Q+A: Olympia Snowe on partisanship and leadership
Olympia Snowe, a former Republican U.S. Senator from Maine, visited campus on May 2 to deliver an address at the Stanford School of Medicine.
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Federal government’s “sequester” to have significant effects on research at Stanford
The inability of the federal government to avert the “sequester” — automatic and across-the-board spending cuts of $85 billion that came into effect last Friday — will seriously affect the state of ongoing and future research at Stanford, according to University administrators.
White House’s green energy focus resonates with Stanford Law School center
Efforts by Stanford Law School’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance to prompt congressional action that would lower the cost of renewable energy projects… Continue Reading »
Faculty view fiscal cliff with apprehension
With the end of 2012 rapidly approaching, efforts to avert the fiscal cliff — a combination of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to… Continue Reading »
Obama re-elected, turns focus to second term
Four years after then-Senator Barack Obama rode an unprecedented wave of enthusiasm and optimism all the way to his election as the first African-American president of the United States, the Democratic incumbent succeeded in his re-election bid Tuesday night.
Lobbyists disclose 2011 expenditures
Stanford University spent $420,000 on lobbying in 2011, according to the quarterly lobbying reports filed by Larry Horton ’62 ’66 M.A., director of government and community relations at Stanford.
Editorial: Save some ire for Capitol Hill
We have commended the Occupy Wall Street protesters for directing attention to imprudent financial sector risk-taking and economic inequality. But more than highlighting problems, we like protests that press for solutions. For this, we suggest the protesters add a new target: Capitol Hill. For one thing, while the financial firms that caused this crisis could certainly improve their risk-management practices, it is the government’s responsibility to reform the incentive system that failed so spectacularly. Obstinate lawmakers blocking reform, not those who work on Wall Street, are culpable for future threats to economic stability. Moreover, with millions of Americans looking for work in this recession, it is Congress, not Wall Street, refusing to enact sensible, politically moderate policies that would help address the nation’s most urgent problem.
Stanford has second-most graduates in new Congress
Stanford has the second-most graduates in Congress, according to a list compiled by U.S. News & World Report. Eleven Cardinal alumni currently serve in the Senate and House of Representatives, five of whom were re-elected on Tuesday. Stanford places second only to Harvard, which dropped its representation to 13 members from 15 after the election.