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    The Compassion Component: Welfare Reform and the Tradition of Social Justice

    10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. National Press Club Washington, D.C. Panelists: Ken Connor, President, Family Research Council Ron Haskins, Senior Advisor for Welfare Policy at the Domestic Policy Council of the White House Sharon Parrott, Co-director of Federal TANF Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Jim Skillen, President, Center for Public Justice Roberto Suro, […]

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    Search Engines: A Pew Internet Project Data Memo

    WASHINGTON (July 3, 2002) – Search engines have become an indispensable utility for Internet users. More than eight in ten American Internet users have gone to search engines to find information on the Web. More than one in four U.S. Internet users – about 33 million adults – present queries on search engines on a […]

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    Laura Bush’s Changing Image: No Longer Just ’Nice’

    Research Findings Americans like Laura Bush even more than they did a year ago, and her public image is better defined these days. Seven-in-ten (69%) say they approve of the way Mrs. Bush is handling her job, up from 58% last July. A year ago, fully a third of the public (34%) had not formed […]

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    Judgment Day for School Vouchers

    10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. National Press Club Washington, D.C. Panelists include: Mark Chopko, General Counsel, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Judith French, former Assistant Attorney General, State of Ohio; argued Zelman case on behalf of Ohio before the Supreme Court Ira (Chip) Lupu, Louis Harkey Mayo Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University […]

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    Domestic Concerns will Vie with Terrorism in Fall

    Introduction and Summary The upcoming congressional election may be as much a referendum on domestic concerns as on the war on terrorism, as the public’s economic anxiety increases and its frustration with Washington mounts. Voters say that domestic matters such as health care, education and the economy come up in conversation as frequently as the […]