A video featuring a Les AuCoin campaign advertisement for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. In the video, AuCoin states: "Whatever else you've heard in this campaign, there are some fundamental values at stake. For me, they come down to what sort of country we want to be. I believe in a country where the Supreme Court defends, not attacks, a woman's right to choose. Where the gun lobby is beaten, and illegal handguns are kept off our streets, and where a growing economy means family wage jobs for working Americans. On Tuesday, let's look beyond the name calling. Judge me on the values you and I have always shared." In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Bob Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. This ad was produced following a swarm of attack ads against the AuCoin campaign.
A video featuring several Les AuCoin campaign ad outtakes for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. In the video, AuCoin states: "Whatever else you've heard in this campaign, there are some fundamental values at stake. For me, they come down to what sort of country we want to be. I believe in a country where the Supreme Court defends, not attacks, a woman's right to choose. Where the gun lobby is beaten, and illegal handguns are kept off our streets, and where a growing economy means family wage jobs for working Americans. On Tuesday, let's look beyond the name calling. Judge me on the values you and I have always shared." In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Bob Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. This ad was produced following a swarm of attack ads against the AuCoin campaign.
A video compilation of PBS NewsHour and C-SPAN coverage of the 1992 Senate primary elections in Oregon. The first 34 minutes of the video includes footage of PBS NewsHour covering the Bosnian War, as well as the conflict in the early 1990s in Oregon between environmentalists concerned about protecting the northern spotted owl and the members of the logging industry who argued that the Endangered Species Act and its regulations reduced the number of jobs for timber workers. Congressman AuCoin appears at the 31:50 minute mark of the video, expressing his support for the Endangered Species Act. Various C-SPAN interviews and news stories of the 1992 Senate primary election in Oregon span from the 35:00 minute mark to the end of the video. Footage of AuCoin interacting with voters at the AFL-CIO Trade Show in Portland is at the 1:13:00 minute mark, and he is interviewed by C-SPAN at the 1:22:50 minute mark.
A video featuring a KATU 2 Sunday NW interview of US Congressman Les AuCoin on his decision to leave his position in the House of Representatives to run for Bob Packwood's seat in the US Senate in the 1992 election. Topics discussed in the interview include the Housing Bank scandal, environmental policy and the Endangered Species Act, the timber industry in Oregon, abortion rights, the federal budget and military spending, school funding, Anita Hill's Testimony, gun control, and the 1992 presidential election.
A video compilation mostly featuring footage of a session of Congress in which members of the U.S. House of Representatives discuss various topics, including what is presumably the United States-China Act of 1992 (S. 2808 and H.R. 5318), which proposed that the the United States should avoid extending normal standards of trade with China until the Chinese government recognized the deaths and released imprisoned protestors of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. US Congressman Les AuCoin appears at the 1:31:50 minute mark, stating: "This bill does not kill MFN. Under the Pease-Mitchell Bill, Most Favored Nation status is right there for the taking for the Chinese government. They just have to do two things: account for the missing pro-democracy protesters from Tiananmen Square, and release the others who have been rotting in prisons after that bloody massacre at the square.... How can any freedom loving senator or congressman ignore the plight and the bravery of the Chinese protestors in Tiananmen Square?" At the 1:34:40 minute mark, AuCoin again appears, this time asking a question relating to a budget bill affecting the city of Portland and the US Forest Service. From the 1:34:40 minute mark to the end of the video, various clips of television programs are featured, including advertisements and ABC World News Tonight and Nightline. Coverage of the candidates of the 1992 Senate primary election in Oregon, Les AuCoin and Harry Lonsdale, appear around the 1:52:00 minute mark.
A video recording of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Bob Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. This ad is titled "Trickle," and criticizes trickle down economics and Senator Bob Packwood.
A video recording of a Les AuCoin campaign ad for the 1992 US Senate race in Oregon. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Bob Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. Referencing the job market and the issue of outsourcing in the economy, the slogan for this ad is "Les AuCoin will work for us."
A video recording of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. Referencing the job market and Packwood's congressional attendance and history of supporting tax breaks for the wealthy, the slogan for this ad is "if we let him get away with it, the joke's on us."
A video recording of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. Referencing the job market and Packwood's congressional attendance, the slogan for this ad is "Don't we deserve better?"
A video recording of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood televised campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. The slogan for this ad is "we deserve better."
A long video recording that features a session of Congress in which members of Congress discuss and vote on the Military Health Care Initiatives Act of 1992 (H.Res.689 and S.3114). US Congressman Les AuCoin advocates for this bill, which centered around service women's right to access abortion services abroad. AuCoin appears at the 5:30, 14:30, 20:20 and 28:00 minute marks, stating: "The White House was prepared to veto that bill, if this provision, which I authored, which provides service women stationed abroad the ability to use their dollars that they've earned to acquire abortion services. ... I do get emotional when it comes to protecting the rights of women in this country, whether they serve abroad or whether they're citizens of this country; and I do not like it when major legislation is vetoed because there is a simple protection for a woman's private right to choose included in that legislation." Footage of the vote on H.R. 2164 is also featured.
A video recording of a US Congress session in 1992 in which members of Congress discuss various topics, including unemployment, the Haitian Refugee Crisis, and the backlash in the United States following comments from a Japanese politician that criticized the American workforce, among other issues. Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin appears on the House floor at roughly 29:30, 1:00:50, 1:06:00, and 1:11:40, in which he advocates for a tax reform bill that aimed to reduce wealth inequality in the United States by offering tax credits to the middle class and imposing surtaxes on millionaires. The tax reform bill mentioned is likely H.R. 4210 of the 102nd Congress, the Tax Fairness and Economic Growth Act of 1992, which failed to pass after it was vetoed by President George H. W. Bush. AuCoin also criticizes Patrick Buchanan during one of his speeches on the floor. Footage of AuCoin's opponent in the 1992 US Senate election in Oregon, Bob Packwood, appears around the 33:25 minute mark.
A video recording featuring two 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ads funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. Centering around the issues of tax breaks and balancing the federal budget, the slogans for the commercials include "Come on, Bob. You're not kidding us" and "That's the real difference." In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood.
A video clip that features one of several versions of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. The ad criticizes Packwood's history with tax reform legislation. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. Referencing Packwood's history of supporting tax breaks for the wealthy, the slogan for this ad is "What about us?" The video recording features a playback of the ad.
A video recording that features one of several versions of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. Referencing Packwood's history of supporting tax breaks for the wealthy, the slogan for this ad is "What about us?"
A video recording that features one of several versions of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. Referencing Packwood's history of supporting tax breaks for the wealthy, the slogan for this ad is "What about us?"
A video recording that features one of several versions of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. Referencing Packwood's history of supporting tax breaks for the wealthy, the slogan for this ad is "What about us?" This version of the campaign ad claims that Packwood received contributions from the tax codes he had written.
A video recording that features one of several versions of a 1992 anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad funded by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. Referencing Packwood's history of supporting tax breaks for the wealthy, the slogan for this ad is "What about us?"
A video recording that features a Les AuCoin campaign ad for the 1992 US Senate election in Oregon, sponsored by the AuCoin for Senate Committee. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. The slogan for this ad is "It's time for a change."
A video recording featuring an outtake for one of US Congressman Les AuCoin's campaign ads for the US Senate in the 1992 election. The video, which was filmed outdoors, mentions a "house bank," referring to the 1992 House banking scandal in Congress, from which AuCoin was cleared of any wrongdoing.
A video clip featuring US Senator Bob Packwood being recorded by a Bob Squier film crew hired by the Les AuCoin 1992 Senate campaign before being abruptly stopped by Packwood. Packwood claims that he was "kept out of Congressman AuCoin's press conference," likely referring to AuCoin's media conference addressing the House banking scandal. This footage was likely intended for for an anti-Bob Packwood campaign ad sponsored by the AuCoin for Senate Committee.
A compilation of video clips, mostly featuring outtakes from one of US Congressman Les AuCoin's campaign ads for the US Senate in the 1992 election. Most video clips mention a "House Bank," referring to the 1992 House banking scandal in Congress, from which AuCoin was cleared of any wrongdoing. The last video clip features an AuCoin campaign ad for the 1992 US Senate election in Oregon, in which he criticizes the Star Wars program.
A video clip that features a single outtake for one of Les AuCoin's campaign ads for the 1992 US Senate election in Oregon. In the video, AuCoin mentions a "House Bank," referring to the 1992 House banking scandal in Congress, of which AuCoin was cleared of any wrongdoing by the US Department of Justice.
