Currently stands. Welcome to National Economists club, our first event of the year. The National Economists club, for so, im pete davis, Senior Vice President and past president of the club. The National Economics club was started in 1968 by herb stein, pitcher of the council of economic advisers and it has met roughly 40 weeks out of every year since presenting leading economists talk about issues of the day. Today were very pleased to have Marc Goldwein of the committee for a responsible federal budget to talk about the return of trillion dollar deficits. Before introduce marc, levy tell you about some upcoming programs. We have dr. Alice rivlin on february 1 and a luncheon here at chinatown garden talk about said policy and the beloved about the budget come shes a former vice chair of the fed and, of course, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office. We also have commitments to speak in february, although te dates have been set, by the culture of the council of econom
Pete welcome to the National Economist club, our first event of the year. The club was first of all, im pete davis, Senior Vice President and past president of the club. The National Economist club was started in 196 by herb stein, the chair of the council of economic advisers and it has met roughly 40 weeks out of every year since, presenting leading economists talking about issues of the day. Today, were very pleased to mark goldwine of the committee for responsible federal budget to talk about the return of trillion dollar deficits. Before i introduce mark, let me tell you about some upcoming programs. We have dr. Alice rivlin on february 1 at a luncheon right here at the chinatown garden talking about fed policy and maybe a little bit about the budget. Shes a former vice chair of the fed, and of course, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office. We also have commitments to speak in february, although the dates havent been set by the current chair of the council of ec
1968 by herb stein, the chair of the council of economic advisors, and has met yearly 40 weeks out of the since. Have marke pleased to thewein to talk about return of the trilliondollar deficits. Before i introduce mark, let me tell you about some upcoming programs. Rivlin on. Alice february 1st talking about said policy. Maybe a little bit about the budget. Director, the founding of the congressional Budget Office. We have commitments to speak in although the dates havent been set by the current chair of the council of economic advisors, kevin hassett, and hall, the congressional budget director. One of thein is sharpest young budget economist yearsficit hawks at 33 old. Experience in of the budget arena. Worked on the Simpson Bowles commission in 2010. The committee that followed that effort in 20 11. Ms from john and hopkins. At thehes there and university of dc. Marc is a new father. Topic is very appropriate in hope that his kid and our more than they have to. Marc goldwein. Well,
And past president of the club. The club was started in 1968 and has met roughly 40 weeks out of every year since, presenting leading economists, talking about issues of the day. Today were pleased to have mark gold wine to talk about the return of a trillion dollar deficits. Before i introduce mark, let me tell you about some upcoming programs. We have dr. Alice rivlen on february 1st at a luncheon right here talking about fed policy, maybe a little bit about the budget we have commitments to speak in february, although the dates havent been set. Mark goldwine is one of the sharpest young budget economist deficit hawks at 33 years old, hes had a lot of experience in the budget arena. He worked on the Simpson Bowles commission in 2010. Hes got a ba and ms in economics from Johns Hopkins and he also teaches there. And at the university of california, d. C. Finally, mark is a new father, so this topic is very appropriate in the hopes that his kid and our kids dont pay more than they have
Last month a threejudge panel on the d. C. Circuit court of appeals heard oral argument on the constitutionality of the senates 60vote filibuster rule. The case is common cause v. Joseph biden. It seeks to have the 60vote threshold needed to overcome the filibuster thrown out and replaced with a simple majority rule. The Lower District Court had dismissed the case saying common cause lacked standing to sue. The oral argument runs about half an hour. Good morning. May it please the court, im emmet bondurant, and with me is Steve Spaulding who is staff counsel with common cause. The District Court in this case and ruling on the standing issue here in three very fundamental respects that prejudice the courts entire view of the issue of standing. First, the District Court did not presume that the plaintiffs are entitled to prevail on the merits of their constitutional claims. He ruled precisely the opposite, citing that that is the rule, he ruled that he was not convinced that the plaintif