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N EWS RELEASE
Date: April 19, 2000
Media Contact: Bill
Wyatt, 202-624-8667 / Gene
Rose, 303-830-2200
State Legislators To Tackle Key Issues
At Upcoming
Washington Meeting
Site Visit to Baltimore Center for Fathers to Kick Off
Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Electronic commerce and prescription drug coverage
will top the agenda as state legislators from across the country descend
on Washington May 4-6 for the National Conference of State Legislatures'
(NCSL) Assembly on Federal Issues meeting.
NCSL's Assembly on
Federal Issues (AFI) directs NCSL's lobbying efforts in Washington,
D.C. Its members, representing each state and territorial legislature,
develop official
positions that guide lobbying activities. These positions steadfastly
oppose unfunded federal mandates, unnecessary preemption of state laws,
and intrusion on state revenues. They promote maximum flexibility for
state officials in crafting solutions to the nation's problems.
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WHO: |
The National Conference of State Legislatures' Assembly on
Federal Issues |
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WHERE: |
Hyatt
Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue,
NW
Washington, DC 20001 |
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WHEN: |
Thursday, May 4, 2000 through Saturday, May 6,
2000 |
HIGHLIGHTS:
Thursday, May 4, 2000
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8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Site visit to Center for Fathers, Families & Workforce
Development (CFWD) in Baltimore,
Maryland (Advanced registration required): State legislators and
staff will tour this inner-city facility that serves as a national
model for responsible parenting. CFWD engages low-income men to be
emotionally and financially responsible for their children. CFWD and
programs like it are the next step in the evolution of welfare
reform. |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Special Briefing: Update on Electronic Commerce and Streamlined
Sales Tax System: Tennessee
Representative Matt Kisber and Illinois
Senator Steven Rauschenberger brief legislators on the progress
of the Streamlined
Sales Tax System for the 21st Century initiative as well as the
Advisory Commission on
Electronic Commerce's failed attempt to develop a policy
statement on the future of internet taxation. |
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Electronic Commerce Lobby Day: State legislators will use
this time to meet with their Congressional delegations to urge them
to allow the states to develop their own solution to the issue of
sales taxes and the internet. |
Friday, May 5, 2000
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8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
U.S.
Trade Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky: Should the U.S. support
China's admission into the World Trade
Organization? Find out what the nation's leading trade expert
has to say at this plenary breakfast session. |
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9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
Financial Privacy: The Role of the States |
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9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
Federal Electric Industry Restructuring and Reliability
Concerns |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Federal Special Education Funding |
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12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. |
Agricultural Trade and the Chinese Conundrum |
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2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Welfare Reform: How Are We Doing? |
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits |
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3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Bush & Gore: Who Would They
Appoint to the Court? What's At Stake?
For the States? For the Country? |
Saturday, May 6, 2000
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8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Special Briefing: Medicare Prescription
Drugs: One of the hottest issues in the nation's capital this
year is enlarging Medicare coverage to include prescription drugs.
The Administration and Congress disagree on how it should
be done and who should pay for it. The special briefing will examine
the various Medicare prescription drug proposals and how they would
affect state legislatures and state budgets. |
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10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Business Meeting: State legislators will debate and consider
policy resolutions that will guide NCSL's lobbying activity through
this session of Congress and beyond. |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Closing Plenary Luncheon: Columnist & PBS "Think Tank" moderator Ben J.
Wattenberg believes that whichever party and candidate can best
address the social concerns of a restless electorate will be
rewarded in national, state and local elections in
2000. |
For a complete agenda contact Bill Wyatt at 202-624-8667 or
visit NCSL's AFI website at www.ncsl.org/public/afi00.htm.
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