Violence in the home has be
tollow them up and charges are
federal funds for public informa-
and and other PUTS of the country.
come an all too common fact of life
dropped because abusers chreaten
tion campaigns and provides more
But with the help of the federal,
in our country," Couts said. Stop
their victims, he said.
flexibility for states (i) develop in-
state and local government and it
ping the violence must be a top do
In Wisconsin and Minnesota,
novative approaches to address du-
strong show of support from volun.
mestic priority, he said.
where police and prosecurors are
mestic violence.
tears, "we are going to meet the
Now Coars is directing lus atten-
required to follow up on domestic
needs of the people,' Coats said.
rion to programs that aid victims of
violence complaints and charges,
"The bortom Jinc is people that
child abuse.
"abusers very quickly gull the mes-
care people who are willing to
lie are looking at the whole
sage that they are not going to be
give of their time and talent."
question of child abuse" and find.
able to talk their way our" of being
According: to Cuas. in 1990, 25
ing ways to translate concerns into
purished for their actions. he said.
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Known by his enemies
The quality of an idea can sometimes be
that area is a bit wet, but the area hardly needs
measured by the opposition it attracts.
that kind of study.
Sen. Robert Byrd was the primary opponent
He also has come up with items like
of Sen. Dan Coats earlier this year as the
$150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud,
Hoosier tried to get Congress to adopt a line
which is undoubtedly a matter of pressing
item veto for the president.
national interest.
Coats' proposal to let the president be able
Sen. Byrd has a way of getting his way.
to veto silly spending proposals attached to
Reader's Digest quoted him as explaining the
otherwise important legislation was defeated
ways of Congress to two new Republican
in the Senate by a 54-44 vote.
members of his committee: "If you rock the
Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, is chairman
boat or support a line-item veto, we have a
of the Senate Appropriations Committee. That
special chute that goes down to the
positions him with immense clout over the
Potomac."
purse strings of federal spending, and he was
Coats' efforts to lead Congress to adopt a
not shy about using it in rounding up the 54
line-item veto are commendable.
votes against the proposal.
Undoubtedly it will lessen his clout with Sen.
But Coats pointed out that support for the
Byrd's committee and perhaps cost Indiana a
idea is gaining, especially when a politically
few federal aid programs. He might even
powerful man like Byrd finds it necessary to
wind up on that chute down to the Potomac.
talk for seven hours to defeat it.
But the principle he is pursuing is vital,
Byrd's record in West Virginia provides
especially when the federal deficit is soaring.
ample illustrations of why the president ought
The nation's future could hang in the balance
to be able to veto pork-barrel spending items
if the debts continue to mount, without any
tacked onto vital legislation.
serious effort in Congress to reduce the
As chairman of the Appropriations
spending.
Committee, Byrd has found ingenious ways
But public outrage over the kind of clout
of getting big federal agencies to move their
that Sen. Byrd has abused could eventually
headquarters out to his state.
backfire on the supporters of pork-barrel
He also has engineered the spending of
spending. They might find themselves getting
taxpayers' dollars on items like $300,000 for
thrown out of office as their tactics become
a study of wetlands in the Canaan Valley area
more well-known and become an issue in
of his state. Obviously some of the land in
congressional campaigns.
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Coats, Hogsett trumpet their differences
By MARY DIETER
Stail Writer
INDIANAPOLIS - US. Sen. Da.:
Codes and his challenger. Secretary
losid
of State Joseph Hogsett, both wore
Indian
plue shirts. may suits. dark-red ries
and windlips 10 their first debate
Government
yesterday
That's where the similarities end-
ed.
Republican Costs and Democrat
Hogsett took lurns answering six
questions in 3 half-hour program
that clearly delineated the differ.
ences between the no Ten seeking
election to the US Senate in No.
vember's election.
Coats even made a b:g des! our of
the fact that he has three children
and a grandchild. while Hogsert is
single.
Hogsen name out fighting with re-
peared references to Coats alleged
entrenchment in Congress. He said
Conts epitcmizes the problem pco-
ple have with Washington when the
GCP incumbent criticized Demo-
crats for causing the budget deficit.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The public. Hogsen said, thinks "100
much time is spent with Democrats
Secretary of State Joseph Hogsen, left, and U.S. Son. Dan Costs lalked before the laping of "Inside
blaming Republicans and Repubii-
Indiana Government" in Indianapolis yeslorday. They face each other In the November election.
cans biaming Democrats." They
cal steppingstone while he. Hogsen.
needs. These are problems that need
Conts wanted 10 be their congress-
need someone "who'll dig in and gel
would complete the four-year term.
10 be addressed. and all 100 often
man when he sought and won re-
things done."
"I don't think there's any more
But Coats counterpunched by
the folks we have in Washington
election in 1938. only to be appoint-
fundamental aspect in leadership
anarging that Hogsett was untrust-
aren't addressing them
1 think 1
ed a month later to the Senate after
worthy. as evidenced by his decision
these days than living up to you"
can de more for the people of Indi-
Dan Quayle was elected vice presi-
10 run for the Senate. Hogsett, who
promises." Coats said. adding later
ana in the Senate. fighting for their
deni.
was elected secretary o! State in
that. "if was barely days after the
needs. than I can do as secretary of
The appointment was good until
1990. contrasted himself to his then-
election when that promise Was
viale."
the next general election: Cools then
opponent. Indianapolis Mayor Wil-
broken."
And he returned the criticism.
tram Hudnut. by saying that Hudnet
Hogsed said he changed his mind
saying that the people of the -1th
See RIVALS
wanted IC use the office as E politi-
because of the country's "pressing
Congressional District believed that
Page 4. col 4. this section
INDIANA NEWS
and Hogsen for breaking campaign
promises. "The people of Indiana
and the people of this country are
saying we can't trust politions
anymore," Coats said. adding that,
"unformately." LL was because
Bush broke the "no new laxes"
pledge he made in the 1985 cam-
paign.
Supreme Court's recent decision
Coats decred the ruling. saying
Hogsett-said that "we do need 10
EEN
Rivals come
out swinging
Continued fruns Page
was elected en 1990 to complete the
term. He now IS seeking bis mist full
Senate term.
Hogsen was appointed secretary
of stare after his predecessor, Evan
Dayh. was elected governor. he then
won a four-year term in 1990.
Their debate yesterday on "Inside
Indiana Government" was their first
jour appearance of the campaugn.
The program. which will be shown
on cable and public 1V stations in
caries around Indiana. 15 sponsored
by Chizens Concerned for the Con-
stitution, a conservative organiza-
tion founded by Indianapolis lawyer
Miller. who serves BS the host.
Eric Miller.
opened the program by describing
the group's political agenda, which
includes anti-abortion advocacy and
freedom from government regula-
tion for church and home schools.
Miller did not ask the candidates
about aborion. He did inquire
about their positions about the U.S.
forbidding prayer at a school. com-
meacement ceremony.
"one of the problems we have in
education today is there are TOO val
recognize the role prayer has in all
of our Inves" and that voluntary
prayer is protected by the Constitu-
tion. But noting that "The pilgrims
found their way here because they
wanted religious freedom." he said
society must he careful about draw.
ing a line SU that prayer is not
forced un individuals
Also during the debate:
Cours took on his on president
when he criticized President Bush
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HEADLINE: GOP candidates fear Bush's coattails may be threadbare
BYLINE: By Elaine S. Povich; Elaine S. Povich is a member of the Tribune's
Washington bureau
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
It has been at least 12 years since Republican senators and congressmen
running for re-election described themselves as "mavericks" and "independents,"
but this year is different.
With President Bush plummeting in the polls, members of the GOP find
themselves in an odd position - running at a distance from their president.
Throw in the anti-incumbent mood in the country and, in Congress, the problem
of bounced checks at the defunct House bank, and it's not a great year for
Republicans.
Democrats, too, have the check problems and the dreaded incumbency tag, but
they are warming up to Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton like never
before.
Clinton is playing a tricky game, trying to run as an outsider. He kept
congressional leaders at arms length during the Democratic convention and, so
far, has been campaigning mostly for other outsiders like Carol Moseley Braun in
Illinois.
But Democratic officeholders such as Rep. Les AuCoin (D-Ore.), who is running
for the Senate this year, are clinging to every word Clinton utters in their
favor. It made AuCoin smile just to recall that Clinton mentioned him twice in a
recent speech.
For Republicans, it's tough times. Many GOP senators say they won't be
attending the Republican National Convention that begins Aug. 17 in Houston.
Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, who is in a tough re-election race, says he can
find better things to do "with Hoosiers" than go to Houston for four or five
days.
Coats said, however, he would be happy to play host to Bush in Indiana.
"Just because the president is down doesn't mean you walk away from him as a
person," Coats said, in what appeared to be a mild endorsement.
If Bush loses the White House, Republicans face the prospect of two branches
of government being controlled by Democrats. More worrisome, from their point
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HEADLINE: Quayle visits home state for fund raisers
DATELINE: SOUTH BEND, Ind.
KEYWORD: IN-QUAYLE
BODY:
Vice President Dan Quayle was expected to arrive in South Bend Monday for a
political fund raiser for Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., and to tour a shelter for
battered women.
Monday's trip was the second of three consecutive trips to his home state
for the vice president.
Sunday Quayle flew to Indiana for two Republican fundraisers. One was a
golf outing at Crooked Stick Golf Club near Carmel. The second was a dinner at
the home of James E. Rogers Jr., chairman of PSI Resources Inc., the parent
company of PSI Energy.
Quayle then returned to Washington so he would be able to host a breakfast
at the vice presidential mansion for British Prime Minister John Major on Monday
morning.
On Tuesday, Quayle will be in Indianapolis to address a national meeting of
Southern Baptists at the Indiana Convention Center. About 17, 000 Southern
Baptists are expected to attend Quayle's 9 a.m. keynote address on the opening
day of the convention.
While in South Bend Tuesday, Coats and Quayle will tour the YWCA Women's
Shelter for Domestic Violence Victims. The tour is significant to Coats who has
introduced legislation that would make it a federal crime for a person to cross
state lines for the purpose of abusing a spouse or violating a stay-away order.
The tour will follow the fund-raiser for Coats. Quayle will return to
Washington late Monday.
An impromptu news conference at the Indianapolis International Airport
Sunday gave Quayle a chance to criticize independent presidential candidate Ross
Perot for hiring political insiders to run his campaign.
Skirting questions about why Perot is more popular in the polls than
President Bush, Quayle said, The only poll that we're interest in is on
Election Day.
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He then steered the discussion to what he said was Perot's ''first major
political mistake.
Perot has hired Hamilton Jordan, who ran President Jimmy Carter's 1976 and
1980 presidential campaigns, and Ed Rollins, who managed President Ronald
Reagan's 1984 re-election campagin.
Jordan and Rollins will be viewed as ''expensive, inside Washington
handlers, Quayle predicted.
Asked why Perot's situation would be viewed differently than his own, since
he too has high-priced, experienced Washington handlers, Quayle said, ''This is
Mr. Outside now going (to) the inside.
Perot, who led both Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton
in two national polls released over the weekend, has billed himself as a
Washington outsider who wants to correct the ills of politics-as-usual.
Quayle was accompanied Sunday by Allan B. Hubbard, the former executive
director of the White House Council on Competitiveness, which is headed by the
vice president and has worked to ease government regulation of business.
Hubbard was criticized last year for working on clean air matters for the
council while he owned $18,000 worth of stock in PSI Resources, which is subject
to clean air laws. Hubbard later said he would contribute the stock to charity.
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state Rep. John Hallock.
Two Republicans are squaring off for the nomination this time, state Sen.
Jack Schaffer and conservative attorney Donald Manzullo. Manzullo, 47, lost the
1990 primary but has returned for another try, this time against Schaffer, a
20-year veteran of the state Senate.
Schaffer, 49, has represented much of the Congressional district in the state
legislature, and odds seem to favor him in the primary, too. But Manzullo is a
term-limit supporter who has a strong network of grassroots support.
Both are eager to claim the prize of the GOP nomination, as redistricting has
made this only more of a Republican bastion, adding McHenry County to the 16th.
Cox has compiled a moderate voting record in Congress but is still likely to be
assailed as a liberal for his support of the Civil Rights Act and opposition to
the Gulf war.
19th District
Incumbents: Terry Bruce (D)
4th term (66 percent)
Glenn Poshard (D)
2nd term (84 percent)
Outlook: Safe Democratic
This may well be the last two weeks of Poshard's Congressional career.
Poshard was dealt a near-crippling blow by the three-judge panel that decided
redistricting; they carved his seat up almost equally between those of Bruce,
and Democratic Reps. Dick Durbin and Jerry Costello. After agonizing over
whether to retire, run against Costello, or face Bruce, Poshard chose the latter
course.
But he seems to face nearly insurmountable obstacles in the primary, not the
least of which is money. Poshard does not accept PAC contributions, and at the
end of December had just $17,272 on hand to face down Bruce's impressive
$699,486 war chest. In the end, it may just come down to that.
Indiana
Filing Deadline: Feb. 21
Primary Date: May 5
Senate
Incumbent: Dan Coats (R)
2nd term (54 percent)
Outlook: Leans Republican
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Coats officially launched his bid for re-election last month and immediately
went on the offensive, charging his Democratic opponent, Secretary of State Joe
Hogsett, with being a lifetime politician.
The opening jab has set the tone for this competitive race and has convinced
the Hogsett camp that Coats is worried.
A recent poll conducted for the state House Democrats showed Coats leading
Hogsett, 49 to 33 percent.
Hogsett, 35, is also doing well in fundraising, reporting more than $400,000
cash on hand in January, but it can't compare with Coats's $1 million at year's
end.
While Coats, 48, has attacked Hogsett - the former campaign manager for Gov.
Evan Bayh's (D) race for Secretary of State and later governor - as a lifetime
politician, Coats has portrayed himself as an average worker who "never imagined
I'd someday be what people call a politician."
But Hogsett has his own ammunition against the incumbent. Coats will come
under attack for his vote to close local military bases, including the Fort
Benjamin Harrison Army base, a large source of employment for the state.
Area pundits say Hogsett is a scrappy campaigner and will make this the most
competitive race in the state this year.
House
3rd District
Incumbent: Tim Roemer (D)
1st term (51 percent)
Outlook: Likely Democratic
The freshman won't have a rematch against former Rep. John Hiler (R), the man
he defeated in 1990 with just 51 percent of the vote, but he is being challenged
by former Hiler aide Carl Baxmeyer (R).
Baxmeyer served with Hiler from 1983 until 1987, when he made an unsuccessful
bid for the mayor of South Bend. He is now the owner of a land-use planning
consulting business and reports only $21 in his campaign war chest.
A stronger contender against Roemer, 35, is Doug Bernacchi (R), a floor
trader with the Chicago Mercantile Stock Exchange.
This is Bernacchi's first run for political office, but he is considered a
frontrunner in the primary. A staunch conservative, Bernacchi, 33, has about
$77,000 cash on hand. He is promoting his past as a local farm laborer and his
experience at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and the University of
Notre Dame Business School.
Bernacchi hopes to combine his local ties and his Washington know-how to
defeat the incumbent, but Roemer, a former staffer for Sen. Dennis DeConcini
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Married to the daughter of the late President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robb
served as a Marine Corps officer in Vietnam.
He was elected Virginia's lieutenant governor in 1977, the only Democrat to
win statewide office that year. He was elevated to the governorship four years
later in a Democratic sweep of the state's top three offices.
After his own term ended, he was widely credited for helping pave the way for
the 1985 election of Democratic Gov. Gerald Bailes and a ticket that included a
black lieutenant governor and a female attorney general.
While Robb has declared he has no intention of doing anything but serve his
six-year Senate term and run for re-election, he is on most short lists of
potential presidential candidates in 1992 or 1996.
Republicans joining the Senate's minority are:
Conrad Burns of Montana
Burns, 53, a rumpled, folksy farm broadcaster, squeezed past incumbent Democrat
John Melcher to win a Senate seat.
Burn's victory represented a major political promotion from his present job
as a commissioner of Yellowstone County.
Burns is a co-founder of the Northern Agricultural Network and his broadcasts
and subsequent success as an after-dinner speaker won him statewide popularity.
During the campaign, he accused Melcher of having a disproportionate interest
in the affairs of the Philippines - which he visited three times in five years.
He also may have been helped by President Reagan's veto of a Melcher-sponsored
Montana wilderness bill.
Dan Coats of Indiana
Coats, 45, has spent his career following in the footsteps of Sen. Dan Quayle,
a political ally.
He served on Quayle's staff in the House when Quayle represented Indiana's
4th Congressional District.
He was elected to fill Quayle's House seat after Quayle's election to the
Senate in 1980.
And he was appointed last month to fill Quayle's Senate seat after Quayle was
elected vice president.
In Congress, his record has been described as conservative, Christian-based
and pro-family.
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He has served as the senior GOP member on the Select Committee on Children,
Youth and Families.
He became identified with the issue of school prayer, trying in 1984 to
attach an amendment to an education bill to cut off federal aid to schools and
states banning voluntary school prayer. It was defeated by the full House.
Slade Gorton of Washington
Gorton, 60, returns to the Senate after a political rebirth in his home state.
He was defeated by Democrat Brock Adams in 1986 after negative publicity
about his decision to vote for Senate confirmation of Daniel Manion for a seat
on a federal appeals court in exchange for the Reagan administration's
nomination of a friend to be a federal judge in Washington state.
Sen. Daniel Evans's surprise decision not to seek re-election opened a new
chance for Gorton.
He warmed up his speaking style, asked pardon for his judge-swap decision and
made other changes.
In the end he defeated five-term Rep. Mike Lowry and regained a Senate seat.
Gorton served in the Washington House for a decade beginning in 1959 and was
its majority leader for his last two years. A lawyer, he served as the state's
attorney general from 1969 to 1981.
James M. Jeffords of Vermont
Jeffords, 54, a seven-term member of the House, is expected to be one of the
Senate's most liberal GOP members.
He captured 70 percent of the vote to succeed Sen. Robert Stafford, a
Republican who retired after a long Senate career.
Jeffords has been a House maverick. Some call him a gadfly. He does not
follow his party's line in many cases. In 1981 he voted against President Reagan
more often than any other Republican member of the House. That included voting
against Reagan's 1981 tax bill.
The following year he was elbowed aside by other Republicans and denied a
chance to become the ranking GOP member of the House Agriculture Committee, in
large part because of his independent voting record.
He became, instead, ranking GOP member of the Education and Labor Committee
where he supported student loans and job training legislation and, in another
break with the GOP, backed a plan to soften the blow of plant closings on
workers.
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December 12, 1988, Monday, AM cycle
SECTION: Political News
LENGTH: 540 words
HEADLINE: Coats One of "Two Dans" in Northeast Indiana District
BYLINE: By DOUG RICHARDSON, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: INDIANAPOLIS
KEYWORD: Coats Profile
BODY:
Their career paths and political philosophy are similar, but people who know
both men say Daniel R. Coats will bring a different background and style to the
U.S. Senate than the man he replaces - Vice President-elect Dan Quayle.
In contrast to Quayle, an exuberant campaigner, Coats is "very low-key," said
former Secretary of State Edwin J. Simcox.
Jill L. Long, a Democrat who has run against both Quayle and Coats, said
Coats is not a passionate speaker, but contended he is stronger than Quayle in
other ways.
"His style was more substantive than Dan Quayle's," said Long, who lost to
Quayle in the 1986 Senate race and to Coats in the November election for the
U.S. House. "He is more of an intellectual than is Dan Quayle."
The son of a Michigan pharmacy owner, Coats, 45, was named Monday by Gov.
Robert D. Orr to succeed Quayle. This marks the second time Coats, a former
congressional aide to Quayle, has followed his ex-boss to a Congress. In 1980,
Coats won the 4th District House seat Quayle vacated to run for the Senate.
Orvas Beers, the Allen County GOP chairman, said, "I usually distinguish them
by calling them Danny and Dan. Nobody ever called him Danny Coats."
Beers called Coats "a kind of all-American boy," a successful athlete and
accomplished student who became a good family man and solid congressman. Coats,
he said, "is a conservative, but he's not a nut about things. He's pragmatic."
Coats was born in Jackson, Mich., and graduated from Wheaton College in
Illinois, a conservative religious school where he was the captain of the NCAA
small-college championship soccer team, associates said.
Four years older than Quayle, Coats served in the Army for two years in
Virginia before getting his law degree by attending night classes at Indiana
University in Indianapolis, where he was associate editor of the law review
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and graduated with honors.
Quayle attended the same law school while serving in the National Guard
during the Vietnam War. But he admitted talking his way into law school because
his college grades at DePauw University were not good enough for regular
admission.
Coats joined Quayle's staff in 1976 after working as an assistant vice
president and legal counsel for Mutual Security Life Insurance Co. in Fort
Wayne.
Married for 23 years, Coats and his wife, Marcia, have three children -
Laura, 21, Lisa, 17, and Andrew, 11.
"He's about as high class as you can get in every way," said Beers. "He not
only will be an excellent senator, but he'll be a good candidate in two years. II
Coats will have to run in a special election in 1990 to win the right to
serve the final two years of Quayle's term.
Coats has never received less than 61 percent of the vote in the northeastern
Indiana district. He defeated Long in November with 62 percent of the vote.
"There's not a lot of passion that comes through in his speech," Long said.
"He's very reserved, but he has a nice smile and that helps him."
Robert E. Gates, the 4th District Republican chairman, said Coats is
especially attentive to his district's wishes.
"He's not ultraconservative. He really studies what the people want and votes
that way. He takes a lot of surveys," said Gates. "He really cares for his
people.
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Copyright 1990 Chicago Tribune Company
Chicago Tribune
August 15, 1990, Wednesday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 18; ZONE: C; 'Malley & Collin INC
LENGTH: 800 words
BYLINE: By Kathy O'Malley and Dorothy Collin
BODY:
All wars are local
Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, in the midst of an election campaign, just sent out a
press release with this headline: "Coats Calls for International Effort to Free
Hoosiers in Kuwait."
State fare
Gov. James Thompson warmed up for his last Guv's Day at the Illinois State Fair
by downing Greek salad, pizza, curried chicken, ginger beer and Bader Brau, a
brew from Elmhurst. That was for lunch
The guv says his new America 2000
Fund is not "a plot to run for president. It's a PAC to help me help young
federal candidates." Thompson points out that federal laws prohibit using a PAC
as a campaign finance committee.
Chairman Yuppie
Look for this week's Democratic State Convention in Springfield to be a showcase
for new chairman Gary LaPaille, 36, and his efforts to get yups to join the
party. In recent years, a lot of potential pols have been attracted by
Republicans, partly because they owned the White House and governor's mansion.
That meant the GOP had jobs for ambitious young things. LaPaille, who also is
Speaker Michael Madigan's top aide, wants to recruit a pool of talent in case
the Dems actually win something in the executive branch.
The mouths of babes, babe
During taping this week on the new CBS-TV series "Sons and Daughters,"
5-year-old Aaron Brownstein (who plays Don Murray's son) asked his real-life
father, Paul Brownstein, if he could go back to his trailer for a while. Dad
explained that the director had just said they were about to film a scene in
which the little guy would be included, 50 they'd have to wait a bit. Paul,
who's director of "Showtime Comedy Club," decided to use an example. "What do
you think I'd do," he asked Aaron, "if I asked a comedian to do something, and
he did exactly the opposite?" After only a brief pause, the 5-year-old came up
with his answer: "Oh, yeah. You'd probably damage his entire career."
TV tidbits
ABC News is going international with a weekly one-hour, prime-time television
series that will premiere on the Polish Television network in October. "ABC News
Presents" will be anchored by Polish newscasters and will feature highlights of
the previous week's ABC News programming, translated into Polish. Other European
versions of the program probably will follow.
American programming is not
new to Polish TV viewers; they've been receiving "Donahue" for over a month now.
When Warner TV sales reps trying to sell "The Jesse Jackson Show" weren't
meeting with the desired level of success, they were told to draw up a list of
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The Hotline
April 5, 1990
SECTION: SENATE WATCH
LENGTH: 280 words
HEADLINE: INDIANA: BUSH VISIT PROMPTS RECORD FUNDRAISER FOR COATS
BODY:
In his first visit to IN as president, Bush's 14-minute
appearance at a $-raising luncheon for GOP U.S. Sen. Dan Coats
Tuesday helped raise $562,000. "Bush did for Coats in one
hour
what
Democratic challenger , Rep. Baron Hill, has
yet to do in six months" (Patrick Traub, INDIANAPOLIS STAR).
Coats spokesperson Curt Smith called the sum "a figure far
exceeding earlier estimates. IN Dem chair Michael Pannos
concurred that it was the largest take in IN $-raising history:
"We've never raised that much for any one event." Tickets to the
lunch ranged between $150 to $1,000 and Smith said 886 supporters
attended. Hill campaign manager Tim Phillips said he "would be
surprised" if the Coats' event grossed $560,000 and that a
presidential visit seven months before the 11/6 election "clearly
shows how worried the national Republicans are about holding this
seat" (4/3). Hill has raised about $450,000 through March, while
Coats has amassed over $2 million which Smith said did not
include most of the proceeds from the Bush lunch. Ex-GOP state
chair Gordon Durnil said the previous record was held by an 10/88
event featuring vice-presidential candidate Quayle, which helped
raise $494,000 for the IN GOP (Joe Fahy, INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, 4/3).
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April 3, 1990, Tuesday, PM cycle
SECTION: Domestic News
LENGTH: 650 words
HEADLINE: Bush Plants Elm Tree Dedicated to Ryan White
BYLINE: By CHRISTOPHER CONNELL, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: INDIANAPOLIS
KEYWORD: Bush
BODY:
President Bush today planted an elm tree in a downtown park and dedicated
it to Ryan White for "the strength and bravery" the youth has shown in his
struggle against AIDS.
"Let it be Ryan's tree," Bush said at the ceremony in near-freezing
temperatures under leaden skies.
The 18-year-old White was reported in critical condition today on a life
support system at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.
"He's created a special legacy of his own and he is in our prayers today,"
Bush said.
"He has been fighting a courageous battle against a deadly disease, but also
against ignorance and fear.
"Ryan has helped us to understand the truth about AIDS and he's shown all of
us the strength and bravery of the human heart. So today, as together we plant
this beautiful American elm, the symbol of new life, let it be Ryan's tree."
White, a hemophiliac who contracted AIDS from contaminated blood products,
became an international spokesman for victims of the disease during his
five-year battle with it.
Bush also used the tree-planting to urge the Senate to "make America cleaner
and safer" by passing the Clean Air Act.
As he planted the tree in Washington & Alabama Street Park, Bush engaged in
some last minute, long-distance lobbying on tonight's Senate vote on the
nation's first tougher clean air standards in 13 years. The Senate is expected
to pass the compromise Clean Air Act rewrite.
"I am proud of this proposal to cut smog, acid rain and toxic pollution, to
make America cleaner and safer.
If Bush said. "I urge the Senate to act not
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merely for this generation but all the generations to come."
During the tree-planting ceremony, Bush praised the Indiana capital's program
to plant 30,000 trees this year and also urged Congress to pass his own $$175
million program to plant 1 billion trees a year.
Bush said trees "renew and restore the natural magic of our world" and "can
help ensure clean air."
He joked that he has been planting 50 many trees around the country "I might
have to open a branch office."
The main purpose of the Indianapolis stop was to attend a fund-raiser for
Sen. Dan Coats, who was appointed to fill Dan Quayle's Senate seat and who is
now running for the job in his own right.
Bush called his vice president and basketball "two great Indiana exports."
Before leaving Cincinnati early today, Bush visited the bedside of a youth
shot and paralyzed as an innocent bystander to a schoolyard fight earlier this
year.
Derrick Turnbow, 17, is a senior honor student at Taft High School in
Cincinnati, which Bush visited in January to attend an anti-drug rally. Marlin
Fitzwater, the White House press secretary, said Bush told the youth, "We're
very proud of you."
Before heading home to the White House tonight, Bush also was bound for
Detroit to help the Michigan GOP fill its political war chest.
In Indianapolis, Bush planted the tree in a downtown "urban forest," before
pitching the fortunes of Coats, who will face Democratic State Rep. Baron P.
Hill in the fall election for the final two years of Quayle's term.
At a fund-raiser Monday evening for Ohio gubernatorial hopeful George
Voinovich, Bush paused to send his best wishes to Republican National Committee
Chairman Lee Atwater, hospitalized in New York for intensive radiation treatment
of a brain tumor.
"During this difficult time
our hearts go out to him and to that
wonderful family of his," said Bush.
Wishing the 39-year-old GOP chairman "our very, very best," Bush added,
"Right now, there's nothing more important for Lee to do than to get well, and I
know that's exactly what he intends to do given that fighting spirit."
The seat Atwater often occupies on Air Force One on political trips like this
was filled by RNC co-chairman Jeanie Austin. Bush introduced her to the Ohio
crowd, saying, "Lee is backed up by one of this party's most able politicians."
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to some points of agreement, however, before the legislature essentially
abdicated its role in the process.
That points the way to a combined district for Reps. Dan Rostenkowski and Frank
Annunzio. Look for the embattled Annunzio to retire if that's the case, although
some suggest he might be willing to stake it all on a primary match with the
Ways and Means chair. Newly elected Rep. Tom Ewing (R) will also almost
certainly face the redistricting perils: If the courts listen to Democrats,
he'll wind up with Minority Leader Bob Michel; if they choose a GOP plan, he
could face Democratic Rep. George Sangmeister.
A new Hispanic seat is also in the offing. The federal Voting Rights Act
virtually ensures it, although disagreements about the boundaries were a
principal reason for the stalemate between black and white Democratic
incumbents. State Sen. Miguel del Valle (D) is a possibility for the open
Hispanic seat.
One of the city's three black Members, Rep. Gus Savage, will likely face a
primary challenge from his 1990 opponent, Mel Reynolds. If the districts shift
to Reynolds's advantage, this could be a primary to watch. Another race to
watch: first-term Rep. John Cox's effort to hold on to his seat as a Democrat in
a district that has been Republican ever since settlers arrived there.
Other possible developments include continued speculation about retirements:
Annunzio could bow out, especially if faced with the Rosty scenario; Rep. Sid
Yates (D) is also a potential retiree; while Michel, who once seemed to be
leaning toward an end-of-Congress exit, has said emphatically he will be
running.
Indiana
Filing Deadline: Feb. 21
Primary Date: May 5
Senate
Incumbent: Dan Coats (R)
First term (54 percent)
Outlook: Likely Republican
Coats, who was appointed to replace Vice President Dan Quayle in 1989, was
forced last November to run for the remaining two years of the term and garnered
only 54 percent of the vote against former state Rep. Baron Hill (D), who was
considered only a mediocre candidate. Bigger names, like Rep. Lee Hamilton,
ducked the race.
Democrats think they have a good chance at this seat, but area pundits say
Coats, 48, will be a tougher candidate this time around. He'll have some strong
coattails from Bush - and Quayle - in the presidential election year.
This time around, the Democrats are pinning their hopes on Joseph Hogsett, who
has served as Indiana's secretary of state since 1989. Hogsett, who is only 34,
may still have to face Hill in a primary. But Democratic leaders, especially
Gov. Evan Bayh, are trying to ease Hill out of the race, and he may be offered
the state Insurance Commissioner's post as a carrot. Hogsett managed Bayh's
successful campaigns for both secretary of state and governor.
Hill has already started to throw some mud at Hogsett, complaining that he used
the same pollster that the State Democratic Committee uses. "I don't mind
running against Joe if I have to," Hill said. "But it is not fair that I have to
run against the entire Democratic party, too."
Last week, however, there were strong indications that Hill would drop out of
the race, avoiding a divisive primary.
By the way, if Hogsett beats Coats, he will undoubtedly become the youngest
Senator. He's eight years younger than the youngest incumbent.
House
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Bush to use force in the Persian Gulf, and state Republican party officials
began licking their chops.
The GOP, which holds only two Indiana House seats (and both Senate seats), plans
to put up a challenger in each district and to work the war issue hard.
They've already recruited a Desert Storm veteran, Army Reserve Capt. Stephen
Buyer, to challenge Rep. Jim Jontz (D), who won election to a third term last
year with just 53 percent of the vote.
Jontz has always had tough re-election races in the heavily Republican 5th
district - he's never topped 60 percent - and the fatigue-wearing Buyer, who
proudly admits to wrapping himself in the flag (figuratively), may be the
candidate to push Jontz below the 50 percent mark.
In the southwest corner of the state, five-term Rep. Frank McCloskey (D) will
likely have a rematch with Republican Evansville businessman Richard Mourdock,
who held the incumbent to just 55 percent last year.
Republicans say McCloskey was one of the most vocal opponents of the war and
even made an appearance on 60 Minutes criticizing America's military readiness.
Hamilton, dean of the state delegation, was the author of a resolution favoring
continued sanctions against Iraq, and two savvy candidates are eyeing this race.
Former State Auditor Charles Loos, who served from 1978 to 1982, is mentioned as
a possible challenger, as is Indianapolis attorney Greg Zoeller, a former aide
to Quayle both in the Senate and the White House. Hamilton, the number-two
Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, received 69 percent of the vote
against a weak challenger in 1990.
Rep. Jill Long (D), who was an upset winner in the special election to fill
Coats's House seat, scored impressively last year with 61 percent of the vote.
Right now, no high-powered challenger has emerged.
And freshman Rep. Tim Roemer (D), who nipped Republican Rep. John Hiler last
year, 51 to 49 percent, will surely face opposition this time around, but
Republicans aren't naming names - yet.
Iowa
Primary Date: June 2
Filing Deadline: March 13
Senate
Incumbent: Charles Grassley (R)
2nd term (66 percent)
Outlook: Safe Republican
Grassley, 57, is popular even with Democrats. A recent poll showed that 63
percent of Democrats surveyed approve of his performance - a number that doesn't
bode well for any Democrats thinking of taking on Grassley next year.
While Iowa has often been finicky about returning its Senators to Washington
(there's a long history of incumbents with approval ratings as high as
Grassley's who soon found themselves out of a job), don't expect any trouble for
Grassley this year.
Former state Democratic Party chairman John Rohrick, who ran for governor last
year, has been mentioned as a possible candidate.
House
Iowa's redistricting process is over, and the result is a new 2nd district that
will pit third-term Democratic Rep. Dave Nagle against freshman GOP Rep. Jim
Nussle.
There's been some talk that Nagle may choose to retire rather than compete for
the new seat, but most observers expect the scrappy Democrat to rise to the
challenge, making this one of the more enticing House races for 1992.
Both candidates are tough politicians, and both will be able to call on
considerable grassroots experience.
Should Nagle decide not to make the race, possible Democratic contenders
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TO: CHRISTINA MARTIN
DAN COATES FUNDRAISER, INDIANAPOLIS (Curt Smith)
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE IN THE HOME OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500. I THINK THAT
WAS THE NUMBER OF VOTES DAN'S OPPONENTS RECEIVED IN THE LAST ELECTION.
THE VOTERS OF INDIANA MADE A GREAT CHOICE WHEN THEY VOTED FOR SENATOR
TWO YEARS AGO. THEY DECIDED THAT ONE GOOD DAN DESERVES ANOTHER.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM TO HAVE DAN QUAYLE AS MY RUNNING MATE
AGAIN. DAN HAS DONE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY WHAT BOBBY KNIGHT HAS
DONE FOR INDIANA BASKETBALL.
I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP ONE THING IN CASE THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING.
WHEN I SAID RECENTLY THAT I WON'T LET A MADMAN GET HIS FINGER ON THE
NUCLEAR TRIGGER, I WAS DEFINATELY NOT REFERRING TO BOBBY KNIGHT.
IF DAN COATES WEREN'T A SENATOR HE MIGHT BE PLAYING SHORTSTOP FOR THE
CUBS, BUT CHICAGO'S LOSS IS WASHINGTON'S GAIN. DAN FIGHTS FAIR FOR
HIS BELIEFS, BUT HE'S TOUGH. WHEN IT COMES TO SCORING ON SUCH ISSUES
AS FAMILY VALUES, THE LINE-ITEM VETO AND CONGRESSIONAL REFORM, HE
COMES IN WITH HIS SPIKES HIGH.
08/10/92
16:37
U.S. SENATOR FOR INDIANA
DAN COATS
NEWS RELEASE
407 Russell Senate Office Bullding, Washington. D.C. 20510-1403 (202) 224-8733
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT TIM GOEGLEIN
May 28, 1992
PRESIDENT BUSI LAUDS COATS' DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BILL AFTER SIGNING
IT INTO LAW TODAY AT WHITE HOUSE
Senator's Bill Gives Urgent Help to Abused Women
WASHINGTON President Bush today praised U.S. Sen. Dan
Coats' leadership on domestic issues as he signed into law the
Senator's legislation authorizing $60 million to help abused
women in Indiana and throughout the nation.
Coats' research shows that at least 14,000 women in Indiana
were forced from their homes by abusive husbands last year, while
the FBI reported almost 30 percent of female murder victims were
killed by their husbands or boyfriends.
"Senseless, violent, tragic abuse has become an all too
common and sorry fact of life in America," said Coats. "This
bill recognizes that violent truth, and provides real help to
women who find themselves in an often hopeless, desperate
situation.
"This bill is a result of the spouse abuse conference I held
in Indianapolis in 1990 and of a similar Senate hearing I held in
Washington. I wanted to craft a bill with strong Hoosier input,
and we achieved that goal with today's White House signing.
The Coats provisions:
*
Reauthorize domestic violence programs in all 50 states at
$60 million over the next four years;
*
Create a new program to help states in prosecuting persons
accused of victimizing women;
*
Double the level of funding for shelters for women who are
victims of domestic violence;
*
Allows states such as Indiana to use federal funds for
public information campaigns;
*
Provide increased flexibility for states to develop
innovative approaches to address domestic violence.
In a personal note to the Senator, the President said "Your
help and leadership over the years in fighting to protect the
rights of our most vulnerable citizens, including women and
children, are greatly appreciated.
"I applaud your efforts on this important piece of
legislation that does so much to advance the prevention of
domestic and child abuse."
Coats' spouse abuse legislation is part of the larger Child
Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption, and Family Services Act of
1992 (CAPTA). It is a result of over a year's work, and has
received virtually unanimous support in both the Senate and the
House.
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COATS' HEALTH PRINCIPLES
the basis of his health plan.
Senator Coats has articulated the following principles as
the primary provider of health care.
(1) The private sector, not the federal government should be
health care systems.
(2) Quality care is best provided by private, competitive
not bureaucrats in Washington.
(3) Families should choose their own health care options,
(4) Medical reforms should be effective but not intrusive:
the federal government should offer private sector-oriented
reforms, and should develop a thorough but cost-effective
approach to helping needy people meet their health care needs.
COATS' HEALTH PLAN
S. 2540, the "HealthSave" proposal to widen access and true
cost containment by promoting individual responsibility.
S.
,
medical malpractice and liability reform.
S.
,
tax credits for the uninsured.
Community Health Centers: S. 1815 (Brown), to enable
Community Health Centers to self-insure and thereby lower
malpractice insurance rates; S. 1912 (Domenici), to double
Community Health Center funding.
businesses; also included in the President's plan.
S. 1872 (Bentsen), tax fairness for farmers and small
S. 2686, expands home health care options.
S. 891, Cancer Screening Act; S. Res. 184, medical health
coverage for mammography screening services (preventative care).
08/10/92
16:38
What the Coats Health
Reform Package Does:
HealthSave:
Enhances individual choice and
gives individuals incentives to
help control medical costs and
make healthy lifestyle choices
through IRA-type accounts
Tax credits for the uninsured
Cost containment through
medical liability reform
Tax fairness for farmers and
small business owners' health
costs
Expansion of community
health centers
Expansion of home
health care options
"A doctor shouldn't be forced to see a
lawyer before he sees a patient."
-U.S. Senator Dan Coats
-2.
08/10/92
16:38
OTHER HEALTH
LEGISLATION
COATS HEALTH CARE
SPONSORED BY
REFORM PACKAGE
SENATOR COATS
HEALTHSAVE
Individual responsibility accounts of $3,000 of which
S.493
Comprehensive
the unspent amount would be saved in a medical
Maternal & Early
IRA. Employers would provide catastrophic
Childhood Health
coverage.
Care Act
TAX CREDITS FOR THE UNISURED
S.838
Child Abuse,
Domestic Violence,
Refundable tax credits to low-income people of up to
Adoption and Family
$3750 for families of three or more.
Services Act
HOME HEALTH CARE
S.891
Cancer Screening
Enables people who apply for medical assistance to
Incentive Act
provide for home health care for their spouses and
S.1872
Better Access and
not have to reduce their hard-earned assets to $2,250
Affordable Health
as currently required.
Care
MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM
S.1933 Nurse
An estimated $30 billion of unnessesary defensive
Education Training
& Improvement
medicine is practiced each year and the costs of
Reauthorization Act
malpractice insurance are causing many family
practitioners to quit. Attorneys drive this problem
S. Res
Medical Health
through the threat of lawsuits, and health care
184
Coverage for
consumers suffer.
Mammography
Screening Services
STOP TAX DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
FARMERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
Allow farmers and small business owners to deduct
100% of their health costs like big businesses can.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
Double the funding by 1996 to cover 8 million
additional Americans.
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08/10/92
16:39
U.S. SENATOR FOR INDIANA
DAN COATS
407 Russell Sendte Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510-1403 (202) 224-8733
COATS' NEW DIRECTIONS CONGRESSIONAL REFORM PACKAGE
Congressional Licht-Of-Day Pav Raise, S. Res. 215:
** Requires a free-standing bill: attempts to obscure a
pay raise vote by tacking it onto a popular bill will be subject
to a point of order.
Requires the bill to be held at the desk for seven days.
** Waiving Senate rules would require a three-fifths vote.
Limiting Congressional Terms, S.J. 227:
** Would limit terms to two full terms for the Senate, six
full terms for the House.
Application Of Laws To Congress, S. 2366 :
** Congress would be required to live by = number of civil
rights, health, safety and labor laws it has passed for others
but not applied to itself.
Congress currently exempts itself from more than a dozen
laws it has applied to the executive branch, and many more to the
private sector.
Ethics Reform, S. Res. 221:
** Establishes an independent commission with authority to
appoint an independent counsel to review allegations of Senate
ethics violations.
DAN COATS LEADS BY EXAMPLE
** Has vowed to serve no more than two full terms in the
Senate.
** Will not accept any pay raise without an intervening
election, and has donated his last two pay raises to charity.
Has refunded more than $1 million to the taxpayer through
office savings during his tenure in Congress, and will return
over ten percent of his office budget again this year.
** Shares joint Senate state offices with Indiana's senior
Senator, thereby providing constituent services more efficiently.
08/10/92
18:40
U.S. SENATOR FOR INDIANA
DAN COATS
NEWS RELEASE
407 Russell Senate Office Building. Washington, D.C. 20510-1403 (202) 224-8733
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT ROB SCHWARZWALDER
July 23, 1992
COATS WINS TRASH BATTLE FOR INDIANA IN UNITED STATES SENATE
WASHINGTON -- In one of the most significant victories
Indiana has won in Congress in recent years, U.S. Sen. Dan Coats
has succeeded in passing a measure giving states and communities
the authority to say "no" to out-of-state trash vendors in the
Senate.
Coats led the effort on the Senate floor to give
communities the right to refuse new shipments of out-of-state
waste. The legislation, called the Interstate Transportation of
Solid Waste Act, also allows for major reductions in current
shipments, enabling Indiana to immediately slash trash imports.
"For the first time, Hoosiers will have the power to say
`no' to new shipments of out-of-state trash," Coats said.
"Indiana has been a dumping ground for other people's garbage,
and this legislation will give them the authority to refuse it."
Coats has now been successful in overcoming three
filibusters by Senators from trash-exporting states who have
sought to prevent the Coats proposal from becoming law.
"When my bill is enacted into law, Indiana will be able
to make long-term plans for the disposal of its own waste and
will be able to determine how best to deal with garbage generated
in-state," said Coats. "States will be given significant
authority over existing private trash contracts in order to
drastically reduce the inflow of out-of-state waste."
This victory has come after four days of intense maneuvering
on the Senate floor, during which trash exporting states led by
New Jersey sought to block the Coats bill. Coats has worked on
the bill for three years.
The Senator first introduced legislation in 1989 dealing
with this problem after he learned during his Indiana town
meetings that the problem had become severe. After repeated
efforts to block his measure failed, Coats passed his bill in
September 1990 by a vote of 68-31. But East Coast Senators had
the Coats provision dropped behind closed doors in a conference.
Indiana's trash crisis is threatening to fill-up the state's
scarce and dwindling landfill capacity. With only five years of
landfill capacity left, 20 percent of the trash dumped in
Indiana in 1991 came from out-of-state.
A
in
the
08/10/92
16:40
U.S. SENATOR FOR INDIANA
DAN COATS
407 Russell Senate Office Building. Washington. D.C. 20510-1403 (202) 224-8733
FACT SHEET ON S. 2877, THE COATS SOLID WASTE BILL
S. 2877 gives states and communities the authority they need
to control their environmental futures. The bill makes
communities the first line of defense against out-of-state trash
and enables states to regulate the garbage flowing across their
borders.
CENTRAL FEATURES OF THE MEASURE
** The bill provides states and communities the authority
to ban or restrict new shipments of out-of-state trash.
** The bill allows continued trash shipments to a limited
number of landfills that received out-of-state trash in
1991 and that meet all state standards for
environmentally sound facilities.
** The bill prevents any landfill from becoming a target
for out-of-state trash by giving all states the right
to freeze volumes at grandfathered facilities.
In addition, the Coats amendment to the bill ensures that
all governors and all communities will have specific authority
over existing private contracts.
INDIANA TRASH FACTS
In 1980, Indiana had 150 landfills; today it has 70.
Indiana has only five years of landfill capacity left.
** By 1996, 31 additional landfills will close. At that
time, 54 Indiana counties will be left without a
landfill.
1991 figures from the Indiana Department of Environ-
mental Management: 20 percent of the waste disposed
of in Indiana came from out of state.
** In 1991, Indiana took in over 520 pounds of out-of-state
trash for every person in Indiana.
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AUG-11-92 TUE 10:06
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.01
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Ed Walters
FR:
Brose McVey
Re:
President's Remarks on 8/17
Dt:
August 11
There are a few themes I would encourage you to include in the
President's remarks regarding Dan Coats.
We're running this race as a contrast between two individuals,
as opposed to two resumes, two position papers, etc. So, the
President's testimony as to the type of person Dan Coats is
would be very helpful.
1. Dan Coats is a man of intergrity, who comes to his
position on issues based on strongly held values.
2. Dan Coats is a family man, and his intense interest in the
health of the American family is reflected every day in Dan's
work. "You've heard the phrase from Barbara Mandrell's song:
'I was country when country wasn't cool.' Well, Dan Coats was
fighting for the family in Congress when that approach wasn't
in vougue."
3. Dan and his wife Marcia have taken to Washington a set of
simple and strong principles and values, and they've been true
to those values. I guess you'd call it Hoosier common sense.
Dan Coats looks a little out of place in the Washington scene.
4. Dan is a strong advocate for many of the legislative goals
I hold dear. Like the line-item veto, the Balanced Budget
Amendment and a strong economy built on the free enterprise
system, NOT more government spending.
Thanks. Call me at #317-636-1992 with questions.
# # #
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:14
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.01
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Dan Coats
Indiana
Dan Coats for Indiana
47 South Meridian Street
Suite 301
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Post Office Box 2365
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206
Office: 317/636-1992 or 1-800-729-0799
FAX: 317/635-2684
FAX TRANSMITTAL SHEET
TO:
Ed waiters
FROM: Brose Mcvey
DATE:
TIME:
Number of pages (including cover sheet) :
COMMENTS
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BIOGRAPHY OF U.S. SENATOR DANIEL R. COATS
Dan Coats was elected to the United States Senate by the largest margin of victory for an
appointed Senator in Indiana history in November of 1990.
Coats' record of accomplishment began well before entering work in politics. After
graduating from Wheaton College, he served for two years with the U.S. Army. Coats then worked
full-time as a legal intern, while attending Indiana University law school at night and serving as
Associate Editor of the Law Review. He graduated Cum Laude, and went to work as an attorney
in Fort Wayne.
Dan Coats was first elected to represent Indiana's 4th Congressional District in the U.S.
House of Representatives in 1980, on a platform of lower taxes, reduced government spending, and
a strong national defense. These abiding commitments have remained the focus of Coats' legislative
efforts.
During his eight years in the House, Coats served on the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, which is considered one of the most powerful House committees, considering nearly
40 percent of all legislation. Coats was also recognized as a Congressional leader in the fight to
double the personal exemption to $2000, easing the tax burden on families.
In his decade of public service, Coats has become known as a champion of the American
family. Every imaginable special interest group in Washington has a lobbyist. But who, Coats
asked early in his career, will speak for the family? It was this interest and leadership in family
issues which lead Coats' House colleagues to appoint him as the Republican leader of the Select
Committee on Children, Youth and Families.
In December 1988, shortly after being elected to a fifth House term, Coats was appointed
by Governor Robert D. Orr to fulfill the Senate term of Vice President Dan Quayle. Coats quickly
established a reputation in the Senate as a determined and effective legislator. As a freshman
Senator, Coats led his class in the number of measures to pass the Senate.
Coats has been able to continue his leadership role on family issues in the Senate, serving
as the Republican leader of the Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs and Alcoholism. This position has allowed Coats to play a key role on issues as child care,
Head Start, and education.
World events during the 102nd Congress made Coats' position on the Senate Armed Services
Committee an influential one. As a member of this Committee, Coats has been involved in setting
policy for the U.S. in the Persian Gulf War, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
Senator Coats and his wife, Marcia, have been married for 25 years and have three children.
Asked what he would like to do if he were not in the United States Senate, Senator Coats
replied, "Play shortstop for the Chicago Cubs."
(over)
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:15
DAN COATS
FAX NO. 3176352684
P.03
Races of the week
Indiana's U.S. Senate Race
Coais Senate race-a clash between one
(Cours for Indiana, 47 Soull Meri-
who enters polities 10 be someone and
dian Street. Suite 301, Indianapolis
another who enters 10 do something.
Ind. 46204: 317-636-1992.)
Coats VS. Hogsett
In 1990, conservative Republican
Dan Coals overcame the initial slum-
bling block for appointed U.S. senators
-barely. Less than two years after he
left the House to take the Senate seat
vacared by good friend Dan Quayle,
Coats (American Conservative Union
rating: 94 per cent) faced B special elec-
sion against a Democratic state legista-
for with a campaign Invishly lubricated
by organized lubor and pro-abortion
groups. Coats survived with 54 per cent
of the vote.
Now il is 1992 and. having completed
the remaining portion of Quayle's
term. the 52-year-old Cours is running
for.a full six-year term of his own.
True, he has had more time and ex.
posure to develop statewide recognition
on his own. But this time. Costs faces
an opponent who has already won
statewide office and seems to have been
yearing up for a Senate bid since his
childhood.
COATS
Secretary of State Joe Hogsett. who
monstrated .1 propensity for occasion-
quarterbacked the election of Demo-
ally "doing the on hey issues.
cratic Gov. Evan Bayh in 1988, was
When he was running for accretary of
thereupon appointed 10 Bayh's former
state two years ago, Hogsett said he fa.
job as the Hoosier State's chief etce-
vored Indiana's aborrion law. which in.
tions officer, and then won a full term
cluded parental notification and a
two years ago over une of Indiana's
period of counseling prior to in above
premier vote-getters, Indianapolis
tion.
Mayor Bill Hudnut (R.).
Not an opponent to be taken lightly,
But whill a difference two years and
10 say the least. Like Bill Clinion, the
two Supreme Coun decisions makes:
37-year-old Hogsell is one of those
Senate candidate Hogsell has now
office-seukers seemingly consumed by
wholeheartedly blessed the so-called
staining the post. A bachetor who
Freedom of Choice Act, which goes
doesn't own a home. Hogsell has been
beyond even Roe V. Wade and allows
involved in the campaign side of poli-
no such impediments 10 abortion-on-
lies all of his adult life. The contacts
demand.
that he has made in becoming his state's
The dicholomy between this candi-
leading Democratic "nuts-and-bolis
date and Coats could not be more dis-
man" appear 10 have paid off: already.
sinct. As 3 young man, Coais seemed
the challenger has brought in an eye.
headed for 2 prosperous career as an
brow-raising $1.2 million, with
executive with the Murual Security Life
5875,000 still on hand for the race.
Insurance Co. But he gave that up in
But as nimble-tongued and politi-
1977 10 run the district offices for
cally astute as the Clinions and Hog.
friend Quayle. He succeeded Quayle in
seus are, the hard faci remains that
the House when Quayle moved 10 the
they are liberals in 2 resolutely portside
Senate in 1980. and then took his Sen-
party.
are seal in 1989.
Forced to address national issues for
A vigorous champion of buth the
the first time in his career, Hogsen has
pro-life cause and school prayer, Couts
come out foursquare against liability
has battled sex education in schools be.
reform (a key endeavor of both Coats
cause il includes the dispensing of con-
and Quayle). against term limitation
traceptives that encourages premarital
(which Coats has spoken for and co-
sex and he has pushed an amendment 10
sponsored in Congress), and has de-
cut off federal education Funds 10
clared that he would have opposed
banning voluntary school prayer. The
Clarence Thomas' nomination 10 the
Hoosier conservative has also taken
Supreme Court. In addition. the Demo-
other controversial positions OUI of
cratic hopeful heartity endorsed the re-
principle. He supported raising the in.
cent Supreme Court decision bunning
come tax exemption for child care and
prayer at high school graduations.
was one of only four sensiors to oppose
: And like political leam-male and
the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
soul-mate Clinton, Hogsen has de.
In a nurshell, that's the Hogsen-
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BOURNAL-GAZETTE
S. 108,014
D. 66,531
Chats' seat called
Coats
From Page 1C.
'highly vulnerable'
Hogsett's Washington connections
and at Colits' job performance neg-
atives and factors in the public's
current disdain for incumbents to
By BRIAN HOWEY
rate the Fort Wayne Republican as
Staff Writer
scen the
likes of a
an endangered political species.
A recent public opinion
candidate
Coats has good company, includ-
poll conducted on the Dan
like Joe
ing senators Alphonse D'Amato of
Coats-Joc Hogsett U.S. Senate
New York, Robert Packwood of
Hogsett,
race in Indiana reveals the
the cur-
Oregon, Arlen Specter of Pennsyl-
S
incumbent Republican lead-
vania and Ernest Hollings of South
rent
ing by a 53 percent to 28 per-
Demo-
Carolina among the 13 senators on
E
cent margain.
that list.
cratic sec-
R
Yet on May 15, the Roth-
Three more Senate seats are
enberg Political Report in
retary of
id
listed on Rothenberg's "vulnerable"
to
state.
Washington rated Coats on its
list.
"highly vulnerable" list.
"Hog-
"There is no doubt the underly-
Coats
sett
is
Polls, though, are simply
snapshots of a given race at a
unusually
ing national mood against politics as
D
usual is an important factor in
6:
specific point in time. Data
aggres-
explaining increased vulnerability,"
can be deceiving when num-
sive,
Rothenberg said. "Since World War
Rothen-
ar
bers are taken out of context,
berg said.
II, I could not find a pure anti-
but it gives campaign staffs a
"He's a
incumbent election, even with
an
feel for the direction of their
(Barry) Goldwater or Watergate or
P.S
consum-
mission. And there is always
(George) McGovern and the elec-
to
another side to a poll. In this
mate poli-
2
tician. He
tions that followed. It was always
case, the Political Media
lives and
one рапу that was hurt. But 1992 is
Research, Inc. poll aired by
a little different. More incumbents
Fo
breathes
WISH-TV in Indianapolis
politics.
are likely to go down."
Cr
revealed that Coats has just a
Those reasons include the House
Every
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35 percent job performance
time I talk
banking scandal, redistricting, more
4:0
rating of "good or excellent."
Hogsett
and better challengers, Ross Perot's
Hd
"When we look at job per-
to him,
maverick presidential campaign
Ha
he's on the edge of his seat.
formance, those are not ideal
Rothenberg said Hogsett is
and a general perception of dissatis-
he
ve:
numbers," Stuart Rothenberg
said Monday. "Coats has
"the most visible" challenger
faction, Roihenberg said.
ne
in Washington. "I've met him
"I think these incumbent num-
Fo
good balance in the head-to-
several times. I've bumped
bcrs are going to come back," Roth-
Ha
head. The reason we look
enberg said. "Right now, voters are
Th
beyond that is head-to-head
into him on the street once or
an.
twice. He's been in Washing-
still comparing congressmen to
tests can be deceiving. If they
ton looking for support,
some idcal House or Senate candi-
HE
(likely voters) don't have a
favorable impression of his
mostly financial. I think in
date. But come November, it will be
Wi
their guy against a specific
EV
terms of candidates this elec-
job performance, it means
of
tion cycle, Joe Hogsett has
opponent.
an
there's an opportunity for the
challenger. Anything under
been as visible in Washington
Curt Smith, a press aide to Coats,
1:
as any of them."
also sees different numbers in the
F1
50 percent means trouble."
Thus, Rothenberg looks a
poll.
Rothenberg has rarcly
See COATS Page 3C.
"We think a 28 percent lead is
significant. Joe cites the fact he was
7
down 32 percent against (William)
Hudnut in 1990" in the secretary of
C
state race. "But now he's a known
quantity. And Joe is not getting the
baseline Democratic vote, even
with 70 percent name ID. He's got
problems in his own ranks."
di
As for Rothenberg's rating,
Smith said, "It reflects that Joc's
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By JOE THOMAS
Banner-Graphic Assistant Editor
To paraphrase another Repub-
Pictorial history books can
lican candidate, come the summer
and fall of 2004, we shouldn't have
be ordered at office or fair
Dan Coats to kick around any more
- assuming Hoosier voters are
Response to the Banner-
be limited.
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Graphic request for photographs
The book will be available
12:04
1998.
for the Putnam County pictorial
Nov. 15.
Coats, who is seeking his first
history book has been great. The
PERSONS CAN order R
full term as Indiana's junior
book will contain more than 200
book by calling the Bonner-
senator, was in Putram County
photos.
Graphic (653-5151), stopping by
DAN COATS
Sunday for the 4-H Fair Farads,
ADVANCE BOOK sales also
the office at 100 N. Jackson St.
and repeated his personal piedge to
07/29/92
have been very good. Advance
between 8 BLTTL, and 5 p.m. Mon-
place a limit OR his own term in
orders are being taken at $27.50,
day through Friday or during fair
office.
savings of $8.
week by. fulling out an order
"One of the problems we have in
Once published, the book will
blank at the B-G fair booth in
government today is that people DG
cost $35.50 and quantities will
the industrial feat.
longer trust their elected leaders to
keep their word," Costs observed.
The beat way to deal with that
two fall terms" he said.
office in time for former Gov.
problem, he said, is term lindis.
Coas was appointed one of In-
Robert On to appoint Coats to start
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:17
"I BELIEVE THAT is so im-
diana's two U.S. Senale scate when
serving in January 1989. He WOTE a
SEN. DAN COATS
portant that I've pledged to honor
Dan Quayle was elected vice presi-
Makes fair parade visit
special election in 1990, earning
term limits. I won't serve more than
deut in 1988. Quaryle resigned his
Col. 4, back page, this section
lofz
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:18
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Coats
Continued from Page 1
the right in finish Quayle's term.
Conts has spent three years
designed as a separate trust entity
He is now seeking election In his
working on the issue, and he had to
where people pay into it and that
own right. facing Democratic
overcome three filibusters on the
money is set aside for their retire-
Secretary of State Joe Hogsett.
Senate floor to get the bill to a vote.
ment,
But Coats is thinking about more
It finally passed 89-2.
But everything else is fair game.
than just the end of his political
NOW, SEN, COATS says, it's
"BUT, I THINK we ought to
career. He back 00 the hustings in
time to take aim on government
consider at least putting some cap
Indiana, fresh from a victory on the
spending, which he says will even-
on the rate of growth. I don't think
Senate floor, where he was able to
really bankrupt the nation, if the
we necessarily have to Cut, but we
pass a bill giving states the legal
problem is ignored.
have to hold down the rate of
authority to refuse out-of-state
"We have to make the effort to
growth for a number of years so
trash.
balance the budget without a tax
that revenues can eatch up." he
"FOR THE FIRST time,
Increase." Costs said. "We've had
said.
Hoosiers will have the power to say
19 tax increases in the past 20 yeary'
But that does not mean the
'no' to new shipments of out-of-
and we've balanced the budget
federal government should give up
state trush," Coats sald. "Indiana
only one time."
making policy and passing laws.
has been a dumping ground for
And since two-thirds of federal
Bur Coats has a different vision of
other people's gurbage and this
spending comes in the form of
what those policies and laws ought
legislation will give them authority
mandated programs that only Con-
to be And one area where his vi-
to relase iL"
gress has the authority to CUL, Costs
sion comes through is education.
The bill provides states and
said it's time to look at those entit-
"I don't believe the solution to
communities the authority to ban or
tement programs.
education Is to federalize 2" Coats
restrict new shipments of out-of-
"WE HAVE TO somehow ad-
insisted. "I don't think that more
state wash; allows continued wash
dress the growth of entitlement
money is what the problem Is in
shipments to a limited number of
programs. Unchecked growth will
education."
landfills that received out-of-state
run this country into bankruptcy, so
Instead, Coals wants to decen-
rash in 1991 and that meet all state
there has to be some limitation on
tralize education policy making,
standards for environmentally
that" Coats maintained.
empowering those who are closest
sound facilities; and prevents any
And the only secred cow, Costs
to the school children.
landfill from becoming a target for
sald, is Social Security.
"YOU GIVE ME a good
out-of-state trash by giving all
"I don't believe we should in-
teacher. and give that teacher the
states the right to freeze volumes at
clude Social Security in that be-
freedom. to teach without the bur-
grandfathered facilities.
cause Social Security was always
den of all of the rules and
regulations impoxed on them by
bureaucracy and students are going
to learn," he said,
Coats also called for parental
empowerment by giving them a
choice of where their children at-
lend school, and give them & say in
that school's curriculum, But that's
not all
"You give the a school that im-
poses discipline and provides the
atmosphers for loarning and
teaches that basics and that allows
values to be taught- you give me
chare, and you SEE going to get
children who are well educated." he
maintained.
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ZONING
A4
Debate 1133
From Page A1
Debate highlights
Some of the issues covered in the
voluntary and involuntary prayer
if the debate
first debate between U.S. Senate
in government settings. The
candidates Dan Coats, the
is a true sign of
pilgrims found their way here
Incumbent Republican, and
because they wanted religious
things to come
Secretary of State Joseph
freedom."
Hogsett. the Democrat
voters will be
CONGRESSIONAL TERM
challenger:
LIMITS
Coats
Hogsett
seeing a lot of
KEEPING PROMISES
Hogsett said setting term limits
Coads said Hogseit went back
wont answer the questions
Senatorial
political
on his word after yowing to fully
people have about Washington
fisticuffs
his term as Secretary of State
politicians, but getting rid of perks
which expires in 1995, don't
might help. 1 think the people
candidates
between now and
think there's any more
dught 10 make those decisions
fundamental aspect of leadership
he said of terms in Congress
then
these days than living up 10 your
promise
X Coals lavors limiting Individuals
(o six terms in the House and two
square off
Hogself said he simply
terms in the Senate, for a total
range ambitions are."
changed his mind I think can
limit of 24 years, "I think people
In the debate, Hogsett said Coats
do more for the people of Indiana
want to get back to the concept of
By Nancy J. Winkley
is missing the point, and that thereal
in the U.S. Senate fighting for
citizen legislatures
Staff writer
issues in what promises to be a gritty
their needs than lean in the
campaign include jobs, health care
BASE CLOSINGS
Secretary of States office
INDIANAPOLIS If their first debate
and responsiveness to Hoosiers.
Hogsett citicized Coals for
Wednesday is any indication, voters will
Voters don't want finger-pointing
PRAYER IN SCHOOL
voting to close two Indiana
have a distinct choice in the fall between
back and forth between Republicans
Coals denouric ed the U.S.
military bases when jobs are
U.S. Senate can-
and Democrats or the Congress and
Supreme Court's recent decision
needed in Indiana and said it is
DECISION
didates.
the White House, Hogsett said.
that a prayer at a high school
Ironic that now officials are
And if the debate is a
"They want something done," he
commencement violated the
scrambling to win military jobs
true sign of things to
said.
constitutional separation of
back
come, voters will be
But asked about Coats' swipe on
church and state. II think one of
seeing a lot of political
the trust issue after the taping, Hog.
the problems we have
in
Coals said if was necessary to
110405
fisticulis between now
sett took a few swings himself,
education is there are no values
make the tough choice on base
and then.
"I think Sen. Costs better hope
closings in order to fumily his
Incumbent Republi-
trust isn't the fundamental issue,'
Hogsett said prayer la
commitment to outling the budget
can Dan Costa said the
he said, adding that he believes
Important to people but there
had to guip and swallow real
key issue in the cam-
Coats has flip-flopped on 2 number of
should be a distinction between
hard.
paign is trust and that
issues, particularly those having to
Democratic challenger Joseph Hogsett
do with the perks of Congress.
FELICIA MoGURREN/staff artist
hasn't earned it.
Coats and Hogsett offered the
Continuing on a theme he began in state-
abortion issue.
same answer to just one of the six
grandchild.
wide radio commercials, Costs said during
questions posed to them during the
Coats is 8 staunch anti abortion
Those are the sort of "life experi-
the taping of the televised debate that Hog-
taping of the half-hour debate, spon-
candidate who supports legal abor-
ences that Hoosiers can best relate
sett broke one promise to voters already af-
sored by the conservative group Citi-
tion only if the health of the mother
to," he said.
is at risk.
ter vowing in 1990 to serve a full four-year
zens Concerned for the Consti.
term as Secretary of State.
tution.
Hogsett supports abortion rights
Said Hogsett, who is unmarried, "1
"It was barely days after the election when
Both favor a balanced budget
as outlined in Indiana law, which re-
believe I have the life experiences
that promise was broken," Coats said.
amendment to the Constitution.
quires parental consent unless a ju-
necessary to serve."
Later, Coats said, "It throws a doubt over
But they varied widely on issues
dicial waiver is obtained.
what else you can trust or what bis long.
including health care, military base
In his closing remarks, Conta sug.
The Coats/Hogsett debate will be tole-
gested another contrast between the
closings, term limits and prayer in
vised on cable and public television
See DEBATE, A5
school
candidates - although it was a
stations in Northwest Indiana. Con-
Conspicuously absent from the de-
somewhat veiled suggestion.
The incumbent noted he is mar-
sult your local listings or contact your
bate was any mention of the volatile
local television station for dates and
ried, has three children and one
times.
AUG-11-92 TUE 10:20
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Bush signs Coats'
domestic abuse bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A law
"Senseless, violent, tragic abuse
authorizing $60 million to help
has become an all too common and
abused women was introduced by
sorry fact of life in America.' Coats
Sen. Dan Coats. R-Ind., after a man
said.
on furlough from prison heat his
former wife to death.
Coats' sponsorship of the legis-
lation was in reaction to the 1989
The legislation, part of the Child
murder of Lisa Marie Bianco, a
Abuse, Domestic Violence. Adop.
Mishawaka woman bludgeoned to
tion and Family Services Act of
death by her former husband, Alan
1992, was signed into law by Presi-
Matheney. while he was on a prison
dent Bush on Thursday,
furlough. Matheney is on death row
In sponsoring the spouse abuse
for the murder.
legislation, Coats cited research
If fully funded, the bill authorizes
showing that at least 14,000 women
$60 million for domestic violence
in Indiana were forced from their
programs in all 50 states during the
homes last year by abusive hus-
next four years. creates a new pro-
bands, and the FBI reported almost
gram 10 help states prosecute peo-
30 percent of female murder vic-
ple accused of victimizing women,
tims were killed by their husbands
and doubles the level of funding for
or boyfriends.
shelters for battered women.
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Coats 1133 pushes domestic violence bill in visit to Gary shelter
By D. AILEEN DODD
TITING Staff Writer
GARY - Sen. Dan Chats, R-Ind.,
visited 3 shelter for abuised chil.
dren Thursday in continue press-
ing for legislation to help fumilies
suffering from domestic violence.
in May, President Bush signed a
domestic violence bill. sponsored
by Coats, which gives states 560
million in the next four years for
programs that serve victims of
abuse and help to prosecure
abusers.
"My bill will help women who
have been victimized by spouse
abuse and will enable them and
their children in live in safety,' he
said.
"Healing the broken lives of
abused women and children is One:
of our most vital federal initia-
tives' the added
During Coats' visit TO the Crisis
Center, 101 N. Montgomery Sr., he
saw how similar programs work at
the grass-roots level.
Times phólo by John s Watkins
The Crisis Center provides shel-
Sen. Dan Costes takes a quick tour of the Alternative House dormatories with Director Kale Whitacre. Alter-
ter for abused and runaway teens
native House is part of the Crisis Center.
8gc 13 through 17, and support ser
vices for victims of domestic vio.
million children were victims of
legislation he said.
Coats' domestic violence bill
lence.
child abuse or neglect, a 31 percent
To discourage domestic vio-
provides incentives for states that
Coats toured the shelter and
increase in reports between 1985
lence, state law enforcement agen.
adopt similar programs, doubles
filked with reens there about their
and 1990. And in 1991, 51 child fa-
cies should deal with abusers
the level of funding for shelters for
experiences.
talities in Indiana were caused by
abruptly, he said. Sometimes when
women who are victims of doines-
Shehers for victims of domestic
abuse or neglect.
complaints are filed, police don't
tic violence, allows states to use
violence are in short supply in Indi-
"Violence in the home has be-
follow them up and charges are
federal funds for public informa-
and and other parts of the country.
come An all too common fact of life
dropped because abusers threaten
tion campaigns and provides more
But with the help of the federal,
in our country," Coats said. Stop-
their victims, he said.
Dexibility for states (i) develop in-
state and local government and a
ping the violence must be a top do
In Wisconsin and Minnesota,
novative approaches to address du
strong show of support from volun.
mestic priority, he said.
where police and prosecutors are
mestic violence.
Icers, "we are going to meet the
Now Coars is directing his atten-
required to follow up on domestic
needs of the people," Coats said.
rion to programs that aid victims of
violence complaints and charges,
"The borrom line is people that
child abuse.
"abusers very quickly got the mes-
care ... people who are willing to
"We are looking at the whole
sage that they are not going to be
give of their time and talent."
question of child abuse" and find.
able to talk their way out" of being
According to Cours. in 1990, 25
ing ways to translate concerns into
punished for their actions, he said.
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Editorials
Known by his enemies
The quality of an idea can sometimes be
that area is a bit wet, but the area hardly needs
measured by the opposition it attracts.
that kind of study.
Sen. Robert Byrd was the primary opponent
He also has come up with items like
of Sen. Dan Coats earlier this year as the
$150,000 to study the Hatfield-McCoy feud,
Hoosier tried to get Congress to adopt a line
which is undoubtedly a matter of pressing
item veto for the president.
national interest.
Coats' proposal to let the president be able
Sen. Byrd has a way of getting his way.
to veto silly spending proposals attached to
Reader's Digest quoted him as explaining the
otherwise important legislation was defeated'
ways of Congress to two new Republican
in the Senate by a 54-44 vote.
members of his committee: "If you rock the
Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, is chairman
boat or support a line-item veto, we have a
of the Senate Appropriations Committee. That
special chute that goes down to the
positions him with immense clout over the
Potomac."
purse strings of federal spending, and he was
Coats' efforts to lead Congress to adopt a
not shy about using it in rounding up the 54
line-item veto are commendable.
votes against the proposal.
Undoubtedly it will lessen his clout with Sen.
But Coats pointed out that support for the
Byrd's committee and perhaps cost Indiana a
idea is gaining, especially when a politically
few federal aid programs. He might even
powerful man like Byrd finds it necessary to
wind up on that chute down to the Potomac.
talk for seven hours to defeat it.
But the principle he is pursuing is vital,
Byrd's record in West Virginia provides
especially when the federal deficit is soaring.
ample illustrations of why the president ought
The nation's future could hang in the balance
to be able to veto pork-barrel spending items
if the debts continue to mount, without any
tacked onto vital legislation.
serious effort in Congress to reduce the
As chairman of the Appropriations
spending.
Committee, Byrd has found ingenious ways
But public outrage over the kind of clout
of getting big federal agencies to move their
that Sen. Byrd has abused could eventually
headquarters out to his state.
backfire on the supporters of pork-barrel
He also has engineered the spending of
spending. They might find themselves getting
taxpayers' dollars on items like $300,000 for
thrown out of office as their tactics become
a study of wetlands in the Canaan Valley area
more well-known and become an issue in
of his state, Obviously some of the land in
congressional campaigns.
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Coats, Hogsett trumpet their differences
By MARY DIETER
Staff Writer
INDIANAPOLIS US. Sen. Dan
Codes and his challenger. Secretary
of State Joseph Hogsett, both wore
blue shirts. navy suits, dark-red ries
Indiana
and winglips 10 their first debate
Government
yesterday
That's where the similanties end-
ed.
Republican Couts and Democrat
Hogsett took turns answering SIX
questions in & half-hour program
that clearly delineated the differ.
ences between the no men seeking
election to the US Senate in No.
vember's election.
Coats even made a big desl our of
the fact that he has three children
and a grandchild. while Hogsett is
single.
Hogsen came out fighting with re-
peared references to Couls' alleged
entrenchment in Congress. He said
Conts epitomizes the problem pco-
ple have with Washington when the
GOP incumbent criticized Demo-
crats for causing the budget deficit.
The public. Hogsen said, thinks "too
ASSOCIATED PRESS
much time is spent with Democrats
Secretary of State Joseph Hogsen, leh, and U.S. Son. Dan Coats talked before the laping of "Inside
biaming Republicans and Republi-
Indiana Government" in Indianapolis yeslorday. They face each other in the November election.
cans biaming Democrats." They
need someone "who'll dig in and get
cal steppingstone while he, Hogsett.
needs, These are problems that need
Coats wanted 10 be their congress-
things done."
would complete the four-year term.
10 be addressed. and all 100 often
man when he sought and won re-
But Coats counterpunched by
"I don't think there's any more
the folks we have in Washington
election in 1938. only to be appoint-
unarging that Hogsell was untrust.
fundamental aspect in leadership
aren't addressing them.
1 think 1
ed a month later 10 the Senate after
worthy, as evidenced by his decision
these days than living up to your
can do more for the people of Indi-
promises," Coats said. adding larer
Dan Quayle was elected vice presi-
10 run for the Senate. Hogsett, who
ana in the Senate, fighting for their
dent.
was elected secretary of state in
that, "it was barely days after the
needs, than I can do as secretary of
1990. contrasted himself to his then-
election when that promise Was
state."
The appointment was good until
upponent. Indianapolis Mayor Wil-
broken."
the next general election: Cools then
And he returned the enticism.
ham Hudnut, by saying that Hudnet
Hogseu said he changed his mind
saying that the people of the -Ith
wanted 10 use the office as a politi-
See RIVALS
because of the country's "pressing
Congressional Disnict believed that
Page 4. col 1. this section
INDIANA NEWS
and Hogses for breaking campaign
promises. "the people of Indiana
and the people of this country are
saying we can't Inist politicians
anymore," Coats said. adding dat.
"unfortunately." LL was because
Bush broke the "no new taxes"
piedge he made in the 1988 cam-
EEN
Rivals come
out swinging
Continued from Page B
was elected in HAV to complete the
term. He now IS seeking his art full pagn.
Senare term.
Hegsen was appointed secretary
of state after his predecessor, Evan
Bayh, WAS elected governor: he then
won a four-year term in 1990.
Their debate yesterday on "Inside
Indiana Government" was their first
joint appearance of the campaign.
The program, which will be shown
on cable and public TV stations in
caties around Indiana, 15 sponsored
by Chizens Concerned for the Con-
stitution, a conservative organiza-
tion founded by Indianapolis lawyer
Miller, who serves BS the host,
Eric Miller.
opened the program by describing
the group's political agenda, which
includes anti-abortion advocacy and
freedom from government regula.
fion for church and home schools.
Miller did not ask the candidates
about abortion. He did inquire
about their positions about the U.S.
Supreme Court's recent decision
forbidding prayer at a school com-
mencement ceremony.
Coats decred the ruling. saying
"one of the problems we have in
education today is there are TOO val-
Hogsell said that "we do need 10
recognize the role prayer has in all
of our Inves" and that voluntary
prayer is protected by the Constitu-
tion. But noting that "the pilgrims
found their way here because they
wanted religious freedom." he said
society must he careful about draw-
ing a Jine SO that prayer is not
forced un individuals
Also during the debate:
Coats *** on his on president
when he criticized President Bush
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DAN COATES FUNDRAISER, INDIANAPOLIS (Curt Smith)
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE IN THE HOME OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500. I THINK THAT
WAS THE NUMBER OF VOTES DAN'S OPPONENTS RECEIVED IN THE LAST ELECTION.
THE VOTERS OF INDIANA MADE A GREAT CHOICE WHEN THEY VOTED FOR SENATOR
TWO YEARS AGO. THEY DECIDED THAT ONE GOOD DAN DESERVES ANOTHER.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM TO HAVE DAN QUAYLE AS MY RUNNING MATE
AGAIN. DAN HAS DONE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY WHAT BOBBY KNIGHT HAS
DONE FOR INDIANA BASKETBALL.
I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP ONE THING IN CASE THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING.
WHEN I SAID RECENTLY THAT I WON'T LET A MADMAN GET HIS FINGER ON THE
NUCLEAR TRIGGER, I WAS DEFINATELY NOT REFERRING TO BOBBY KNIGHT.
IF DAN COATES WEREN'T A SENATOR HE MIGHT BE PLAYING SHORTSTOP FOR THE
CUBS, BUT CHICAGO'S LOSS IS WASHINGTON'S GAIN. DAN FIGHTS FAIR FOR
HIS BELIEFS, BUT HE'S TOUGH. WHEN IT COMES TO SCORING ON SUCH ISSUES
AS FAMILY VALUES, THE LINE-ITEM VETO AND CONGRESSIONAL REFORM, HE
COMES IN WITH HIS SPIKES HIGH.
INDIANA
409
oth the intellectual integrity and the habit
the dominant coalition writing the 1981 farm bill was pro-subsidy. That bill proved so costly that
ft, who was senator from Ohio when Lugar
subsidies were cut back in the 1985 bill. For 1990, Lugar put together an alliance of all
Os. Like Taft, he has had serious politics
committee Republicans (who are always in danger of being outbid by Democrats on subsidies)
tional office. Yet if he is as brainy as Taft, and
and committee Democrats from non-subsidy states, including the new chairman, Patrick Leahy
he has shown as well a better sense of when
of Vermont. The Lugar coalition rejected efforts by South Dakota's Tom Daschle to raise
: to get it there sooner.
subsidies on wheat; it got the honey program phased out of the Senate bill; it tried but failed to
y of a big city Republican machine. He was
get rid of sugar, wool and mohair subsidies; it compromised with Georgia's Wyche Fowler on the
as 35: he consolidated the city and county into
wetland-protecting swampbuster program; and it cut $3.5 billion in estimated spending from the
in voters to the city, thereby keeping it both
bill. Lugar emphasizes that he is a farmer himself, raising corn, soybeans and wheat on a 600-
r bucked fashion among big-city mayors and
acre spread outside Indianapolis. But he seems to see no reason why taxpayers should subsidize a
IS, and nonetheless upset the much-ballyhooe
few crops when free markets work fine for all others.
league of Cities in 1970. He became known
On other domestic matters, Lugar has been active, seeking tougher federal regulation of
asset in 1974, when he ran against Senato
futures markets (this is Agriculture Committee business) and pushing through a 20% tax credit
ivorable climate of 1976 and against a weake
for the cost of installing pollution-controlling scrubbers (a big item for Indiana's coal-burning
9%-40%.
utilities). And he continues to make a difference on foreign policy. He has watched the
to politically risky territory. He led the 1978
Philippines closely, supporting the Aquino government against coups; he was cautious, after the
reform bill, although unions were then big B
collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, about the pace of U.S. troop withdrawal from the
concessions in the 1978 loan guarantee for
West. On the Foreign Relations Committee, he opposed some proposed aid to Hungary and
ainst the Civil Rights Act of 1990 because be
Poland for fear the money would only subsidize the rotting collectivist system. In each case,
d against the 1988 trade bill in a midwesten
events have seemed to justify his views. On the Persian Gulf, he called in August 1990 for a
king their jobs-though, as he pointed out
"change of leadership" in Iraq, which Washington insiders, used to thinking of Lugar as a sort of
harmaceuticals, steel and auto parts. And as
liberal after the Philippines, took as a significantly assertive stance; in December 1990, he was
e led a successful battle against increases
saying that Congress should debate any use of force in the area, though he opposes what he
considers assault on executive branch power. Journalists who use partisan criteria to patch good-
-in leadership positions. After chairing the
guy and bad-guy labels on politicians have trouble labelling Lugar, his views seem formed by a
holding Republican control of the Senate
stable view of the world, steadily applied through crisis and hysteria: American military power
ward Baker as Majority Leader, but came in
can be used to advance freedom and democracy, and should be used against the evil forces that
:head of James McClure. Then he became
are still out there.
mittee, and quickly took command over
Lugar's 1988 campaign set a record: he cut across all of the historic lines in Indiana, carrying
who tends to conduct his own foreign policy,
91 of 92 counties (he lost Gary's Lake County) and winning 68% of the vote, more than Dan
an foreign policy generally and was a vigorous
Quayle's 1986 record of 61%. This was far above his 54% against challenger Congressman Floyd
1 on the Philippines, he was ahead of the
Fithian in the recession year of 1982. and suggests that Lugar may be about to break the Indiana
Aquino as well as Ferdinand Marcos, and
jinx: no senator from this state has ever won a fourth term. But it's hard to see what could stop
at Marcos's "victory" was fraudulent and, at
Lugar from doing so if he runs in 1994.
administration followed. He deserves crediti
Lugar's Hoosier colleague is Dan Coats, who once worked as a staffer for Dan Quayle, was
at the world was heading toward democracy
elected to succeed him in the House in 1980, was appointed to succeed him in the Senate in
:s against right-wing regimes would produce
1989. and was elected for the last two years of his term in 1990. Coats is quite a different sort of
hope that the success of those protests would
politician from Lugar or, for that matter, Quayle. Lugar and Quayle come from Indiana's
ed in 1989 and 1990.
business elite, and their political views start with an opposition to heavy-handed government
ntrol of the Senate, and Helms invoked his
regulation of business; Coats comes from a traditional background and his politics start with
Foreign Relations rather than Agriculture
conservative stands on cultural issues like abortion and school prayer. This does not preclude
eign policy-and the disappointment plainly
some creative use of government: as ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on
1988. when George Bush picked-instead of
Children, Youth and Families, he favored a much higher dependent exemption on the income
an Quayle. to be his Vice President. This was
tax and tax credits for child care.
:S a possibility for the number two slot-the
In the Senate, Coats has been unafraid to be odd man out. On the Labor and Human
ne last. Yet his influence on public policy
Resources Committee. only Strom Thurmond supported his highly restrictive National Endow-
ment for the Arts bill, and Coats was part of the Senate minority that voted against the
member on Agriculture to move U.S. farm
Kennedy-Hawkins bill labeled by its proponents as civil rights and by its opponents as a quota
the early 1980s the dominant Republican on
measure: thanks to Coats's vote, George Bush's veto was upheld. He failed in his effort to ban
eat crop is heavily subsidized and regulated;
research on the French anti-abortion pill, RU-486. He backs the line-item veto and greater
410
INDIANA
presidential rescission authority-proposais which. if only because they reduce Congress's
990 Share of Federal Tax Burden: $20,562,000.0
powers, are going nowhere. But Democratic nominee Baron Hill, a four-term state legislator,
attacked Coats less for his lack of effectiveness in Washington than for his just being in
Washington at all. Hill attacked Coats for sending out 13 million letters in his short months in
1990 Share of Federal Expenditures
office, though there was little evidence that people resented this deluge. Hill might also have
Total
attacked Coats on abortion, but he had only just switched to a pro-choice position himself and
Total Expend
$16,915m
(1.69%)
didn't stress the issue. Hill did campaign vigorously, and walked the length of the state from
St/Lcl Grants
2,423m
(1.80%)
New Albany, across the Ohio River from Louisville, to Gary on Lake Michigan. But his
Silary/Wages
1.800m
(1.23%)
campaign had much less money than Coats's. In the end Coats won 54%-46%, the same margin
Paymnts to Indiv
10,024m
(2.01%)
as Lugar's 1982 victory. Hill carried the northwest industrial corridor from Gary to South Bend,
docurement
1.971m
(1.05%)
Research/Other
696m
(1.87%)
the old Butternut counties along the Ohio River, the Terre Haute area and Bloomington. But
Coats carried metro Indianapolis 57%-43% and ran even stronger in his old congressional
district.
Coats's seat comes up in 1992, and his margin was not high enough to deter serious opposition
olitical Lineup: Governor. Evan Bayh (D); Lt. G
Baron Hill announced in February 1991 that he would run again, and secretary of state Jim
E Hogsett (D); Atty. Gen., Linley Pearson (R); T
Hogsett set up an exploratory committee in May 1991. Incidentally, Indiana is one of the few
eVore (R). State Senate. 50 (26 R and 24 D); Sta
states where state party committees choose statewide nominees for offices. Nominees for
Senators, Richard G. Lugar (R) and Daniel R. Coal
governor, Congress and the state legislature are chosen in primaries which precede state
nominating conventions.
Presidential politics. Does anyone expect Indiana to cast 12 Democratic electoral votes in
1988 Presidential Vote
1992? Not unless the Democrats somehow win a national landslide. This remains one of the most
Republican states in presidential elections. It is also one state where Dan Quayle is clearly not a
Bush (R)
1,297,763 (60%)
860,643 (39%)
drag on the Republican ticket; he was even a help in his old 4th Congressional District, one of the
Dukakis (D)
few in the country where Bush-Quayle '88 ran even with Reagan-Bush '84. Indiana voters know
1988 Democratic Presidential Primary
Quayle as a competent politician and public official, and the image played up by the national
Dukakis
449,495 (69%)
media has not been a problem here.
ackson
145,021 (22%)
Indiana's May presidential primary was once the scene of epic contests, notably in 1968, when
Gore
21,865
(3%)
Robert Kennedy, Roger Branigin (the hapless governor who was a stand-in for President
Gephardt
16,777
(3%)
Simon
12,555
(2%)
Johnson) and Eugene McCarthy ran 1-2-3. In 1984, Indiana's primary was overshadowed by
Ohio's the same day; curiously enough, Gary Hart won both by similar margins. In 1988.
Indiana voted after both parties' nominees had been determined.
Congressional districting. Indiana's 1981 redistricting plan went all the way to the Supreme
Court in 1986. The Court's decision was a classic muddle: it ruled that state legislatures can
GOVERNOR
draw lines for partisan advantage but that courts can overturn them if they're egregious; then it
went on to uphold Indiana's lines, although it's not likely that anyone could come up with a
Gov. Evan Bayh (D)
clearer case of partisan motivation. Despite the partisan finagling, Republicans ended up with
Elected 1988.
only 2 of the 10 districts after the 1990 elections; they had created too many marginal seats.
Haute: home.
which talented Democrats picked off in favorable circumstances and then held. In the five
Episcopalian:
elections since 1980, the Republicans have won 49% of the votes but only 19 of 50 contests.
Career: Prac
Redistricting in 1991 was a more civil affair with only minimal changes in the lines. Dan
Office: 206 S
Burton's 6th District. the largest population gainer for Indiana in the 1980s, changed the most-
Election Resu
but probably to his advantage. He gives up the Democratic stronghold of Anderson to Phil
Sharp in the 2d, and the new 6th virtually surrounds all of Andy Jacobs urban Indianapolis 10th
1988 gen.
District.
1988 prim.
The People: Pop. 1990: 5,554,159 (Pop. 1980: 5,490,224, up 1.0% 1980-90 and 5.7% 1970-80). 2.2%
of U.S. total. 14th largest. Median age: 32.8 years. 12.6% 65 years and over. 90.6% White, 7.8% Black
1984 gen.
1.8% Hispanic origin. Households: 58.2% married couple families; 70.2% owner occupied housing
median house value: $53,900; median monthly rent: $291. 5.3% Unemployment. Voting age pop.:
4,088,195. Registered voters (1990): 2,764,768; no party registration.
INDIANA
413
Sen. Daniel R. Coats (R)
Appointed Jan. 1989, seat up 1992; b. May 16, 1943, Jackson, MI;
home, Fort Wayne: Wheaton Col., B.A. 1965, IN U., J.D. 1971:
Presbyterian: married (Marcia).
at up 1994: b. Apr. 4. 1932 Indianapolis; home,
hison U., B.A. 1954; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford U5
Career: Army Corps of Engineers, 1966-68; Asst. V.P. and Coun-
odist: married (Charlene).
sel, Mutual Security Life Ins. Co., 1972-76; Dist. Rep. for U.S.
Rep. J. Danforth Quayle. 1976-80; U.S. House of Reps., 1980-88.
'957-60; V.P. and Treas.. Thomas L. Green &
dianapolis Bd. of Sch. Commissioners, 1964-67;
Offices: 411 RSOB 20515. 202-224-5623. Also 1180 Market
polis, 1968-75; Repub. Nominee for U.S. Senate
Tower, 10 W. Market St., Indianapolis 46204, 317-226-5555; Fed.
of., U. of Indianapolis. 1976.
Bldg., 1300 S. Harrison St., Rm. 340, Fort Wayne 46802, 219-422-
1505; 1201 E. 10th St., Bldg. 66, Rm. 103, Jeffersonville 47132,
OB 20510, 202-224-4814. Also 1180 Market
812-288-3377; 127 N.W. 7th St., Evansville 47708, 812-465-6313;
-ket St., Indianapolis 46204. 317-269-5555; Fed.
and 5530 Sohl Ave., Hammond 46320, 219-937-5380.
rrison St., Rm. 340, Fort Wayne 46802, 219-422-
101 N.W. 7th St., Rm. 3158. Evansville 47708
Committees: Armed Services (7th of 9 R): Conventional Forces
1. Ctr., Rm. 103, 1201 E. 10th St., Jeffersonville
and Alliance Defense; Defense Industry and Technology (RMM);
377: and Fed. Bldg., 5500 Sohl Ave., Hammond
Readiness, Sustainability and Support. Labor and Human Re-
380.
sources (4th of 7 R): Aging; Children, Families, Drugs and Alcoholism (RMM); Education, Arts and
the Humanities; Employment and Productivity.
riculture, Nutrition and Forestry (RMM of 8 R).
C Affairs; International Economic Policy, Trade,
Group Ratings
'eace Corps Affairs (RMM).
ADA
ACLU
COPE
CFA
LCV
ACU
NTLC
NSI
COC
CEI
1990
0
4
21
33
33
96
85
100
83
76
1989
10
-
20
54
30
86
1
-
88
81
National Journal Ratings
ACU
NTLC
NSI
COC
CEI
1989 LIB - 1989 CONS
1990 LIB - 1990 CONS
83
70
100
75
71
Economic
25%
-
72%
16%
-
80%
75
-
-
100
68
Social
15%
-
79%
0%
|
91%
Foreign
13%
-
86%
0%
I
88%
Key Votes
1990 LIB - 1990 CONS
1.Raise Min Wage
AGN
5.Strk Firearms Ban
FOR
9.Kill SDI Cuts
FOR
0%
-
90%
2.Lmt Cap Gains Debate FOR
6.Flag Amendment
FOR
10.Cancel B-2 BombersAGN
22%
-
77%
3.Benefits for Miners
FOR
7.1990 Civil Rights Act
AGN
11.Cut NATO Forces AGN
23%
75%
4.Lmt CAFE Debate
-
AGN
8.Ban Ntfy Parent Abort AGN
12.Cut Salvador Aid
AGN
Election Results
1990 general
Daniel R. Coats (R)
806,048
(54%)
($3.708,903)
Baron P. Hill (D)
FOR
696,639
in
9.Kill SDI Cuts
FOR
(46%)
($1,077,074)
1990 primary
Daniel R. Coats (R), unopposed
:
FOR
.Cancel B-2 Bombers AGN
1986 general
J. Danforth (Dan) Quayle (R)
3
Act
AGN
11.Cut NATO Forces AGN
936,143
(61%)
($1,979,561)
Jill Long (D)
Abort AGN
12.Cut Salvador Aid
595,192
AGN
(38%)
($127,187)
FIRST DISTRICT
1,430,525
(68%)
($3,244,601)
At the southernmost point of Lake Michigan is an America steel made. Here, in the northwest
668,778
(32%)
($314,233)
corner of Indiana, where the water highway of the Great Lakes comes closest to the steel
978,301
(54%)
highway of the transcontinental railroads, America's leading capitalists recognized nearly a
($2,987,573)
828,400
(46%)
($870,023)
century ago the best possible site for manufacturing steel. On empty sand dunes United States
Steel, then the nation's largest corporation, created only a few years before by financier J. P.
Morgan, established the city of Gary in 1906 and named it for the company's chairman, Chicago
08/10/92 16:19
001
U.S. SENATOR DAN. COATS
404 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
PHONE (202)224-5623
TO: ED WALTERS
FROM: ROB SCHWARZWALDER
RE:
DATE: 8.10.92
NUMBER OF PAGES TO POLLOW 2
COMMENTS
INDIANA
409
oth the intellectual integrity and the habit of
the dominant coalition writing the 1981 farm bill was pro-subsidy. That bill proved so costly that
ift, who was senator from Ohio when Lugar
subsidies were cut back in the 1985 bill. For 1990, Lugar put together an alliance of all
Os. Like Taft, he has had serious political
committee Republicans (who are always in danger of being outbid by Democrats on subsidies)
tional office. Yet if he is as brainy as Taft, and
and committee Democrats from non-subsidy states, including the new chairman, Patrick Leahy
he has shown as well a better sense of where
of Vermont. The Lugar coalition rejected efforts by South Dakota's Tom Daschle to raise
: to get it there sooner.
subsidies on wheat; it got the honey program phased out of the Senate bill; it tried but failed to
y of a big city Republican machine. He was
get rid of sugar, wool and mohair subsidies; it compromised with Georgia's Wyche Fowler on the
as 35; he consolidated the city and county into
wetland-protecting swampbuster program; and it cut $3.5 billion in estimated spending from the
in voters to the city, thereby keeping it both
bill. Lugar emphasizes that he is a farmer himself, raising corn, soybeans and wheat on a 600-
r bucked fashion among big-city mayors and
acre spread outside Indianapolis. But he seems to see no reason why taxpayers should subsidize a
IS, and nonetheless upset the much-ballyhooed
few crops when free markets work fine for all others.
eague of Cities in 1970. He became known as
On other domestic matters, Lugar has been active, seeking tougher federal regulation of
asset in 1974, when he ran against Senator
futures markets (this is Agriculture Committee business) and pushing through a 20% tax credit
avorable climate of 1976 and against a weaker
for the cost of installing pollution-controlling scrubbers (a big item for Indiana's coal-burning
9%-40%.
utilities). And he continues to make a difference on foreign policy. He has watched the
to politically risky territory. He led the 1978
Philippines closely, supporting the Aquino government against coups; he was cautious, after the
reform bill, although unions were then big in
collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, about the pace of U.S. troop withdrawal from the
concessions in the 1978 loan guarantee for
West. On the Foreign Relations Committee, he opposed some proposed aid to Hungary and
ainst the Civil Rights Act of 1990 because he
Poland for fear the money would only subsidize the rotting collectivist system. In each case,
d against the 1988 trade bill in a midwestern
events have seemed to justify his views. On the Persian Gulf, he called in August 1990 for a
king their jobs-though, as he pointed out,
"change of leadership" in Iraq, which Washington insiders, used to thinking of Lugar as a sort of
harmaceuticals, steel and auto parts. And as a
liberal after the Philippines, took as a significantly assertive stance; in December 1990, he was
e led a successful battle against increases in
saying that Congress should debate any use of force in the area, though he opposes what he
considers assault on executive branch power. Journalists who use partisan criteria to patch good-
-in leadership positions. After chairing the
guy and bad-guy labels on politicians have trouble labelling Lugar, his views seem formed by a
holding Republican control of the Senate in
stable view of the world, steadily applied through crisis and hysteria: American military power
ward Baker as Majority Leader, but came in
can be used to advance freedom and democracy, and should be used against the evil forces that
thead of James McClure. Then he became
are still out there.
mittee, and quickly took command over a
Lugar's 1988 campaign set a record: he cut across all of the historic lines in Indiana, carrying
who tends to conduct his own foreign policy,
91 of 92 counties (he lost Gary's Lake County) and winning 68% of the vote, more than Dan
an foreign policy generally and was a vigorous
Quayle's 1986 record of 61%. This was far above his 54% against challenger Congressman Floyd
t on the Philippines, he was ahead of the
Fithian in the recession year of 1982, and suggests that Lugar may be about to break the Indiana
Aquino as well as Ferdinand Marcos, and
jinx: no senator from this state has ever won a fourth term. But it's hard to see what could stop
nat Marcos's "victory" was fraudulent and, at
Lugar from doing so if he runs in 1994.
administration followed. He deserves credit
Lugar's Hoosier colleague is Dan Coats, who once worked as a staffer for Dan Quayle, was
at the world was heading toward democracy,
elected to succeed him in the House in 1980, was appointed to succeed him in the Senate in
ts against right-wing regimes would produce
1989, and was elected for the last two years of his term in 1990. Coats is quite a different sort of
hope that the success of those protests would
politician from Lugar or, for that matter, Quayle. Lugar and Quayle come from Indiana's
ed in 1989 and 1990.
business elite, and their political views start with an opposition to heavy-handed government
atrol of the Senate, and Helms invoked his
regulation of business; Coats comes from a traditional background and his politics start with
Foreign Relations rather than Agriculture.
conservative stands on cultural issues like abortion and school prayer. This does not preclude
eign policy-and the disappointment plainly
some creative use of government: as ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on
1988, when George Bush picked-instead of
Children, Youth and Families, he favored a much higher dependent exemption on the income
an Quayle, to be his Vice President. This was
tax and tax credits for child care.
is a possibility for the number two slot-the
In the Senate, Coats has been unafraid to be odd man out. On the Labor and Human
ne last. Yet his influence on public policy
Resources Committee, only Strom Thurmond supported his highly restrictive National Endow-
ment for the Arts bill, and Coats was part of the Senate minority that voted against the
member on Agriculture to move U.S. farm
Kennedy-Hawkins bill labeled by its proponents as civil rights and by its opponents as a quota
the early 1980s the dominant Republican on
measure; thanks to Coats's vote, George Bush's veto was upheld. He failed in his effort to ban
eat crop is heavily subsidized and regulated;
research on the French anti-abortion pill, RU-486. He backs the line-item veto and greater
410
INDIANA
presidential rescission authority-proposals which, if only because they reduce Congress's
1990 Share of Federal Tax Burden: $20,562,000,00
powers, are going nowhere. But Democratic nominee Baron Hill, a four-term state legislator,
attacked Coats less for his lack of effectiveness in Washington than for his just being in
Washington at all. Hill attacked Coats for sending out 13 million letters in his short months in
office, though there was little evidence that people resented this deluge. Hill might also have
1990 Share of Federal Expenditures
Total
attacked Coats on abortion, but he had only just switched to a pro-choice position himself and
didn't stress the issue. Hill did campaign vigorously, and walked the length of the state from
Total Expend
$16,915m
(1.69%)
St/Lcl Grants
2,423m
(1.80%)
New Albany, across the Ohio River from Louisville, to Gary on Lake Michigan. But his
Salary/Wages
1,800m
(1.23%)
campaign had much less money than Coats's. In the end Coats won 54%-46%, the same margin
Paymnts to Indiv
10,024m
(2.01%)
as Lugar's 1982 victory. Hill carried the northwest industrial corridor from Gary to South Bend,
Procurement
1,971m
(1.05%)
the old Butternut counties along the Ohio River, the Terre Haute area and Bloomington. But
Research/Other
696m
(1.87%)
district. Coats carried metro Indianapolis 57%-43% and ran even stronger in his old congressional
Coats's seat comes up in 1992, and his margin was not high enough to deter serious opposition.
Baron Hill announced in February 1991 that he would run again, and secretary of state Jim
Political Lineup: Governor, Evan Bayh (D); Lt. G
Hogsett set up an exploratory committee in May 1991. Incidentally, Indiana is one of the few
H. Hogsett (D); Atty. Gen., Linley Pearson (R); T
DeVore (R). State Senate, 50 (26 R and 24 D); Stat
states where state party committees choose statewide nominees for offices. Nominees for
Senators, Richard G. Lugar (R) and Daniel R. Coa
governor, Congress and the state legislature are chosen in primaries which precede state
nominating conventions.
Presidential politics. Does anyone expect Indiana to cast 12 Democratic electoral votes in
1992? Not unless the Democrats somehow win a national landslide. This remains one of the most
1988 Presidential Vote
Republican states in presidential elections. It is also one state where Dan Quayle is clearly not a
Bush (R)
1,297,763 (60%)
drag on the Republican ticket; he was even a help in his old 4th Congressional District, one of the
Dukakis (D).
860,643 (39%)
few in the country where Bush-Quayle '88 ran even with Reagan-Bush '84. Indiana voters know
1988 Democratic Presidential Primary
Quayle as a competent politician and public official, and the image played up by the national
Dukakis
449,495 (69%)
media has not been a problem here.
Jackson
145,021 (22%)
Indiana's May presidential primary was once the scene of epic contests, notably in 1968, when
Gore
21,865
(3%)
Robert Kennedy, Roger Branigin (the hapless governor who was a stand-in for President
Gephardt
16,777
(3%)
Johnson) and Eugene McCarthy ran 1-2-3. In 1984, Indiana's primary was overshadowed by
Simon
12,555
(2%)
Ohio's the same day; curiously enough, Gary Hart won both by similar margins. In 1988,
Indiana voted after both parties' nominees had been determined.
Congressional districting. Indiana's 1981 redistricting plan went all the way to the Supreme
Court in 1986. The Court's decision was a classic muddle: it ruled that state legislatures can
draw lines for partisan advantage but that courts can overturn them if they're egregious; then it
GOVERNOR
went on to uphold Indiana's lines, although it's not likely that anyone could come up with a
Gov. Evan Bayh (D)
clearer case of partisan motivation. Despite the partisan finagling, Republicans ended up with
Elected 1988,
only 2 of the 10 districts after the 1990 elections; they had created too many marginal seats,
Haute; home, I
which talented Democrats picked off in favorable circumstances and then held. In the five
Episcopalian; r.
elections since 1980, the Republicans have won 49% of the votes but only 19 of 50 contests.
Career: Pract
Redistricting in 1991 was a more civil affair with only minimal changes in the lines. Dan
Burton's 6th District, the largest population gainer for Indiana in the 1980s, changed the most-
Office: 206 S
but probably to his advantage. He gives up the Democratic stronghold of Anderson to Phil
Election Result
Sharp District. in the 2d, and the new 6th virtually surrounds all of Andy Jacobs urban Indianapolis 10th
1988 gen.
E
J
1988 prim.
E
S
The People: Pop. 1990: 5,554,159 (Pop. 1980: 5,490,224, up 1.0% 1980-90 and 5.7% 1970-80). 2.2%
of U.S. total, 14th largest. Median age: 32.8 years. 12.6% 65 years and over. 90.6% White, 7.8% Black.
1984 gen.
F
1.8% Hispanic origin. Households: 58.2% married couple families; 70.2% owner occupied housing;
median house value: $53,900; median monthly rent: $291. 5.3% Unemployment. Voting age pop.:
4,088,195. Registered voters (1990): 2,764,768; no party registration.
INDIANA
413
Sen. Daniel R. Coats (R)
Appointed Jan. 1989, seat up 1992; b. May 16, 1943, Jackson, MI;
home, Fort Wayne; Wheaton Col., B.A. 1965, IN U., J.D. 1971;
Presbyterian; married (Marcia).
at up 1994; b. Apr. 4, 1932, Indianapolis; home
Career: Army Corps of Engineers, 1966-68; Asst. V.P. and Coun-
nison U., B.A. 1954; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford U
nodist; married (Charlene).
sel, Mutual Security Life Ins. Co., 1972-76; Dist. Rep. for U.S.
Rep. J. Danforth Quayle, 1976-80; U.S. House of Reps., 1980-88.
!957-60; V.P. and Treas., Thomas L. Green &
Offices: 411 RSOB 20515, 202-224-5623. Also 1180 Market
dianapolis Bd. of Sch. Commissioners, 1964-67
Tower, 10 W. Market St., Indianapolis 46204, 317-226-5555; Fed.
polis, 1968-75; Repub. Nominee for U.S. Senate
Bldg., 1300 S. Harrison St., Rm. 340, Fort Wayne 46802, 219-422-
of., U. of Indianapolis, 1976.
1505; 1201 E. 10th St., Bldg. 66, Rm. 103, Jeffersonville 47132,
SOB 20510, 202-224-4814. Also 1180 Market
812-288-3377; 127 N.W. 7th St., Evansville 47708, 812-465-6313;
rket St., Indianapolis 46204, 317-269-5555; Fed
and 5530 Sohl Ave., Hammond 46320, 219-937-5380.
rrison St., Rm. 340, Fort Wayne 46802, 219-422
Committees: Armed Services (7th of 9 R): Conventional Forces
101 N.W. 7th St., Rm. 3158, Evansville 47708
1. Ctr., Rm. 103, 1201 E. 10th St., Jeffersonville
and Alliance Defense; Defense Industry and Technology (RMM);
Readiness, Sustainability and Support. Labor and Human Re-
377; and Fed. Bldg., 5500 Sohl Ave., Hammond
380.
sources (4th of 7 R): Aging; Children, Families, Drugs and Alcoholism (RMM); Education, Arts and
the Humanities; Employment and Productivity.
-iculture, Nutrition and Forestry (RMM of 8 R),
C Affairs; International Economic Policy, Trade
Group Ratings
'eace Corps Affairs (RMM).
ADA
ACLU
COPE
CFA
LCV
ACU
NTLC
NSI
COC
CEI
1990
0
4
21
33
33
96
85
100
83
76
1989
10
-
20
54
30
86
-
-
88
81
National Journal Ratings
ACU
NTLC
NSI
COC
CEI
1989 LIB - 1989 CONS
1990 LIB - 1990 CONS
83
70
100
75
71
Economic
25%
-
72%
16%
-
80%
75
I
-
100
68
Social
15%
I
79%
0%
-
91%
Foreign
13%
I
86%
0%
-
88%
Key Votes
1990 LIB - 1990 CONS
1.Raise Min Wage
AGN
5.Strk Firearms Ban
FOR
9.Kill SDI Cuts
FOR
0%
90%
2.Lmt Cap Gains Debate FOR
-
6.Flag Amendment
FOR
0.Cancel B-2 Bombers AGN
22%
77%
3.Benefits for Miners
FOR
-
7.1990 Civil Rights Act
AGN
11.Cut NATO Forces
AGN
23%
75%
4.Lmt CAFE Debate
AGN
8.Ban Ntfy Parent Abort AGN
12.Cut Salvador Aid
-
AGN
Election Results
1990 general
Daniel R. Coats (R)
806,048
(54%)
($3,708,903)
Baron P. Hill (D)
696,639
(46%)
($1,077,074)
in
FOR
9.Kill SDI Cuts
FOR
1990 primary
Daniel R. Coats (R), unopposed
[
FOR
.Cancel B-2 Bombers AGN
1986 general
J. Danforth (Dan) Quayle (R)
936,143
(61%)
($1,979,561)
S
Act
AGN
11.Cut NATO Forces
AGN
Jill Long (D)
595,192
(38%)
($127,187)
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12.Cut Salvador Aid
AGN
FIRST DISTRICT
1,430,525
(68%)
($3,244,601)
At the southernmost point of Lake Michigan is an America steel made. Here, in the northwest
668,778
(32%)
($314,233)
corner of Indiana, where the water highway of the Great Lakes comes closest to the steel
highway of the transcontinental railroads, America's leading capitalists recognized nearly a
978,301
(54%)
($2,987,573)
century ago the best possible site for manufacturing steel. On empty sand dunes United States
828,400
(46%)
($870,023)
Steel, then the nation's largest corporation, created only a few years before by financier J. P.
Morgan, established the city of Gary in 1906 and named it for the company's chairman, Chicago
Administration of George Bush, 1990 / Apr. 3
Points
outdoors.
American elm, this symbol of new life, this
Act
will
So, let's help these youngsters plant more
first tree of your magnificent campaign, let
10
billion
trees and nurture them in this State and in
it be Ryan's tree.
local
all 50 States. Let's plant the Trees for To-
God bless that young man. God bless his
enrich
morrow that will bless the children of to-
family. And God bless the United States of
like your
morrow, the generations who will inherit
America. Thank you all very, very much.
our Earth. Trees are an inheritance passed
for
Tomor-
from one generation to another, and they
Note: The President spoke at 12:07 p.m. at
groups,
and
symbolize the continuity of mankind.
the Trees for Tomorrow Park. In his Te-
creation.
In
donated.
Not far from here there's a special young
marks, he referred to F. Arthur Strong, di-
man who has created a special legacy of his
rector of the City of Indianapolis Depart-
help vol-
own, and he is in our prayers today. His
ment of Parks and Recreation, and Bobby
only how
Knight, Indiana University basketball
how
to
name is Ryan White, and he's been fighting
coach. Earlier, prior to leaving Cincinnati,
and
how
a courageous battle against a deadly disease
the President met with Ken Blackwell, the
avironment.
and also against ignorance and fear. Ryan
Republican candidate for the First Congres-
audience
has helped us understand the truth about
sional District. The President also visited
trees
all
AIDS, and he's shown all of us the strength
Derrick Turnbow, an honor student at Taft
to
open
and the bravery of the human heart. So,
High School who was the innocent victim
it
once
today, as together we plant this beautiful
of a drug-related shooting.
[Laugh-
the
speech
here
in
Remarks at a Fundraising Luncheon for Senator Dan Coats in
with
roots
and
Indianapolis, Indiana
behalf
of
April 3, 1990
exports:
First, let me, once again, say how much I
that the Secret Service had found my food
close
by
enjoyed reveling in the magic of Sandi Patti
taster face down in the salad. [Laughter]
a
movie
and her great music, and to see my friend
Somebody had washed my lettuce with Per-
Fred Travalena, again, here. Could have
rier. [Laughter] It could have been worse-
ago,
after
helped him with some of his gestures, the
broccoli-could have been worse. [Laugh-
was
salut-
way it is-[laughter]-but he's coming
ter]
each
of
along. And it's great, really, to be back in
Throughout the eighties-the decade
planted 40
Indianapolis, with good friends like Dick
which saw the greatest economic expansion
School,
Lugar and, of course, Don Cox and Margie
in U.S. peacetime history and fires of free-
at
his
high
Hill of our national committee, two great
dom begin to burn all over the world—
beauty
of
representatives there. And then, we're
throughout this turbulent decade, the
of
you,
flying up here with our new State chair-
people of Indiana had two great men repre-
man-he's here-Keith Luce, a hard
senting them in the United States Senate-
"Hoosiers."
worker doing a great job to rebuild the
Dick Lugar and then, of course, Dan
it.
It
party. And most of all, I'm pleased to be
Quayle-a foreign policy duo that have
towns.
Yes,
here on behalf of a man who brings your
been instrumental to the progress we've
portrays,
Hoosier ideas to Washington every day with
seen internationally. Dick's tenure on the
diana. The
great integrity and honor, and I'm talking
Senate Foreign Relations Committee has
things:
about Dan Coats, the man of the moment.
been-I was telling this to Dick Freeland
in
the
It is essential he be reelected.
here-absolutely nothing less than superb.
special,
I want to thank Dick Freeland and Bob
And I continue to depend on his wise coun-
Evansville
Irsay and others for this tremendously suc-
sel as we wrestle with a world in change.
State
line:
cessful event. I'm sorry I couldn't get over
I don't have to tell you, you know this
-enhancing
here to have lunch with you today; I wasn't
already, how important Dan Quayle's out-
of
the
allowed to. On the way over I was notified
standing leadership has been in crucial
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areas like Central and Latin America. And
families in need. In fact the Republican
is inspirational to me.
of work.
he's served our administration well and our
Party felt so strongly about his legislation
We're talking about values, and bringing
I again reject the extremists in the envi-
nation well. So, Indiana already had a lot to
that we made it a part of our national plat-
Hoosier values and Hoosier vision to Wash-
ronmental movement who would burden
be proud of in these two fine men. And
form-mainstream values that all Ameri-
ington is important to me not just in stop-
our economy by mindless regulation, and I
now we have Dan Coats, stepping into that
cans care about. And that's why I believe
ping crime and drugs but also in stopping
reject those who do not recognize their ob-
legacy of leadership in the United States
we need Dan Coats in the Senate, and I
those who measure progress made solely by
ligations to clean up our environment.
Senate.
know that everybody here today agrees
dollars spent. You know as I do that con-
We've got to find the middle path.
For the last 10 years, Dick Lugar and
with me on that important point.
gressional spending is spiraling out of con-
Common sense tells us to find this needed
Dan Quayle have built this dynasty of Re-
Nothing ravages the American family
trol-$1.2 trillion right now. And common
balance, and we will find it.
publican leadership in Indiana with a com-
more than drug abuse. Our National Drug
sense tells us the American people aren't
Tonight Dan Coats will be back in the
mand of the issues that's kept America
Strategy, articulated by Bill Bennett-we
undertaxed. We need a budget process that
Senate to cast one of the most important
number one. In 1986 Dan Quayle was re-
elected by the biggest landslide of any
call it National Drug Strategy II-which I
can deal rationally with wasteful govern-
votes of his life, and I know I can count on
Senate candidate in Indiana history. And
announced last September, deals with all
ment spending. We need a line-item veto
him. But I need to count on his experience,
sides of the issue, from education and pre-
or some strong rescission legislation. And so,
his judgment, and his concern for people
yet 2 years later, Dick Lugar came along,
broke the record with an even bigger win-
vention to expanded treatment to stronger
again I appeal to Congress: Give me what
not just tonight or tomorrow but in the
penalties and stepped-up enforcement. It's
43 Governors have-the power to cut un-
months and the years to come. And that's
ning margin. And come November my
necessary spending.
a tough approach, but it is a sensible ap-
why I'm counting on each and every one of
common sense tells me that the voters of
One of the first things that Dan Coats did
Indiana will continue the tradition and give
proach.
when he arrived in the United States
you in this room to give your all for Dan
Dan Coats an even greater victory margin.
No part of America is safe from the
Coats.
Senate was to introduce important line-item
It's going to happen.
scourge of drugs. This is not simply an
veto legislation. In fact, I haven't seen any-
I've talked today just briefly about some
So, I'm here, "back home again in Indi-
inner-city problem or a border problem for
body move that adeptly since Chuck Person
of the issues that are important to me as we
ana," in what natives call the Crossroads of
bureaucrats in Washington to handle.
slam-dunked an opponent at Market Square
face the new decade. But one thing to re-
America, to talk to you today about
We've got to get PCP and crack off every
Arena. Together, we're fighting to keep
member: As the world changes, issues will
common sense, something Hoosiers know a
street and out of every school in America.
your taxes low and Federal spending down,
change, but principles remain to the end.
lot about. Indiana is the heart of the heart-
And it's time we got more Federal re-
and that's what I call just plain common
And Dan Coats is a principled man who
land, and the Hoosiers are right in the
sources into the hands of those in the thick
will be a voice for your values. I know Hoo-
sense.
middle of an American mainstream with
of the fight, those on the front lines. And if
Americans want to keep the longest
sier values, and I admire them. I chose my
the kind of values that have made this
we are to build a better future for this
peacetime expansion ever moving for-
running mate from Indiana because of
nation great. And I'm talking about values
country, America first must be drug-free.
ward-89 months and counting. And Amer-
them. And on November 6, when the
like hard work and opportunity and decen-
As the Republican leader of the Senate
icans want a clean environment-we want
voters of Indiana think of Dan Coats, I
cy and loyalty, faith and family. Everyone
subcommittee that deals with drugs, Dan
that also. And it is my view we can do both.
know they'll think of the song by another
here believes that the family is the corner-
knows the road ahead won't be easy, but
We can't do it if we move to the extreme.
Hoosier, the great Cole Porter, called
stone of American society. Our administra-
that's another strong reason why I need
And I am not going to move to the extreme
"You're the Top."
tion has placed the family at the center of
him back in the Senate. I need his experi-
in environmental legislation, but we are
Senator Dan Coats gives voice to the
our agenda for the 1990's: to build an
ence and his intelligence as we fight to take
going to pass and sign sound environmental
values of the heartland. Nothing could be
America where every man, woman, and
back our streets.
legislation.
more important as we head into a new cen-
child is drug-free; where schools challenge
You know, I noticed a bunch of police
This morning, here in Indianapolis, I
tury of challenge and change. So, do what
and support our kids and our teachers; and
officers here today and outside greeting us
went over a few blocks away and planted a
you can. Let's keep Indiana great and keep
where our families can live in a clean, safe
when we arrived at the airport, and I'd just
tree to help kick off a great community
the dynasty of Republican leadership going
environment. Dan has been one of the big-
like to say, parenthetically, we owe a great
effort to protect and preserve the beauty of
strong. Let's continue the tradition and give
gest supporters-as Dick Lugar referred to
debt of gratitude to the men and women in
this wonderful city. Today, in Washington,
this good and decent man a huge victory.
this-Dan Coats has been one of the biggest
police uniform-sheriff, whatever it is-that
there's also a lot at stake-Dick and Dan
Thank you for your support. God bless
supporters of our pro-family agenda, reach-
are protecting our kids. I think to myself-I
both know this-clean air, a safe environ-
the State of Indiana. God bless you all.
ing out to families like yours with hopes and
went over the other day to the funeral
ment, economic growth, and the jobs of
Thank you very, very much.
dreams for the children's futures. He is
home where a recognized, dedicated police
thousands of Americans. The Senate today
really your voice for your values.
officer, and this in the Maryland State
will cast-what is it, 8 p.m. tonight, I be-
Note: The President spoke at 1:11 p.m. in
And it's a strong voice. His work in Con-
Police, had been gunned down on the high-
lieve-an historic vote on our amendments,
Hall C of the Indianapolis Convention
gress sponsoring important pro-family legis-
way, on a major highway artery-and I
the first meaningful amendments to the
Center. In his remarks, he referred to singer
lation was crucial to the progress that we've
thought to myself how lucky we are to have
Clean Air Act, a vote which will affect gen-
Sandi Patti; impressionist Fred Travalena;
already made in strengthening the family in
dedicated men like, in that instance, Ser-
erations to come as we work to build a
Don Cox and Margaret Hill, Indiana Re-
this country. And he's helped people in
geant Wolf or like some that are here today,
cleaner, safer America. It's going to take a
publican national committeeman and com-
areas like education reform and family sup-
who are dedicating themselves to protect
lot of work to protect this great planet with-
mitteewoman; Dick Freeland, owner of
port and help for "at risk" children and
the lives of our families and our children. It
out throwing hard-working Americans out
Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne, Inc.; Bob Irsay,
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