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Fiscal Year 1998 Federal Budget
The day after the president released his budget proposal, Mr. Karmin moderated this discussion on his budget and the Balanced Budget Amendment. They highlighted various aspects of the budget, including tax cuts, spending increases and how it reaches balance, and pondered its political prospects. They also took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
U.S.-Canada Salmon Negotiations
Mr. Anderson spoke about the state of negotiations over salmon between the U.S. and Canada. Fisherman from both nations accuse their counterparts of overfishing the areas in international waters before they reach Canadian or U.S. streams. Last July Canadian fishermen prevented a U.S. ferry from leaving British Columbia. Mr. Anderson is in Washington for talks with U.S. governmental and environmental group leaders. After his remarks, he took questions from the press.
Type: Media
Clinton Administration Economic Policy
Mr. Raines reviewed the Clinton administration's economic and fiscal policies over the past five years. He stressed the budgetary savings created by administration policies as compared to forecasts when Clinton took office and how these savings have positively impacted the U.S. economy. After his remarks, he took questions from the press.
Type: Media
Bipartisan Congressional Cuba Trip
Rep. Frey, the chair, and several other members of a delegation of former members of Congress which recently visited Cuba released a report on their findings. They briefed reporters on what they saw and what changes in U.S. policy toward Cuba they would recommend. They recommended ending the isolation policy toward Cuba and opening of U.S.-Cuba relations in order to undermine the Castro regime and to prepare Cuba for when Castro dies or his regime ends.
Type: Media
Gulf War Illnesses
Four physicians briefed reporters on their private papers on Gulf War illnesses at a news conference sponsored by the Southwestern Medical Center of the University of Texas in Dallas. The four papers will appear in the upcoming issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. The most controversial report by Dr. Haley indicates that a combination of agents, including many self-imposed by armed forces personnel, may have cause neurological damage to some veterans.
Type: Media
Television Ratings System
Mr. Valenti and several television industry leaders released a six-tier television ratings system based on viewer age, which excludes sports and news programming. The six categories are: TV-G, suitable for all users; TV-Y, suitable for all children; TV-Y-7, suitable for children seven and older; TV-PG, parental guidance suggested; TV-14, suitable for children fourteen and older; TV-M, suitable only for adults. Mr. Valenti stressed that the system was best for parents because it was easy to understand and could be printed in advance and defended the system against charges such as vagueness. Mr…
Type: Media
Whitewater Presidential Pardons
Republican congressmen speculated about whether President Clinton would pardon his former business partners who have been convicted in the Whitewater land deal. They criticized him for even thinking about talked about congressional efforts to urge the president not to do so. They also took questions from the press.
Type: Media
Campaign Rhetoric and Media Coverage
Participants talked about the Campaign Discourse Mapping Project, in which they analyzed the rhetoric from both candidates, journalists and the public in four presidential elections: 1960, 1980, 1988 and 1992. They explained how they are trying to categorize and score the language used in these campaigns to find recognizable trends. They also outlined how their findings can be applied to the 1996 election as it progresses.
Type: Media
President Clinton Whitewater Testimony
Mr. Brown called on President Clinton to allow the release of his videotaped testimony for the Whitewater trial of Jim McDougal in Little Rock. He also charged the president with using every means at his disposal to prevent a full disclosure of the Whitewater investigation.
Type: Media
Department of Agriculture Discrimination
Participants from several minority organizations briefed reporters on discrimination within the Department of Agriculture and its impact on employees and services. They called for institutional changes and an overall "zero tolerance" within the department for discrimination of any kind. The USDA Coalition of Minority Employees was founded in 1994 to advocate such changes.
Type: Media