North American Meat Institute (NAMI) - Capitol Hill, Rayburn Bldg. - Washington, DC July 2017

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NAMI: Press Release Below

Hot Dog Fans Flock toMeat Institute’s Hot Dog Lunch on Capitol Hill

Wednesday, July 19, 2017
 

NHDSC Announces Hot Dog Joke Contest Winner

Washington, DC– More than 1,000 lawmakers, congressional staff, meat industry representatives and members of the media filled the Rayburn House Office Building Courtyard on Capitol Hill to celebrate National Hot Dog Day and July as National Hot Dog Month at the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) Annual Hot Dog Lunch.

“The Hot Dog Lunch has been an annual tradition for more than 40 years. This longstanding event celebrates America’s love of hot dogs—a love that crosses party lines,” said NAMI President and CEO Barry Carpenter. “The lunch is one of the most popular and anticipated events on Capitol Hill, as guests join us to celebrate this iconic American food in the company of major league baseball greats.”  More ...

The Aspen Institute - Washington, DC July 2017

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Dream Hoarders: A Book Talk with Richard Reeves

As a new American, Richard Reeves found the American ideal of equality and meritocracy refreshing, relative to the class-bound English traditions he grew up with—but he’s found the reality lacking. In his new book, Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It, Reeves highlights the widening gap between the upper middle class and the rest of American society. Reeves makes the compelling case that advantages are concentrated – not just among the top 1 percent that we commonly hear about, but also among the top 20 percent of earners, including journalists, academics, policy analysts and professionals, people like him—and perhaps like you?  More ...

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe - Washington, DC July 2017

U.S. Helsinki Commission

On July 20, 2017, the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe held a staff-led briefing on Russian kleptocracy. Panelists included Brian Whitmore, Author of the Power Vertical Blog and Senior Russia Analyst at Radio Free Europe; Ilya Zaslavskiy, Research Expert at the Free Russia Foundation and Academy Associate with Chatham House; Dr. Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and Professor at Georgetown University; Marius Laurinavicius, Senior Analyst at the Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis and a former Fellow with the Hudson Institute; and Ambassador Daniel Fried, Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council and former Coordinator on Sanctions Policy at the US Department of State. The discussion, which was covered by C-SPAN 1, was moderated by Paul Massaro, Helsinki Commission Policy Advisor on Economic and Environmental Issues.

Read more and watch C-SPAN video ... https://www.csce.gov/international-impact/events/kleptocrats-kremlin-ties-between-business-and-power-russia

Third Way - Washington, DC July 2017

With Trump's approval numbers so low, Democrats have renewed hopes for their chances in 2018. But in order to win, they will need to forge a broad path. That means not writing off large swaths of voters or the country and understanding the concerns of people in states and districts that don’t look like traditionally blue ones.

Third Way hosted a standing-room-only breakfast discussion with some of the Democratic Members of Congress who understand this best: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Representative Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5), and Representative Suzan DelBene (WA-1).

Read More ... http://www.thirdway.org/events/diverse-democrats-what-it-takes-to-win