[We have the following announcement from the National History Center.]
The National History Center of the American Historical Association is
pleased to announce our upcoming Congressional briefing, co-sponsored
with the Joint Committee on Taxation,
on “American Families, Global Competition, and Comprehensive Tax Reform
in Historical Perspective.” Ajay Mehrotra of Indiana Law School [and an LHB Guest Blogger]; Bruce
Bartlett, former deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury; and Joe Thorndike of Tax Analysts will discuss the history of tax reform in the
United States. Professor Dane Kennedy, Director of the National History
Center, will moderate the discussion.
The briefing will be held on Friday, May 8, at 10 a.m. in Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2103. RSVPs are requested. To RSVP or for further information, please
contact the Center’s assistant director, Dr. Amanda Moniz, at
amoniz@historians.org or 202-450-3209.