then senate majority leader dashle was the guest speaker at bud sperling's final breakfast as host.ator had visited nine times before that, he's a graduate of south dakota state university, served as an intelligence officer in the air force was a senate staffer and one election to the u.s. house in 1978. and the senate in '86. he became democratic leader in '94. serving both as minority and majority leader. he left the senate in 2005, and is now founder and ceo of the dashle group, a public policy advisory and baker-donaldson. did i get that out? >> perfect. >> all good. >> senator lot managed to avoid appearing at one of our intimate gatherings during his long and successful career. not for a lot of crying on our part i might say, but we're glad to rectify that today. senator lot is a graduate of the university of mississippi, and of the university of mississippi law school. after practicing law, moved to washington to become a congressional aid, and was elected to the u.s. house in 1972. in time to serve on the house judiciary committee during impeachment proceedings. he was elect

he had refused to testify in the trial of cia eight, david sperling, who was indicted in 2010 for allegedlyiving risen information for a book, but now he could face jail time. jim, it's very good to have you with us, and thank you for joining us. you recently spoke at the secrets conference in march, and you had this to say about the obama administration. >> they are now perceived widely within the journalistic industry, as the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered as an industry in at least a generation. >> now, others have echoed your comments, and president obama promised a lot of transparency during his campaign, and you said that the administration has doubled on down on bush administration tactics, doing things that the bush administration had barely considered. >> i don't think there's much doubt about it anymore that the track record is pretty clear. they have had more leak investigations and more leak prosecutions, and have jailed more people in connection with stories that have appeared in the media than any other adenines has ever had. they have crackdown on re

one correction to gene sperling. the medicaid match race has a 4.5 year lag between the data used for it and the year it is used in. it's often procyclical so that's not something i would recommend as a cyclical event. you measure the difference between the. >> was saying the same thing you were. i was trying to build than having a share based on what's happening in the economy at that moment not on the poverty gap so we are actually in vigorous agreement. >> but the difference between the big bang and the trigger response, the ira gave most of the state assistance through medicaid so states may not change their eligibility which they did and which meant that states cut back on everything else including education which now has become the baseline for education for the future. this is what happens to productivity. this is a good thing? >> okay, one in the back. a couple rows back emily and then there's one on the left side. >> i am mark. really a comment and that is when you talk about the entitlement program particul

jean sperling, and tennessee congressman jim cooper. finally, we will hear from two people who actually have the responsibility of explaining uncertainty in the policy. both papers presented today, as well as the slide shows you will see will be available on our website. let's get started with the first paper. i'm particularly pleased to have allen auerbach here to kick off our first purely fiscal event at hutchins. allen taught me most of what i know about public finance, first as my professor in graduate school, then at the joint committee on taxation where we again overlapped. i still tote around my notebook from allen's public finance class at harvard and have referred to it many times over the years. so i know what he has to say is worth paying careful attention to and remembering. so without further ado, please welcome allen auerbach. >> thank you very much,the titl. it is a very certain title. there's more uncertainty in the paper as well as in the subject. to start, as louise said, long-term projections for the path of federal r

senior president jason grew me and then senate majority leader daschle was a guest speaker at bud sperling's 3240 and 41st and final breakfast as host. the senator visited nine times before that a graduate of south dakota state university served as an intelligence officer in the air force, was a senate staffer and one election to the u.s. house in 1978 and to the senate in 86. he became democratic leader 94 servings twice as minority and majority leader. he left the senate in 2005 and is now founder and ceo of the daschle group that public policy advisory. senator said they managed to avoid one of our gatherings during his one and finished very successful career. not for trying on our part i would say that we are glad to be able to rectify that today. senator suthers a graduate of the university mississippi and the university of mississippi law school. after practicing while he moved to washington to become a congressional aide and was elected to the u.s. house 1972 in time to serve on the house judiciary committee during impeachment proceedings against richard nixon. he was elected house mi

then senate majority leader dashle was the guest speaker at bud sperling's final breakfast as host. the senator had visited nine times before that, he's a graduate of south dakota state university, served as an intelligence officer in the air force was a senate staffer and won election to the u.s. house in 1978. and the senate in 1986. he became democratic leader in 1994. serving both as minority and majority leader. he left the senate in 2005, and is now founder and c.e.o. of the dashle group, a public policy advisory and baker-donaldson. did i get that out? >> perfect. >> all right. >> senator lott managed to avoid appearing at one of our intimate gatherings during his long and successful career. [laughter] not for a lot of crying on our part i might say, but we're glad to rectify that today. senator lott is a graduate of the university of mississippi, and of the university of mississippi law school. after practicing law, moved to washington to become a congressional aid, and was elected to the u.s. house in 1972. in time to serve on the house judiciary committee during impeachmen

former national economic council director james -- gene sperling joined the direction hosted by the brookingsne e. our goal at hutchins is to improve public understanding of fiscal and monetary policy and the place that gathers people from

then senate majority leader dashle was the guest speaker at bud sperling's final breakfast as host. the senator had visited nine times before that, he's a graduate of south dakota state university, served as an intelligence officer in the air force was a senate staffer and one election to the u.s. house in 1978. and the senate in '86. he became democratic leader in '94. serving both as minority and majority leader. he left the senate in 2005, and is now founder and ceo of the dashle group, a public policy advisory and baker-donaldson. did i get that out? >> perfect. >> all good. >> senator lot managed to avoid appearing at one of our intimate gatherings during his long and successful career. not for a lot of crying on our part i might say, but we're glad to rectify that today. senator lot is a graduate of the university of mississippi, and of the university of mississippi law school. after practicing law, moved to washington to become a congressional aid, and was elected to the u.s. house in 1972. in time to serve on the house judiciary committee during impeachment proceedings. he w

former national economic council director james -- gene sperling joined the direction hosted by the brookings hutchins center on fiscal and monetary policy. this is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning and welcome. my name is louise shyne e. our goal at hutchins is to improve public understanding of fiscal and monetary policy and the place that gathers people from academia and business to try to improve those policies. the hutchins center was made possible by the generosity of glenn hutchins who will be here with us a bit later today.