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State and local public transportation leaders from Milwaukee, Tucson, and Washington, D.C., talked about priorities for the next transportation authorization bill. They discussed state and l…

Timothy Noah talked about his book The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It. He showed slides during his presentation and responded to questions …

Panelists spoke about values held by the “Millennial” generation of Americans born after 1982. They focused on changing attitudes toward public policy, the role of government, individual cho…

The annual Rock the Vote awards dinner honored former President Bill Clinton with its first Lifetime Achievement award, which he accepted via videotape. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senato…

Representative Hoyer spoke to constituents about the president’s proposed Social Security reforms, preserving the fiscal security of the system, and personal private account proposals. Follo…

Committee members and witnesses discussed the federal budget deficit and its impact on young people. They attributed growing deficits to President Bush’s “tax cuts without offsets,” which th…

Speakers presented a poll taken of first-time voters and talked about issues they found were important to that demographic. They also talked about the role young voters will play in the upco…

Commission members questioned witnesses about the outlook for the Social Security program, as well as potential changes in Social Security.

Policy analysts and representatives of seniors' groups examined various proposals for reforming the Social Security system and looked at how other countries have reformed their retirement sy…

Participants spoke to reporters about their objections to proposals to partially privatize individual Social Security accounts. Following their remarks they answered questions from the repor…

Speakers talked about the Democratic Party’s diverse membership and about their commitment to social justice. They also talked about Vice President Gore’s record and his commitment to civil …

Democratic leaders and activists spoke to reporters about the proceedings of the Republican National Convention and Republican policy proposals, saying the event staged to mislead the Americ…

The Democratic National Committee held Platform Hearings in St. Louis, Missouri. Participants and committee members talked about various issues to be included in the Democratic Party platfor…

The panelists at an event sponsored by the Brookings Institute discussed the importance of Social Security and their ideas on how to save it. The panelists agreed on the necessity of Social …

Current 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…

The group Generations United held a discussion looking at conflicts between different age groups. They also answered questions from the audience.