Credit Availability and Economic Recovery
The House Task Force on Urgent Fiscal Issues held a hearing on U.S. credit shortage. Financier Donald Trump and former FDIC Chairman, William Seidman, spoke about the current recession and …
4,593 viewsThe House Task Force on Urgent Fiscal Issues held a hearing on U.S. credit shortage. Financier Donald Trump and former FDIC Chairman, William Seidman, spoke about the current recession and …
4,593 viewsGovernors and members of Congress spoke about the importance of working together. Issues addressed included the tax code, fighting and epidemic of heroin use, and a clean environment. Thi…
168 viewsFormer White House Budget Director David Stockman and former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker talked about the impact of national debt on the economy. They criticized the economic and m…
1,445 viewsMembers of the group No Labels, a bipartisan group of grassroots activists, met in New York City to unveil the group’s new bipartisan Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus. The caucus hopes t…
352 viewsPanelists talked about issues related to the “fiscal cliff,” impending tax increases and sequestration budget cuts at the end of 2012 if Congress failed to reach a new budget agreement. They…
222 viewsDavid Walker discussed his ideas for averting the “fiscal cliff,” and his view that even if this fiscal emergency is solved it does little to diffuse the underlying problem plaguing the U.S.…
647 viewsRoss Perot talked with a reporter about the state of the economy and the nation, and the relevance of the issues he ran on in 1992 and 1996 in the 2012 elections, including federal debt and …
4,319 viewsDavid Walker, founder of the non-partisan Comeback America Initiative, talked about the “financial sinkhole” the United States faces, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic commu…
914 viewsDavid Walker talked about the state of the U.S. economy and upcoming policy decisions for Congress and the president. Other topics included the 2012 presidential election and the latest unem…
414 viewsNo Labels, a bipartisan group of current and former members of Congress, talked to reporters about a plan, "Make Congress Work!", a 12-point blueprint for breaking gridlock and promoting con…
434 viewsDavid Walker talked about the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction and the overall fiscal situation for the United States. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communication…
556 viewsDavid Walker talked about the ongoing negotiations between President Obama and congressional leaders as the August 2, 2011, deadline approaches. He responded to telephone calls and electroni…
765 viewsFormer U.S. Comptroller General David Walker talked about his new report that details U.S. fiscal management and ranking in comparison to other countries. He also responded to telephone call…
1,421 viewsNewark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker, Democratic Representative Joe Sestak, former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker, and others made closing remarks at the No Labels conference on polit…
350 viewsParticipants talked about Social Security and Medicare solvency and about the ways in which health care reform legislation would affect people in those programs. They also responded to quest…
361 viewsDavid Walker made opening remarks at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce conference on the growing problems with underfunded state pension and health benefit plans. Afterward, he responded to questio…
308 viewsHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer talked about federal deficit reduction. In his remarks he said tax increases will eventually be necessary to address mounting debt and that middle class tax…
563 viewsFollowing a videotaped interview with Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker on the state of the economy and government responses to the economic crisis, participants spoke about futur…
655 viewsDavid Walker, former comptroller general of the U.S. and CEO of the Government Accountability Office, argues that we must put controls on government spending and take action to lower our nat…
170 viewsPanelists talked about bipartisanship for the purposes of strategic planning and investing in the future. Topics included national security, education, and energy issues. Following their rem…
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