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nationally recognized political analyst, Jeffrey Birnbaum will present an
interactive seminar entitled “Money Talks: Lobbyists and the Power of Money in
Washington” which will be broadcasted on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at Laredo Community
College.
The seminar, which will be conducted live via satellite broadcast, will be aired at 6 p.m. in the De la Garza Building, room 108.
Attendees will have the opportunity to call-in or email questions to Birnbaum.
Birnbaum is an award-winning columnist for the Washington Post, where he pens the popular column “K Street Confidential.” He is a political analyst for the Fox News Channel, a regular panelist on PBS’s “Washington Week,” and an on-air commentator for National Public Radio’s “Marketplace.”
Prior to joining the Post, he headed Fortune magazine’s Washington Bureau, acted as a senior political correspondent for Time magazine, and spent 16 years with the Wall Street Journal.
Birnbaum will explore three aspects of money and politics including how and why money has grown in volume and importance in the political process, what problems the growth of money has created for government policy, and what is being done and what might be done to change things in this area.
He will connect the realms of politics, business, lobbying, and campaign fundraising as he discusses the power of money in Washington.
The program, which is co-produced by Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society and the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), is the third installment of a four-part Honors Satellite Seminar Series entitled Gold, Gods, and Glory: The Global Dynamics of Power. The LCC Theta Theta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and Student Activities are the local sponsors.
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