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Is Ryan an immigration pragmatist?updated: Fri Aug 24 2012 14:27:00

Immigration groups, Obama surrogates, the media and the Democratic Party have a message for Latino voters, who some say could swing the election because they are heavily represented in four battleground states -- Colorado, Nevada, Florida and New Mexico.

Commentary: Jack Kemp, quarterback of GOP ideasupdated: Thu May 07 2009 06:40:00

The world of politics has many players but few giants. One of the giants left the stage last week.

Jack Kemp diesupdated: Sun May 03 2009 11:03:00

Football star, congresssman, HUD secretary, vice-presidential candidate, supply-side advocate Jack Kemp has died.

Former Republican VP candidate, congressman Kemp diesupdated: Sun May 03 2009 11:03:00

Former congressman and Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp died Saturday at age 73 after a battle with cancer, his family announced.

Veepstakesupdated: Fri Aug 08 2008 12:27:00

CNN Political Contributor Dana Milbank weighs in on potential running mates on American Morning.

The vice presidential 'bounce' factorupdated: Fri Aug 08 2008 12:27:00

Does a candidate's selection of a running mate improve his standing in the polls? In other words, is there a "veep bounce"?

Father of supply sideupdated: Thu Sep 01 2005 19:04:00

Jude Wanniski might have been called the most important journalist of his time, except that the former reporter and editorial writer was never really a journalist.

Reform the budgetupdated: Thu May 06 2004 14:34:00

A specter is haunting the House of Representatives -- the specter of reforming the flawed budget process.

The road to Kerry's Final Fourupdated: Mon May 03 2004 15:51:00

If politics were a sport, guessing who a presidential candidate is going to pick as his or her running mate might be like filling out an NCAA college basketball bracket.

Fortune: A Mideast Marshall Plan?updated: Mon Oct 28 2002 00:01:00

Jack Kemp and Madeleine Albright disagree about almost everything. Kemp, who was Bob Dole's running mate in the 1996 presidential race against Bill Clinton, leans right, while Albright, who was Cli...

Fortune: Presidential Doubtfulsupdated: Mon Jun 22 1998 00:01:00

Sure, the words "President Bush" tumble easily from the lips. But the presidential election is 30 months away, and this particular Bush--George W., son of George H.W.--still hasn't won reelection a...

Fortune: LESSONS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSIONupdated: Mon Aug 18 1997 00:01:00

Do you know what caused the Great Depression?

Fortune: EXPLODING THE MYTHS ABOUT GROWTH MYTH NO. 1 IS THE NOTION THAT GDP COULD EASILY GROW MUCH FASTER. THE OTHERS updated: Mon Nov 25 1996 00:01:00

Too bad the presidential election didn't feature a serious debate about how to improve economic growth in America. No single question vexes economists more, and none is as potentially important for...

Fortune: THE LITTLE POLICY IDEA THAT COULD ECONOMICS AND THE ENTERPRISE ZONEupdated: Mon Nov 11 1996 00:01:00

Rare is the political idea that enjoys as much sustained bipartisan acclaim as the "enterprise zone"--especially in a partisan election season like this one. Republicans love the idea of creating l...

Fortune: HOOSEGOW ECONOMICS, TEDDY ROOSEVELT ON PUNCTUATION, AND RELATED MATTERS.updated: Mon Nov 11 1996 00:01:00

A PRISONER SHORTAGE

Fortune: THE WRONG WAY TO SELL A NEW IDEA THE FLAT TAX HAS EMERGED AS THE SINGLE BIGGEST ISSUE IN THE 1996 PRESIDENTIAL updated: Mon Feb 19 1996 00:01:00

For the past few years, the promise of radical tax reform has been smoldering across the ideological landscape of America. Washington pundits and the shut-in intellectuals of the New York City-Bost...

Fortune: WHAT MAKES STEVE RUN? WITH A BIG WAR CHEST AND A SIMPLE MESSAGE, MILLIONAIRE PUBLISHER TURNED PRESIDENTIAL updated: Mon Feb 05 1996 00:01:00

IT WAS JUST before noon in Laconia, New Hampshire, when Steve Forbes walked into the small, nearly empty, wood-paneled dining room at the Margate Resort, where the Laconia Rotary Club was holding i...

Money Magazine: THESE NEW RULES COULD RAISE THE COST OF FINANCING A HOMEupdated: Fri Jan 01 1993 00:01:00

With a parting shot aimed straight at home buyers' pocketbooks, outgoing U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp has issued new guidelines that could cost you thousands...

Fortune: WILL GEORGE BUSH REALLY CHANGE? Dissatisfied Americans want leadership. The President is promising bucketfuls, if he gets a secoupdated: Mon Jun 29 1992 00:01:00

SHAKEN BY RECESSION, scandal, and racial riots, Americans are clamoring for change. So guess who is pitching himself as a change maker? None other than George Bush, who sold himself as the continui...

Fortune: WHAT WE CAN DO NOW America's top CEOs maintain that integrating the urban underclass into the national economy isn't just right updated: Mon Jun 01 1992 00:01:00

WHERE WE GO from here depends on the lessons we draw from the hellish violence that gripped the City of Angels -- 58 dead, 2,383 injured, the worst riot since the Civil War. Those lessons could be ...

Money Magazine: QUESTIONING KEMP updated: Wed Aug 01 1990 00:01:00

Some critics of price-level adjusted mortgages (PLAMs) ((Mail: A Caution from Kemp, July)) are alarmed because nominal payments can seem quite high if inflation accelerates. In real terms, however,...

Money Magazine: A CAUTION FROM KEMP updated: Sun Jul 01 1990 00:01:00

In the February Money Helps column, it was suggested that perhaps I am too busy cleaning up HUD to approve the Federal Housing Administration insuring PLAMs (price-level adjusted mortgages), which ...

Fortune: Sex at the SEC, Washington learns from the Mafia, a couple of big Dukakis fans, and other matters. THE OTHER HUD SCANDALupdated: Mon Jan 15 1990 00:01:00

What has gone before: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is rocked by scandal. It seems that ''influence peddlers'' have actually exerted influence on certain HUD decisions. Led b...

Fortune: JACK KEMP'S BAD IDEAupdated: Mon Nov 20 1989 00:01:00

You've got to feel a mite sorry for Jack Kemp, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. HUD's name is mud, splattered by allegations that under Kemp's predecessor, Sam Pierce, the department's p...

Fortune: Pragmatism and taxes, our affluent cigar smokers, doing deals in the elevator, and other matters. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDERupdated: Mon Feb 13 1989 00:01:00

The U.S. being a free country, numerous folks are offering George Bush advice on tax policy. Some of the advisers (including 24 Republicans in the U.S. Senate) are telling George to keep moving his...

Money Magazine: THE OTHER RACE: WHICH BUTTON WILL TRIUMPH DOWN THE ROAD?updated: Sun May 01 1988 00:01:00

In a year with so many candidates, choosing which campaign buttons to store in the attic can be even more difficult than predicting the next President. The election will be decided in November, but...

Fortune: A Long Shot in Washington, It Seems Like Old Times, Adam Smith Finds a Friend, and Other Matters. The Invincible Graysupdated: Mon Mar 28 1988 00:01:00

A fellow could get a touch of cognitive dissonance brooding over the material in Trends in Family Income: 1970-1986, the latest unsnappily titled publication of the Congressional Budget Office. The...

Fortune: ECONOMICS IN 1,916 LESSONS With that many entries, the monumental New Palgrave is a fascinating look at the state of economic thupdated: Mon Feb 15 1988 00:01:00

Poll ten economists on an economic question and you'll get at least ten opinions: That's conventional wisdom. It is also wrong. Economists are not the fractious bunch of equivocators that many peop...

Fortune: THE SELLING OF THE PRESIDENT IN '88 The candidates' media gurus say VCRs and 24-hour TV news have changed the game. Running the updated: Mon Dec 21 1987 00:01:00

IT'S 8 O'CLOCK on a Wednesday evening and 45 guests have gathered at Geraldine Robertson's waterfront home on St. Simon's Island off Georgia. Dessert is done, and Robertson, who recently gave up th...

Fortune: WHO'S AHEAD IN THE '88 MONEY RACE Hard cash has never been more important to winning the American presidency. Out in front in fuupdated: Mon Jun 08 1987 00:01:00

EVEN BEFORE Miami model Donna Rice -- and how she spent the night of May 1 -- made headlines, Gary Hart's presidential campaign was in trouble. Though he led the Democratic polls, Hart lagged behin...

Fortune: COMPANIES TO WATCHupdated: Mon Mar 30 1987 00:01:00

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Fortune: HAVING IT ALLupdated: Mon Feb 17 1986 00:01:00

A young lobbying firm advises big corporate clients and top presidential hopefuls, too. INFLUENCE is the political currency of Washington, and the hottest marketer of connections to the powerful is...

Fortune: Upcomingupdated: Mon Nov 25 1985 00:01:00

November 11-12: Many of the world's most prominent economic policymakers are expected to attend an international conference on monetary reform in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Senator Bill Bradley...

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