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Lansing
he Michigan Legislature began
its current session with eight
Jewish members, the largest
"Jewish Caucus" in history. One new
caucus member is Rep. Gabe Leland,
D-Detroit, the youngest member of
the legislature at 22. His father, Sen.
Burton Leland, D-Detroit, is the sec-
ond senior member of the legislature
having served 25 years. Also beginning
his first term is Rep. Roger Kahn, R-
Saginaw, a cardiologist.
Reps. Shelly Goodman Taub, R-
Bloomfield Hills, Andy Meisner, D-
Ferndale, and Steve Tobocman, D-
Detroit, were all re-elected to second
two-year terms. Sens. Liz Brater, D-
Ann Arbor, Gilda Jacobs, D-
Huntington Woods, and Leland are
mid-point in their four-year terms.
As members of the House
Appropriations Committee, Reps.
Taub and Kahn will both have the
difficult task of tackling the state's
budget deficit. Rep. Taub will focus
on transportation, history, arts and
letters and general government as
chair or vice chair of those appropri-
ations subcommittees.
Rep. Kahn's primary focus will be
health issues as vice chair of the
community health appropriations
subcommittee. He will also serve on
the House Public Health
Committee.
As the ranking Democrat on the
House Local Government and Urban
Policy Committees, chair of the
Urban Caucus, and member of the
House Commerce Committee,
Tobocman will be focusing on eco-
nomic development strategies for
urban centers.
Rep. Meisner is also a member of -
the House Commerce Committee,
minority vice chair of the House
Oversight, Elections and Ethics
Committee and a member of the Tax
Policy Committee.
Rep. Leland has been appointed to
the Transportation Committee, as
his father is the ranking Democrat
on the Senate Transportation
Committee as well serving on the
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Education Committee and
Technology and Energy Committee.
Rep. Leland is also on the Insurance
Committee.
Sen. Jacobs is the ranking minority
member of the Senate's committees
on economic development, small
business and regulatory reform,
human services committees as well as
serving on the committee for health
policy and•government operations.
Sen. Brater is minority vice chair
of Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism
Committee and serves on the
Finance and Judiciary Committees.
Federal Issues
President George W. Bush's State of
the Union address included many
issues of concern to the Jewish com-
munity.
Initiatives announced in that
speech and other legislative initia-
tives that will impact members of
the Jewish community and our com-
munal agencies include:
• Middle East Peace: President
Bush is committed to achieving
peace between the Israelis and
Palestinians and will provide $350
million to the new Palestinian lead-
ership. The President also called on
Syria and Iran to end their support
of terrorism and lauded recent dem-
ocratic elections in the Palestinian
territories, Iraq, Afghanistan and
Ukraine.
• Social Security Reform: Bush
announced plans to reform Social
Security by allowing workers to
invest about one-third of their Social
Security taxes into private invest-
ment accounts. Supporters say that
Social Security is going broke and
this is the best alternative for work-
ers to potentially ensure their securi-
ty after retirement. They add that
workers can make better decisions
with their money than the govern-
ment can and encourage this as a
step to an ownership society.
Opponents claim that Social
Security's financial troubles are exag-
gerated and this plan could reduce
benefits seniors currently receive in