Term Limitations: Housecleaning or Sham?
The panel talked about term limits. Topics included the history, benefits, and drawbacks to term limitations. They also talked about the phenomenon of the incumbent advantage, where incumben…
49 viewsThe panel talked about term limits. Topics included the history, benefits, and drawbacks to term limitations. They also talked about the phenomenon of the incumbent advantage, where incumben…
49 viewsMembers of Congress and leaders of interest groups spoke to reporters about changing tax policy to make it more streamlined and less burdensome to the American people.
144 viewsFormer Budget Director under the Reagan Administration James Miller talked about the recently passed Republican tax cuts, the federal budget surplus, and his new book Monopoly Politics. He a…
43 viewsRepresentatives Dick Armey (R-TX) and Billy Tauzin (R-LA) debated replacing the income tax system with a consumption tax or a flat tax. Representative Armey argued in favor for a flat tax an…
42 viewsCitizens for a Sound Economy released a report titled "50-State Medicaid Report Card", which detailed each state’s annual spending on its Medicaid program. They then hosted a luncheon that d…
92 viewsJohn Gordon talked about his book, Hamilton’s Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt. He stressed that the national debt has been an asset to the economic developmen…
97 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
163 viewsParticipants examined the details of GOP Presidential Candidate Sen. Bob Dole’s (R-KS) economic proposal, which he released in a speech in Chicago on August 5. They evaluated several aspects…
53 viewsPanelists discussed a proposed tax limitation Constitutional Amendment which will be voted on when the U.S. House of Representatives returns on April 15.
70 viewsThe participants discussed Republican Party policies and reviewed the 1994 elections which resulted in Republican majorities in both the U.S. House and Senate.
77 viewsRepresentatives of several public interest groups briefed reporters on their decision to ask the Republican Congress and the Clinton administration to reveal more details about the ongoing b…
41 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers, and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes,…
250 viewsJames Miller, Office of Management and Budget Director under President Reagan, talked about what would happen if Congress did not pass the required appropriations bills by the October 1 dead…
21 viewsThe Sunday Washington Journal highlighted the current events and political issues through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and view…
110 viewsPresident Clinton, Vice President Gore, and others discussed their support of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). James Miller III, Chair, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Board …
218 viewsGuests talked about the GATT treaty and the politics surrounding Republican agreement to support it for concessions in the next Congress.
49 viewsThis was a capitol conference to discuss the so-called “A to Z” spending cuts proposal, which proposed to set aside up to 56 hours of debate for nothing but spending cut proposals. In this p…
38 viewsFourteen Thousand delegates met in Richmond for the Virginia Republican Convention and voted on a nominee for the U.S. Senate Race. C-SPAN showed the majority of the vote-counting process. A…
180 viewsEach candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives spoke briefly to the delegates at the Virginia convention. Then former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney addressed the convention concerni…
298 viewsJames Miller. U.S. Senate candidate and Republican from Virginia, and Colonel Oliver North spoke about their views on the major issues facing the state of Virginia and the U.S. Colonel Nor…
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