UPDATE: Presidential Campaigns to Address Major Domestic Policy Issues

Campaign Reps to Discuss Tax Reform, Health Care and Climate Issues Co-sponsored by the Tax Foundation and three other nonprofits, a conference on domestic policy issues will be held on Tuesday morni

American University, the New America Foundation, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget are co-sponsoring the event with the Tax Foundation. The forum includes top advisers to the campaigns, as well as leading policy experts from across the political and ideological spectrum who will examine the differences and similarities of the domestic plans and explore the impact they would have if implemented.

Please RSVP using the following link: http://www.taxfoundation.org/events/show/56.html

If you have questions (or would like to RSVP by phone) call or email Courtney Albregts (202) 464-5120 or calbregts@taxfoundation.org.

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:45 Welcome
9:00 Panel I:
Climate Change: A cap and trade program for the United States?
Panelists: William Pizer, Resources for the Future
Nikki Roy, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Robert McNally, Tudor Investment Corporation
9:45 Panel II:
Health Care Reform
Panelists: John Sheils, The Lewin Group
Joe Antos, American Enterprise Institute
Len Nichols, The New America Foundation
10:30 Break
10:40 Panel III:
Tax Reform
Panelists: Alex Brill, American Enterprise Institute
Len Burman, Tax Policy Center-Urban Institute
Bob Carroll, Tax Foundation-American University
11:30 Panel IV:
Candidates' Economic Advisers
Panelists: Kevin Hassett, McCain Campaign
Dan Tarullo, Obama Campaign
Brian Deese, Clinton Campaign
12:30 p.m. Adjournment

The Tax Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that has monitored fiscal policy at the federal, state and local levels since 1937.

CONTACT: Courtney Albregts, +1-202-464-5120, albregts@taxfoundation.org (conference), or Bill Ahern, +1-202-464-5101, ahern@taxfoundation.org (media), both of the Tax Foundation

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