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- Parte de Records of the Office of the Chief of Staff (Clinton Administration), Harold Ickes, Jr.'s Files
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AMPAIGN
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OMMITTEE
to this the 6/30
430 South Capitol St., SE
Suite 100
Washington, D.C. 20003
group #t + DS
Phone 202.488.5041
Fax: 202.488.5014
give rem arks
June 19, 1995
to ? NO!
Mr. Harold Ickes
Deputy Chief of Staff
the other one is Democratic
The White House
State Chair's who
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20050
are coming here
i.e, the Bill Press's, etc.
Dear Mr. Ickes:
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) will be convening a meeting of key
state legislative leaders in Washington on July 11th and 12th. It will be the only gathering of
Democratic state legislative leadership this year that focuses exclusively on electoral strategy.
We would be very pleased if you were able to meet with these legislators while they are in
Washington.
Democratic state legislators are the largest elected constituency of the Democratic party.
Separated by time and geography from Washington and from each other, it has often been
difficult to develop a national state legislative agenda. However, it is precisely this fact that
makes it crucial for national political efforts to include state legislators. No other group of
elected officials is SO close, literally and figuratively, to the citizens whose needs we all aim to
serve.
It was for this reason that the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee was founded in April
1994. Our mission is two-fold: to work within the frame work of the national Democratic party
to raise awareness of the needs of Democratic state legislators and to foster inter-state
communications. DLCC has been a key source of information for Democratic state legislators
on the negative impact of the Contract with America and its effect on individual state economies.
We have worked hard to ensure that Democratic state legislators have all the information
available to support in their own states the agenda of President Clinton.
Last year's elections changed the political landscape in the states. In some parts of the country,
the highest Democratic state officials with broad policy responsibilites are the state legislative
leadership. It is now time for us to look ahead to 1995 and 1996 as we work to gain back some
of our lost ground. In order to do so, we must all work together to achieve our mutual goals
of re-electing President Clinton and Vice-President Gore and regaining control of critical state
legislatures.