Im going to encourage everybody to sit down, grab their seats. Keep eating. Okay. Welcome, everybody. Im maya mcginnis, i run the committee for a responsible federal budget and it is not every day that you see an overflow crowd for a whole event on budget process, so were really excited to have you here. We have a cspan audience, were Live Streaming this, so wonderful to have everybody joining us for what i think is going to be an excellent conference. Im really excited about the people weve gathered here and the ideas we are going to be discussing. So welcome. The committee for responsible federal budget for those of you who do not know is a nonpartisan organization, the board of directors are people who many of whom are here with us today who have run all the big budget institutions in washington, so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, cbo, the Budget Committees. So they are the whose who of the budgeting world. One of the things that we like to do is work with folks o
Coming up next, two former republican members of congress sit down to talk about their time in washington d. C. And how things have changed in the u. S. House of representatives since the 1980s. We hear from Nancy Johnson and peter torqueleson. This is about 90 minutes. Id like to thank you all for coming this morning to our session on former members of congress, our donors and audience. Id like to introduce our moderator this morning, david cain, a senior lecturer and public policy, faculty chair and Public Administration programs in the john f. Kennedy schools of government at harvard university. Since joining the faculty in 1992, professor kings courses have focused on legislatures, Political Parties and Interest Groups. He is also a member of the core faculty within the car center for human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate of the toebman center for state and local government. In the wake of the 2000 president ial elections, professor king directed the task force on Election
Of government at harvard university. Since joining the faculty in 1992, profession so 1992, he is a member of the core faculty within the carr center frp human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate. In the wake of the 2000 president ial election bs, professor king directed the task force for the National Commission on election reform chaired by gerald ford and jimmy carter. That culminated in land marc Voting Rights in 2002. He later oversaw the evaluation and new Management Structure for the Boston Election Department and he served in the Advisory Board of americanelect. Org. In the past professor king chaired the Bipartisan Program for newly elected members of the u. S. Congress and he corrected the executive program for Senior Executives in state and local government. Professor king is the author of three books and published in a range of journals including the american Political Science review and the journal of politics. Please welcome david king. [ applause ] thank you. Is thi
St. Paul on American History tv on cspan 3. Heres a look at whats ahead on cspan 3. Up next conversations with the heads of three big ten universities. The university of wisconsin, university of illinois at urbana champagne and indiana university. Thats followed by a hearing on ant antibottledic resistance. Traveling to u. S. Cities to learn about their history and literary lives. This weekend we partnered with comcast for a visit to st. Paul, minnesota. St. Paul in the 1930s, i wouldnt call it las vegas, but it was a very lively city, because the gangsterings brought their gun holds, during prohibition, you had the biggest jazz artists of the decade here in st. Paul. It was a very, very lively place partially because the gangsters were welcomed hear. Virtually every major gangster, kidnapper and bank robber in america lived and worked within a three block area of where were standing today, john dillinger, baby face nelson, alvin creepy carpet. All were here. People dont know that, the
And this mornings cspan bus is on the campus of the university of wisconsin in madison and joining us on the bus is ray cross, whos the president of the university of wisconsin system. Thank you for being here. Lets begin with this distinction of being the president of the university of wisconsins system. What does that mean . Within the university of wisconsin system, greta, theres 13 fouryear institutions and 13 twoyear feeder institutions extension is in all 72 counties, in addition to that, there are 180,000 students throughout the system. 40,000 employees. Its roughly the sixth largest system in the United States, with about a 6 billion budget. Its pretty sizable Higher Education, Public Higher Education operation. What does it mean that you are the president of the system as opposed to a president of just lets say the university of wisconsin, madison, of one site . Part of the theory behind a system is that theyre meant to coordinate and to develop state wide issues, issues that