Fed Event: Dec. 3rd, The 112th Congress and The New Promise of American Life: Less from Washington, More of Ourselves?

The 112th Congress and The New Promise of American Life: Less from Washington, More of Ourselves? Featuring Senator Lamar Alexander

Friday, December 3rd, 12:00 to 2:00 p.m., Hudson Institute - Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center, 1015 15th Street, NW - Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005


To RSVP, please email events@hudson.org with "New Promise" in the subject line.

Registration and a buffet lunch will open at 11:45 a.m.

Event Description

In 1995, Lamar Alexander, then a former Governor and cabinet secretary preparing a run for the presidency, and Chester Finn, then a Hudson Institute Senior Fellow, published The New Promise of American Life (Hudson Institute Press). The critically acclaimed volume examined how the expansion of the federal government—which began during the Progressive Era and continued through World War II and Vietnam—might be reversed through a devolution of power to states, localities, and civil society; and through a renewed culture of voluntarism and entrepreneurship.

Fifteen years later, as the 112th Congress prepares to take office, Hudson Institute will host a conference to re-examine the themes of The New Promise of American Life, to examine why this vision got derailed post-1995, and how it is even more urgent post-2010. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), now the Chair of the Senate Republican Conference, will keynote the event and offer his candid reflections on “Less from Washington, More of Ourselves.”

The panel discussion will feature Christopher DeMuth, D.C. Searle Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Chester Finn, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution; William Kristol, Editor, The Weekly Standard; and William Schambra, Senior Fellow and Director, Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, Hudson Institute. Kate O'Beirne, President of the National Review Institute, will moderate the discussion.
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Getting to Hudson Institute
Hudson Institute is located at 1015 15th Street, between K and L Streets. We're on the 6th floor.

Public Transportation:
The institute is one block from the McPherson Metro station (on the orange and blue lines) and four blocks from the Farragut North Metro station (red line):
McPherson Square - orange and blue lines - Vermont Avenue/White House exit
Farragut North - red line - K Street exit

Parking:
Central Parking System - 1015 15th Street, NW
Colonial Parking - 1425 K Street (a.k.a. One McPherson Square)
PMI Parking - 1501 K Street