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Cspan. So we will be archiving the video for this event so youll have an opportunity to view it later if you would like at brookings. Edu. We would welcome questions or comments that you have. We set up a twitter feed cjreform so you can post any comments you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities in convictions and sentencing. We need to reform our criminal Justice System a...

Cjreform so you can post any comments you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities in convictions and sentencing. We need to reform our criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today were going to be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To help us think about that subject, im pleased to welcome Governor Terry mcau...

Criminal suftis system more fair. They outlaw recommendations for them to consider. The Vice President of government studies at the Brookings Institution and i would like to welcome you to this forum on criminal Justice Reform. We are webcasting this event live so a warm welcome to all of our viewers from across the country and also those of you watching it live on cspan. We will be archiving video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later if you would like at brookings. Ed...

Right now, details are limited, but here are the basics. The plan increases the standard deduction and keeps mortgage, interest, and charitable deductions, but it gets rid of many others. The top tax rate drops to 35 , the Corporate Tax rate is slashed, and the plan eliminates the estate tax. With me now is jamie hopkins, he is an associate professor of taxation at American College of Financial Services in radnor. Thanks for being here, jamie. Jamie hopkins thank you for having me, lauren. Laure...

Senators equally divided republicans and democrats for a shortterm bipartisan agreement to reduce premiums and avoid chaos in the individual Insurance Market during 2018 and 2019. Im very encouraged by what has happened since we introduced that a week ago. From the Congressional Budget Office yesterday which said in effect that as we believed the Alexander Murray proposal, and which would continue costsharing payments for two years, 2018 and 2019, would provide benefits to taxpayers and consumer...

University administrators and legal analysts he was your first from the Senate Education chairwoman laura alexander. This is one hour and 45 minutes. The Senate Committee will please come to order. Today we are holding a hearing on free speech on College Campuses. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then introduce the witnesses where we are looking forward to the witnesses. This is an Exceptional Panel and we thank you for coming. After george testimony, we will each hav...

Welcome to the g w interview. Thanks for inviting me mr clausen exactly five hundred years ago luther nailed his ninety five feces to the door of the Castle Church in victim back an innovative way of communicating a message was luther the first blogger. Yeah im yes. I mean might not really have used to hammer a nail but he didnt just use the Printing Press to convey his message. He created publicity and before that there hadnt been a public arena for debating and spreading ideas. You favor a tra...

The Senate Committee on health, labor, education, and pensions will please come to order. We are holding a hearing on exploring free speech on College Campuses. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then introduce the witnesses. This is an exceptional panel. We look forward to learning from you. And, we thank you for coming. After your testimony we will each have five minutes of questions. Before we get into the hearing, i want to make a comment about the recommendations s...

Editorinchief, megan murphy. You have a big focus on tax reform this week. In business week, in the business section, you guys layout graphic. Megan we took a close look at the house plan. It is a serious attempts to implement major changes to the u. S. Tax structure. But also, there is just so much at politically. Stake with this politically. , and it is fascinating that a year after the election we are , 2016, giving to what republicans universally say is the real thing that they have to get i...