Five Presidential Candidates Set for Legislative Conference

At least five of the Democrats running for president in 2008 will address the CWA Legislative-Political Conference beginning Sunday in Washington, D.C.

Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois, Hillary Clinton of New York and Joseph Biden of Delaware; Rep. Dennis Kucinch of Ohio; and former Sen. John Edwards, the 2004 vice presidential candidate, have confirmed that they will speak.

Biden is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, Kucinich on Monday morning and Obama, Edwards and Clinton on Tuesday morning.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, the first female speaker of the House, will give the keynote address at the conference's Wednesday morning breakfast.

Other speakers include Sens. John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.); Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee; House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.); Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.); and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.