2008 CHINA Town Hall speaker Norm Ornstein
In this year of presidential and Congressional elections, developments in China, and America’s response to these developments, have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the United States. CHINA Town Hall is a national day of programming designed to provide Americans across the United States and beyond with the opportunity to discuss these issues with leading experts.
The National Committee is pleased to present this program, which features a nationwide talk by noted political analyst Norman J. Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, followed by local presentations by on-site China specialists who will address topics of particular interest to the local community. Each program is cosponsored by the National Committee and a local organization(s). CHINA Town Hall is generously underwritten by the Starr Foundation.
We thank Mr. Ornstein and the American Enterprise Institute, our local partners and speakers, and the World Affairs Councils of America, all of which have helped to make this program such a success.
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Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. He also serves as an election analyst for CBS News and writes a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call newspaper. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and other major publications, and regularly appears on television programs such as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, and Charlie Rose.
He serves as senior counselor to the Continuity of Government Commission, working to ensure that our institutions of government can be maintained in the event of a terrorist attack on Washington. His campaign finance working group of scholars and practitioners helped shape the major law, known as McCain/Feingold, that reformed the campaign financing system. He is also co-directing a multi-year effort, the Transition to Governing Project, to create a better climate for governing in the era of the permanent campaign.
Norm is a member of the board of directors of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the Campaign Legal Center, and of the board of trustees of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. He was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.
His many books include The Permanent Campaign and Its Future, Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy, The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track -- all co-authored with Thomas E. Mann; and Debt and Taxes: How America Got Into Its Budget Mess and What to Do About It, with John H. Makin.
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Stephen A. Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations will be the moderator.
at a glance
- Established 2007; last held April 17, 2008
- Goal: Facilitating the exchange of ideas through educational exchanges & public education
- Type: Public Outreach, Special Briefing
- Category: Economics, Governance & Civil Society, Politics & Security, Transnational Issues
- Keywords: Dialogue, Forum, Local, National
- Program Funder(s): C.V. Starr Foundation
- Program Partner(s): trade and business associations, universities, World Affairs Councils of America
- Administered by: Anna Bautista, Anne Phelan, Jonathan Lowet
38 venues in the U.S. and Greater China participated in the 2008 CHINA Town Hall
