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Stacey Abrams, the minority leader in Georgia’s House of Representatives and her state’s 2016 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, spoke about minority voting rights, voter suppression, and p…

Two panels of experts, including former government officials, talked about transformation of the middle class due to the changing economy. This event was part of a Brookings Institution-Bide…

The Brookings Institution hosted a discussion with the administrator of the White House Budget Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Neomi Rao. She discussed the Trump administration…

Ted Gayer, the co-author with Philip Wallach of a Brookings Institution report on President Trump’s proposed regulatory changes, presented the results of their research. Afterward, regulator…

Commissioner John Koskinen talked about the Internal Revenue Service’s response to budget cuts. Following his speech and interview with moderator Howard Gleckman, panelists talked about the …

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke about the state of the U.S. economy and outlined President Obama’s business tax code proposals the day after President Obama’s State of the Union address. S…

Mel Watt talked about managing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2014 strategic plan for their conservatorship. He said that the Federal Housing Finance Agency would stay out of the housing…

Housing industry and policy experts talked about the future of homeownership. They focused on the benefits and costs of homeownership and the role of lenders, investors and government polici…

Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) outlined his fiscal agenda and plan for government reform in his state, and how his policies could be used by other states and the federal government. He talke…

Panelists talked about the potential impact on the housing market of a principal reduction program. This was part of a Brookings Institution forum on the housing market and principal reducti…

Ed DeMarco talked about reducing loan amounts for some homeowners. In his remarks he said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could see benefits from principal reductions; however, he also said …

Republican 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman discussed his jobs plan and the state of the U.S. economy with Ted Gayer. He also talked about the economic proposals of some of the other…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke about the report released that day by the Obama administration, Reforming America’s Housing Finance Market: A Report to Congress, on government-spon…

Panelists talked about the government’s response to the 2008 financial crisis. Topics included when the government should or should not intervene, the condition of current markets, regulatio…