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Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI) Offers Praise for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Stuart Pigler

New Visions Commentary /
by Stuart PiglerA New Visions Commentary paper published March 1997 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited.The following is ...
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Speech by Project 21 Advisory Committee Chairman at a Press Conference on the Capital Gains Tax – March 1997

(Delivered at a Capitol Hill press conference on March 20, 1997)Contact: Arturo Silva at (202) 543-4110 or [email protected] Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the African-American group Project 21, I have spoken on tax and other issues that do not ...
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Why the U.S. Should Withdraw from the Montreal Protocol, by Dr. Hugh Ellsaesser

National Policy Analysis #159 /
The U.S. should delay implementation of the provisions of the Montreal Protocol, the international agreement banning chlorofuorocarbons (CFCs), manufactured chemicals commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners that have been blamed for destroying the ozone layer. The U.S. should also ...
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Notes Released from Top-Secret Liberal Environmental Grantmakers Association Strategy Meeting

The Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA), an umbrella of several hundred foundation and corporate givers to the environmental movement, held a top-secret closed-door meeting February 3-4, 1997. Through these meetings environmental grantmakers help set the agenda of the environmental movement. The ...
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Regulatory Relief Initiatives During the 104th Congress

National Policy Analysis #160 /
To follow is a chronological history of regulatory reform efforts of the 104th Congress as documented in the Hill Watch section of The Relief Report. This summary is an incorporation of over forty editions of The Relief Report, a periodic ...
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89% of Charities Report That Government Regulations Hurt Their Ability to Help the Needy – December 1997

Press Release /
A ground-breaking new research study surveying 441 charities serving low-income communities has found a whopping 89% report that government regulations impede their ability to serve the poor. The two-year study by the African-American leadership group Project 21 is an in-depth ...
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Too Much Political Power, Not Enough Economic Independence, by C. Mason Weaver

New Visions Commentary /
by C. Mason WeaverC. Mason Weaver, a member of the national Advisory Council of the African-American leadership group Project 21, is President of The Committee to Restore America (Oceanside, CA). A New Visions Commentary paper published January 1997 by The ...
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Directory of Environmental Scientists and Economists Released

Press Release /
Interview Source Offers Over 140 Scientists, Economists, and Public Policy Experts The Environmental Policy Task Force has just released a Directory of Environmental Scientists and Economists, a publication featuring the names and biographies of 141 scientists, economists, and public policy experts ...
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Text of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Social Security

Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at the Abraham Lincoln Award Ceremony of the Union League of Philadelphia on the Future of Social SecurityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania December 6, 1996  I am privileged to accept the Union League of Philadelphia's Abraham ...
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Are the Greens Right About Congress? by Bob Adams

National Policy Analysis #156 /
The AFL-CIO isn't the only Clinton ally targeting Congress with big money and shady campaign ads this political season -- the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) -- a radical green interest group, has launched its own massive independent expenditure campaign ...
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