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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 7 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