Evaluators Weigh In On Our Budget, Our Economy National Discussion

12/2/2010 By Joe Goldman, AmericaSpeaks AmericaSpeaks is pleased to announce an independent evaluation that has been completed by three leading experts in public opinion and citizen deliberation about this summer’s national discussion on the [...]

Our Budget, Our Economy Highlight Video

10/13/2010 By Joe Goldman, AmericaSpeaks AmericaSpeaks just released a new video with highlights from our national discussion on the federal budget. The main video (which is about six minutes long) gives viewers a sense [...]

Richmond Citizens Ready to Make Tough Choices to Reduce Budget Deficit

8/19/2010 By Dianna Dauber, AmericaSpeaks AmericaSpeaks:  Our Budget, Our Economy participants sent a clear message to our leaders:  The people of this country do understand that we can’t  keep spending more than we have [...]

Citizen Views on Social Security

8/17/2010 By Joe Goldman, AmericaSpeaks Last week marked the 75th anniversary of our nation’s Social Security system.

Tough Choices on Defense Spending

8/12/2010 By Dianna Dauber, AmericaSpeaks Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed on Monday to close a military command, restrict the use of outside contractors and reduce the number of generals and admirals across [...]

Reaching the Ear of the President and the Congress

8/6/2010 Edward J. Mazur served as Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management, within the Office of Management and Budget, under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Cross-posted from Advancing Government [...]

Many Ways to Stay Involved

8/4/2010 By Joe Goldman, AmericaSpeaks AmericaSpeaks will ensure that the priorities expressed at the June 26 National Town Meeting are heard by leaders in Washington. Already, we have briefed dozens of members of Congress [...]

Finding Common Ground: Release of Interim Report

7/27/2010 By Joe Goldman, Vice President of Citizen Engagement, AmericaSpeaks Today, AmericaSpeaks released its second round of analysis from the June 26 National Town Meeting. Please take a look at the narrative report, slide [...]

What Does It Take to Have a Civil Conversation These Days?

7/26/2010 By Carolyn Lukensmeyer, President, AmericaSpeaks. Cross-posted from Huffington Post.

Rep. Scott (D-VA)

7/21/2010