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Former Congressman to Speak on Social Security

APRIL 8, 2005--Former Minnesota Congressman Tim Penny will talk about Social Security reform on Thursday, April 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Blue Room of Rodli Commons at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Penny is a senior fellow and co-director of the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute Policy Forum. He served in Congress from 1982 to 1994, representing southeastern Minnesota’s First Congressional District.

While in Congress, Penny founded and co-chaired the Democratic Budget Group and drafted deficit-cutting initiatives. He continues to work in the areas of federal budgeting, agricultural policy, trade issues and rural development.

In 1998-99, Penny served as a member of Gov. Jesse Ventura’s transition team. In 2001, he was appointed to President George W. Bush's bipartisan commission on Social Security.

In addition, Penny is a board member and policy chair for a budget watchdog group, the Concord Coalition, and is an advisory board member for the Minnesota Compact, a project advocating "clean" campaigns. Penny is the co-author of two books, "Common Cents" (1995) and "The 15 Biggest Lies in Politics" (1998). He is regular public speaker, radio commentator and editorial writer. In 2002 Penny was the Independence Party candidate for governor.

This presentations is sponsored by the American Democracy Project, the UW-RF College of Arts and Sciences and the UW-RF College of Business and Economics as well as the departments of political science, history, geography, English and agricultural economics, and the honor societies of Pi Sigma Alpha (political science) and Phi Alpha Theta (history) and the Student Economics Society.

The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, call Tracey Gladstone-Sovell, UW-RF professor and chair, political science department, 715/425-3318.

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