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    What to Do with the Budget Surplus

    The National Economists Club hosted a panel discussion on the budget. Panelists discussed what to do with the surprising Federal budget surplus. The size and sustainability of the surplus wa…

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    Evaluation of Social Class in the U.S.

    David Broder of the Washington Post moderated this panel on the declining importance of class in the U.S. The panelists examined how much class origins determines a citizen’s chances to succ…

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    Deficit Reduction Burden

    The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities hosted a discussion on deficit reduction measures enacted during the 104th Congress and the effect they have on certain segments of society. Partic…

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    Budget Deficits and Economic Security

    Panelists spoke about the complex relationship between the federal budget deficit and debt and the U.S. economy. They examined how the debt influences the economy on both macro and micro lev…

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    Federal Budget

    Committee For Economic Development President Van Doom Ooms spoke about the 1996 federal budget’s spending and tax cuts, and their effect on the U.S. economy. After his prepared remarks, he t…

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    Federal Budget Process

    House and Senate budget committee members, former members of Congress, White House analysts and other scholars discussed the effectiveness of the various congressional budget acts, and how t…

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    Welfare Reform

    Participants discussed the opportunity for the low-wage, low-skill labor market to provide an avenue out of welfare dependency. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Da…

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    Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth

    Former Federal Reserve chairman, Paul Volcker, delivered the keynote address at this forum hosted by the Concord Coalition. He explained the goals, principles, and elements of a balanced bud…

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    U.S. Economic Long Term Issues

    Economists spoke in a forum on initiatives for long term economic growth sponsored by the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group of then current and former legislators and economists that wer…

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    Middle Class Tax Relief

    Two speakers Robert Shapiro and Van Doorn Ooms joined a live viewer call-in program to lay out their views on the necessity of Middle Class tax relief.

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    Fiscal Year 1993 Federal Budget

    Participants discussed the federal budget process and the feasibility of a budget enforcement agency.

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    Fiscal Year 1993 Federal Budget

    The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget met to discuss budget concerns.

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    Budget Resolution Work Session

    The House Budget Committee conducted a hearing to consider the budget resolution for fiscal year 1991. The committee heard from a number of staff members and a budget analyst.

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    Budget Reconciliation

    Leon Panetta chaired a meeting of the House & Senate Budget Conferees to work on the FY 1991 Budget Resolution.

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    Markup Fiscal Year 1991 Budget

    The committee considered a Democratic budget proposal that calls for $8 billion less in defense spending than the Bush administration proposal.

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    Financing Children's Programs

    Experts talked about ways to finance federal children’s programs. Topics included priorities, taxation, role of states, immunizations, and drug-addicted mothers.

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