Democratic National
Convention--Platform
Process
On March 26, 2004 the DNC Executive
Committee
elected Chairs for the three Convention standing committees:
Credentials,
Platform and Rules. Chairs of the Platform Committee are
Cong.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH), Los Angeles City Councilman Antonia
Villaraigosa,
and Gov. Tom Vilsack (IA).
On May 21, 2004 DNC Chairman
Terry McAuliffe
announced appointment of the 16-person Platform Drafting Committee,
chaired by U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT):
Chair: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT)
U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV)
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR)
U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis (CA)
Tallahasee Mayor John Marks
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty
Judge
former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Bill
Perry
former U.S. Assistant Secretary of
HUD
Roberta Achtenberg
Michigan Education Association
President
Lu Battaglieri
International Vice President of
UNITE
Clayola Brown
New Mexico businessman Bill Garcia
West Virginia AFT President Judy Hale
former U.S. Assistant Attorney
General
Bill Lann Lee
International Association of Fire
Fighters'
Kevin O'Connor
AFL-CIO Public Policy Director Chris
Owens
Attorney Paul T. Williams, Jr.
Executive Director: Peter Choharis
Choharis advised the
Kerry
campaign on foreign and legal policy (he also volunteered in Iowa for
four
days before the caucuses, and helped to raise money for the campaign in
low dollar events). By day he is a senior litigator at Piper
Rudnick
LLP.
Drafting Committee public
hearings:
Full Platform Committee
meeting, "A
Plan for America," July 9-10 in Miami, FL
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