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    Children and the U.S. Economy

    Urban Institute scholars talked about the impact of the current economic climate on children. Among the topics they addressed were the role of the federal government, entitlement reform, and…

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    Public Response to Deficit Reduction

    Participants spoke about efforts to reduce the deficit through spending cuts and tax reform, as well as public perceptions of the various proposals offered over the prior few months. They re…

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    Campaign Finance Reform

    Participants talked about campaign financing in an era of super political action committees (PACs) and corporate financing of political campaigns. Among the topics they addressed were the am…

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    U.S. Economy and Job Creation

    The McKinsey Global Institute held a forum on its study of future U.S. job creation. Charles Kolb and Austan Goolsbee made opening remarks on the current economic situation, and James Manyik…

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    Health Care in the Work Place

    The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and Better Health Care Together hosted a bipartisan health care forum to highlight areas of agreement among political, business, and labor leaders in the d…

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    Tough Liberal

    Richard Kahlenberg talked about his book Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy, published by Columbia University Press. The book is about th…

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    Paying for Katrina and Closing the Fiscal Gap

    Following opening remarks by former Representative Stenholm, panelists talked about budget deficit reduction in the context of funding recovery efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina, the …

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    Business Attitudes toward the Judiciary

    Business leaders talked about Bush administration judicial nominations, the impact of judicial decisions on the business environment, and both nominated and confirmed candidates. They also s…

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    U.S. Fiscal Policy

    The Brookings Institute and New America Foundation and other Public Policy institutions hosted a forum on Fiscal Policy. Senator John McCain R-Arizona and Senator Joe Lieberman D-Connecticut…

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    2004 Campaign Finance Practices

    Panelists participated in a forum discussion of the politics of campaign finance laws. They addressed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, as well as its predecessors. They talked about…

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    Budget Outlook

    Participants talked about the federal budget outlook for the following year and the long-term effects of budget deficits on the economy. Among the topics they addressed were the projected si…

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    Retirement Policies and the Role of Older Workers

    Participants talked about expanding employment opportunities for older workers, retirement policy, and future of the American workforce. Following their remarks they answered questions from …

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    Improving Judicial Selection

    Speakers commented on the release of the Committee for Economic Development’s report on judicial selection. They focused on the committee’s plan for an outreach program to share the report w…

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    Campaign Finance Reform

    The Committee for Economic Development hosted a news conference on Campaign Finance Reform Legislation. The legislation had been scheduled only after a petition forced consideration.

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    1996 Election Preview

    Mr. Walcott speculated about the upcoming presidential and congressional elections and discussed the polls which are attempting to predict the outcomes. He mentioned that early on the presid…

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    Quality Management for Black Colleges

    The forum, “America 2000: Strategies for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Involvement,” is part of a Bush administration effort to involve black colleges in the White House educa…

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    Education Reform

    Mr. Kolb discussed the goals of the Bush administration for education reform.

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    1991 Education Budget

    The committee discussed the positive and negative aspects of the budget plan that was presented by the Bush administration on January 29, 1990.

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    Priorities of Education Department

    On this viewer call-in program, Mr. Kolb discussed the administration’s education priorities in light of a recent report that found U.S. children far behind other first world countries in re…

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    Excellence in Education

    The Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education held hearings on S. 695, to promote excellence in American education by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and studen…

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