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    State and Municipal Debt

    Witnesses testified about state and municipal debts and whether states should be allowed to file for bankruptcy protection. Among the topics they addressed were the strength of the bond mark…

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    Economic Recovery Plan, Panel 2

    Witnesses testified about federal efforts to resolve turmoil in the financial markets and stabilize the economy. They also talked about consumer confidence, access to credit by business and …

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    Welfare and Tax Policy

    Moderated by Mr. Steuerle, a panel of experts discussed the topic, “Making Taxes and Welfare Work Together.” Panel members talked about a welfare system of roughly 85 overlapping federal ta…

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    Economic State of Cities

    Participants talked about the state of the economy and financing the needs of cities. Among the topics they addressed were federal levels of funding, economic stimulus proposals, tax policy,…

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    Economic Stimulus Legislation

    At a hearing of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee analysts and private citizens testified about the Bush administration’s economic stimulus proposals. Among the topics they addressed we…

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    Tax Cut Proposals

    Participants examined President Clinton’s tax cut proposal and the congressional tax cut proposals. They evaluated the president’s proposal, compared the congressional proposals to those pas…

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    Republican Tax Cut Proposal

    Democratic members of Congress held a news conference to voice their opposition to tax cut proposals recently passed by congressional committees. They also released a letter signed by repres…

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    Income Trends Among the Wealthy

    Participants briefed reporters on two new reports, one which examines recent income trends, especially among the wealthiest one percent of the population, and the other how the Republican t…

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    Earned Income Tax Reform

    Executive Director for the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities Robert Greenstein talked about proposed changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit and about tax-free retirement accounts.

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    Federal Budget Process

    The participants briefed reporters and answered questions on the federal budget process.

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    Job Creation and Wages

    The guests talked about provision 8 of the Republican Contract with America. The main components of this provision included a cut in the capital gains tax and plans for unfunded mandate refo…

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