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SUMMARY:ERA in the Heartland: Ratification and Reconsideration in Kansas\, 1973-1980
DESCRIPTION:Experience ERA in the Heartland before the exhibit closes this month! The last day to visit this exhibit is March 9. Plan your visit to the Dole Institute’s Museum & Galleries by visiting our website.\nIn the early 1970s states raced to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment after it was passed in Congress. It seemed inevitable that the legislation\, granting equal rights to men and women\, would become the 27th amendment to the United States Constitution. Grassroots movements – for and against the amendment – mobilized swiftly in response. Highlighting the voices of ordinary Kansans\, this exhibit explores the dialogue surrounding the adoption of the ERA in our state and its legacy today. \nThis exhibit is based on University of Kansas history and journalism student Alexandra Haggar’s Honors thesis: “Rescind ERA: The Failed Efforts in Kansas to Rescind Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment\, 1973-1980.” \n  \n \nThis exhibit is presented in partnership with the KU Department of History and with special thanks to Dr. Marie Grace Brown. \nThis exhibit features materials from the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/era-in-the-heartland-ratification-and-reconsideration-in-kansas-1973-1980/
LOCATION:Elizabeth Dole Gallery & Reading Room\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250120
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SUMMARY:Election Administrators / Election Designers
DESCRIPTION:Elections don’t just happen. They’re designed and administered by over 10\,000 local election offices throughout the United States. Ahead of the General Election\, explore how election administrators design and execute an election in your community from the moment an election is scheduled to long after the final ballot has been cast. \nThis exhibit is presented through the Bolstering Elections Initiative from the Dole Institute and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. Learn more about the initiative here. \n  \n \nA special exhibit from the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/election-administrators-election-designers/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241002T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241002T161500
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
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SUMMARY:World Leaders in Wartime: Vladimir Putin
DESCRIPTION:On February 24\, 2022 Russian military forces invaded Ukraine under orders from Russian President Valdimir Putin.  This was the largest military operation in Europe since the end of the Second World War. This lecture will focus on Putin\, his wartime leadership\, and the status of the war in Ukraine. \nDr. Sean N. Kalic is a Cold War historian. He lectures and publishes widely on topics such as U.S. space policy\, the Cold War\, the post-Cold War security environment\, and transnational terrorism. Prior to CGSC\, he taught at Youngstown State University\, Kansas State University\, and Norwich University.  He has presented lectures for the U.S. Naval War College’s Fleet Seminar Program\, The Slovenian General Staff\, The Slovenian Command and General Staff College\, The U.S. Army’s Futures Command\, as well as numerous international conferences. Currently\, he is a Professor in the Department of Military History at the US Army Command and General Staff College where he has taught since 2004. \nHis significant publications include Combating a Modern Hydra: Al Qaeda and the Global War on Terrorism (2005); Thinking about War: Past\, Present and Future (2011); US Presidents and the Militarization of Space\, 1946-1967 (2012); The Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War: An Essential Reference (2017); and Spies: The U.S. And Russian Espionage from the Cold War to the 21st Century (2019). U.S. President During War Time: A History of Leadership (2023). \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \n  \n\n  \nThe opinions expressed herein are those of the individual and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College or any other governmental agency.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/world-leaders-in-wartime-vladimir-putin/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T201500
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
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SUMMARY:The Candidates and America's Role in the World
DESCRIPTION:With rising tensions in the Middle East\, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine\, and continuous challenges on the international stage by China and Russia\, all eyes are focused on the candidates in this year’s elections\, and how they view America’s role in the world. Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib will be joined by former Senator and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to discuss where the candidates stand on the issues that impact our standing on the world stage. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \n  \nChuck Hagel was the 24th Secretary of Defense\, serving from February 2013 to February 2015. He is the only Vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to serve as Secretary of Defense. Hagel served two terms in the United States Senate (1997-2009) representing the state of Nebraska. While in the Senate\, he chaired and served on numerous committees\, including the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees\, and Banking Committee’s subcommittees. He also served as the Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Senate Climate Change Observer Group. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate\, Hagel was president of McCarthy & Company\, an investment banking firm in Omaha. He also served as Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Administration under President Ronald Reagan. Hagel is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha\, and has two children with his wife\, Lilibet.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-candidates-and-americas-role-in-the-world/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T171500
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SUMMARY:The Ticket-Splitting Voter
DESCRIPTION:The United States remains politically polarized\, but are some voters returning to ticket splitting? A look at whether voters are becoming more likely to support candidates from different parties and what that means for races across the country this November. \n  \n\n  \nJonathan Shorman is The Kansas City Star’s lead political reporter\, covering Kansas and Missouri government. Shorman has spent more than a decade covering politics in both states\, including previously at The Wichita Eagle. He was part of a team of Eagle reporters who won the 2019 George Polk Award for political reporting. \nDr. Russell Arben Fox is a professor of political science and the director of the History & Politics and the University Honors programs at Friends University\, a small Christian liberal arts college in Wichita\, KS\, where he and his family have resided since 2006. Fox has published on a wide range of topics in political theory\, world politics\, and religion and politics\, but since coming to Kansas has focused primarily on issues pertaining to urban and local democracy. He is a regular columnist with Insight Kansas\, and frequently comments on state and municipal politics around Wichita and beyond. \nStephanie Sharp was first elected at 26\, serving in the Kansas House of Representatives and on the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees. With over 20 years of Republican legislative and campaign experience\, she created the VoteSharp.biz voter CRM for candidates to build and manage authentic voter relationships. She holds degrees from Southwestern College (Winfield\, KS)\, a graduate degree in International Affairs from George Washington University\, and is a frequent presenter on voter and policymaker engagement.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/election-24-2/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241010T201500
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
CREATED:20240814T134513Z
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SUMMARY:China in the Heartland: Building a Balanced Approach
DESCRIPTION:As China’s influence grows around the world\, skepticism in the United States grows in tandem with it. Evidence of this is seen throughout the Heartland of America\, where anti-China legislation and rhetoric have grown over the years. Professor Jack Zhang of the KU Department of Political Science will be joined by Susan Thornton\, Vice Chair of the U.S. Heartland China Association and a retired senior U.S. diplomat with decades of experience in Eurasia and East Asia\, and Kyle Jaros\, an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame\, for a discussion on building a balanced approach for relations with China. \n  \n     \nThis program is presented in partnership with the United States Heartland China Association and the KU Department of Political Science. \n  \nWith support from the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ Public Intellectuals Program\, which is generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. \n  \n\n  \nJack Zhang is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Kansas (KU) and director of the KU Trade War Lab. He is a Public Intellectuals Program fellow with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University in 2018-2019 and a Wilson China Fellow at the Wilson Center in 2021-2022. Dr. Zhang’s research explores the political economy of trade and conflict in East Asia. His newest projects investigate the determinants of U.S. foreign policy towards China\, the politics of the U.S.-China Trade War\, and the national security implications of economic interdependence with China. \n  \nSusan Thornton serves as Vice Chair of the U.S. Heartland China Association and is a retired senior U.S. diplomat with almost 30 years of experience with the U.S. State Department in Eurasia and East Asia. She is currently a senior fellow and research scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale University Law School; director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy; and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. \nUntil July 2018\, Thornton was acting assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State and led East Asia policymaking amid crises with North Korea\, escalating trade tensions with China\, and a fast-changing international environment. In previous State Department roles\, she worked on U.S. policy toward China\, Korea\, and the former Soviet Union and served in leadership positions at U.S. embassies in Central Asia\, Russia\, the Caucasus\, and China. \nThornton received her master’s in international relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and her bachelor’s from Bowdoin College in economics and Russian. She serves on several non-profit boards and speaks Mandarin and Russian. \n  \nKyle Jaros is an associate professor of global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He is a faculty fellow of the Keough School’s Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies and the Pulte Institute for Global Development. \nJaros’s research explores the politics of urban and regional development\, intergovernmental relations\, and subnational foreign engagement with a focus on China. His first book\, China’s Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development\, examines the policy logics and political factors driving uneven development in China’s provinces. \nBefore coming to Notre Dame\, he was an associate professor in the political economy of China at the University of Oxford’s School of Global and Area Studies and held a China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Ash Center of the Harvard Kennedy School. Jaros earned a PhD and MA in political science from the Department of Government at Harvard University\, and an AB in public and international affairs\, and a certificate in Chinese language and culture from Princeton University. He also holds a graduate certificate in Chinese studies from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/china-in-the-heartland-building-a-balanced-approach/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T201500
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
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SUMMARY:The Growing Divide: Political Realignment in the Modern Era
DESCRIPTION:As this year’s momentous election campaign nears its climax\, it is illustrating anew how the Democratic and Republican parties are undergoing profound ideological and demographic changes. Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib will be joined by Karen Tumulty\, an associate editor and columnist at The Washington Post\, for an overview of the campaign and how it is reshaping the nation’s political landscape for years to come. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \n  \nKaren Tumulty is an associate editor and columnist for The Post. In her previous role as a national political correspondent for the newspaper\, she received the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. She joined The Post in 2010 from Time magazine\, where she had held the same title. During her more than 15 years at Time\, Tumulty wrote or co-wrote more than three dozen cover stories. She also held positions with Time as congressional correspondent and White House correspondent. Before joining Time in 1994\, Tumulty spent 14 years at the Los Angeles Times\, where she covered a wide variety of beats. During her time there\, she reported on Congress\, business\, energy and economics from Los Angeles\, New York and D.C. Tumulty is a native of San Antonio\, where she began her career at the now-defunct San Antonio Light. Tumulty holds a bachelor of journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-growing-divide-political-realignment-in-the-modern-era/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241023T171500
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
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SUMMARY:The Battle for Congress
DESCRIPTION:As Democrats and Republicans compete for control of the House and Senate\, a look at the themes driving races across the country and what to look for in November. \n  \n\n  \nJonathan Shorman is The Kansas City Star’s lead political reporter\, covering Kansas and Missouri government. Shorman has spent more than a decade covering politics in both states\, including previously at The Wichita Eagle. He was part of a team of Eagle reporters who won the 2019 George Polk Award for political reporting. \nNatalie Andrews covers the Trump campaign for The Wall Street Journal. Before that she reported on the U.S. Congress\, writing about House and Senate leaders and intraparty dynamics\, as well as domestic policy and government spending legislation. She’s covered two presidential impeachments\, the Democrats’ effort to win the House majority in the 2018 midterms\, and the battle for Congress since. She joined the Journal in 2014 as a social media editor. Previously\, Natalie worked at KSL News in Salt Lake City and for the San Diego Daily Transcript\, a business daily. She grew up near Salt Lake City\, Utah\, where she fell in love with hiking and the outdoors. \nNathaniel Birkhead is an Associate Professor and Department Head of Kansas State University’s Department of Political Science and a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar. His research and teaching focuses on Congress and state legislatures\, and the representational relationship between constituents and their elected officials.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/election-24-3/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T203000
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
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SUMMARY:Sandra Day O'Connor
DESCRIPTION:The Dole Institute of Politics will award the 2024 Dole Leadership Prize to Sandra Day O’Connor\, former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and founder of the nonprofit educational organization iCivics\, at a public program on October 24 at 7 p.m. It is the first time the Institute has honored a recipient posthumously. \nScott O’Connor\, the late justice’s eldest son\, and Louise Dubé\, Chief Executive Officer of iCivics\, will accept the award and join Dole Institute Director Audrey Coleman for a conversation on the late justice’s life and legacy. \nThe program is free and open to the public—no reservations or tickets are required to attend. The program will also be live streamed on this page of the Institute’s website and on our YouTube Channel. \n  \nAbout Sandra Day O’Connor\nJustice O’Connor’s trailblazing career in public service began in San Mateo\, California\, where she served as a county attorney for free after declining a paid position as a legal secretary\, largely due to biases against women in the profession at the time. Her hard work and dedication led her to being offered the position of deputy county attorney. \nShe settled in Arizona with her husband\, John Jay O’Connor\, and formed a private practice with another attorney. O’Connor later entered public service in the state\, eventually serving in various positions throughout all three branches of the Arizona state government. \nIn 1981\, President Ronald Reagan nominated O’Connor to fill a vacant position on the Supreme Court of the United States. Upon her confirmation\, she became the first woman to serve on the high court and served on the bench for nearly a quarter of a century before announcing her retirement in 2006. \nAfter leaving the bench\, she founded iCivics\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming civic education in childhood education through innovative\, engaging games and resources. The organization now reaches some 9 million students annually\, supporting more than 145\,000 educators throughout the nation. In December 2023\, she passed away at the age of 93. \n  \nAbout the Dole Leadership Prize\nThe Dole Leadership Prize is a bipartisan award presented to an individual or nonprofit whose public service leadership demonstrates the importance of and inspires others to be engaged in political and civic affairs. The award carries a $25\,000 prize that is directed to the charity of the recipient’s choice.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-2024-dole-leadership-prize/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241029T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241029T111500
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
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SUMMARY:How to Make Congress Work for the American People
DESCRIPTION:Public frustration with Congress has been the status quo since the institution’s very first days. Many point to constant gridlock and high levels of partisanship as the main problems that have led to Congress’s recent decrepitude. While partisanship and gridlock does impact Congress’s ability to be a responsive and representative body\, an often underdiscussed problem is that of the institution’s internal capacity. What resources does Congress need to effectively\, efficiently\, and transparently meet the needs of the American people? What incentives drive member behavior and how can the day-to-day workflow of the institution be altered to drive more bipartisan policymaking? \n  \n \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center. \n  \n\n  \nMichael Thorning serves as the Director of Structural Democracy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Prior to BPC\, Thorning worked for Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall where he focused on campaign finance and election reform\, Senate rules and congressional reform\, and judiciary\, civil rights\, and civil liberties issues. Thorning has been a fellow of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University and is a member of the guest faculty of the University of New Mexico. Thorning earned his B.A. in political science with honors from the University of New Mexico and served as a Fred R. Harris Congressional Intern. \nJ.D. Rackey is the Senior Policy Analyst for Structural Democracy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. His research focuses on the politics and procedures of the U.S. Congress with an emphasis on congressional capacity and modernization. Rackey previously served as professional staff with the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress and he’s a frequent adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University. Rackey earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Oklahoma and is a former American Political Science Association Public Service Fellow.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/diop-x-bpc-structural-democracy/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dole Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241029T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241029T193000
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
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SUMMARY:KUCCO Annual Trunk or Treat
DESCRIPTION:Join KU Center for Community Outreach and the Dole Institute of Politics for our annual Trunk or Treat! Located in the parking lot of the Dole Institute of Politics\, all are welcome to join us for games\, activities\, and candy. Come in your best costume for a scary good time!
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/kucco-annual-trunk-or-treat-2/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241030T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241030T171500
DTSTAMP:20260525T202010
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SUMMARY:Congress in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Association of the Former Members of Congress\, the Dole Institute will welcome Democratic and Republican former members of Congress for “Congress in the 21st Century\,” a three-part Discussion Groups series. Join us for an engaging program with two former members of Congress as they share insider insights from the campaign trail. The Fellows will cover key elements of successful congressional campaigns\, including funding strategies\, marketing techniques\, and how to engage diverse voter demographics. \nThis series is supported by the Edward F. Reilly Endowed Fund\, which supports public programming at the Dole Institute that explores the role of civil discourse and bipartisanship in contemporary politics. This fund has been made possible by a generous gift from Edward F. Reilly\, Jr. \n  \n\n  \nCheri Bustos of Illinois has never lost an election – two for City Council and five for Congress. She just left office last year after service for a decade in the U.S. House of Representatives. For most of that time\, she served in the Democratic House leadership. Her previous professional experience includes almost two decades as a journalist followed by a Vice President of Corporate Communications at a multi-billion-dollar\, multi-state health system. She now is a partner and co-chair at Mercury Public Affairs. \nLuke Messer served three terms in the U.S. House representing Indiana’s Sixth Congressional District from 2013 to 2019. During his service\, he was elected by his colleagues to serve in House Leadership as the Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee and President of the Republican freshman class. He also served on the House Committees on Financial Services; Education and the Workforce; Budget; and Foreign Affairs. Today\, Luke is Chair of the nonprofit Indiana Business Health Collaborative and a partner at Bose McKinney & Evans LLP and Bose Public Affairs Group with offices in Indianapolis and Washington DC. \n  \n\n  \n \nThe Association of the Former Members of Congress (FMC) is a non-advocacy\, nonpartisan group founded in 1970 and chartered by Congress in 1983. It is a voluntary alliance of more than 800 Former U.S. Senators and Representatives working to strengthen Congress in the conduct of its Constitutional responsibility through promoting a collaborative approach to policymaking and deepening the public’s understanding of our democratic system.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/congress-in-the-21st-century-2/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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