Introduction of the Permanent Chairman of the Convention By the Honorable Jack Kemp Member of Congress, 38th District of New York The Temporary Chairman – To introduce the Permanent Chairman of the Thirty-First Republican National Convention, we will hear from yet another distinguished Republican Congressman, a man whose success on the football field has been more than equaled in his …
Romney’s Choice of Ryan for VP, Political Leadership and the American Idea
August 12, 2012 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
Dear Friends, Last October, the Jack Kemp Foundation honored Paul Ryan with the first Kemp Leadership Award in recognition of his exceptional leadership in Congress and for his political courage. As Ryan said, “We who learned our politics from Jack must not fear to address them with boldness and courage.” There could be no greater tribute to my father’s political legacy than for …
Jack Kemp Announced Presidential Run 25 Years Ago Today
March 6, 2012 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
Partnership with BPC Housing Commission
February 21, 2012 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
In the Kemp Forum spirit of promoting civil dialogue on important public policy issues, the Jack Kemp Foundation and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) are partnering to launch a series of Regional Housing Forums as part of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Commission. The BPC-Kemp Regional Housing Forums will hold public events around the country. Participants will include BPC Housing …
“It’s the Courage to Continue that Counts”
February 7, 2012 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
Steve Largent | The Ripon Forum I developed a keen appreciation for the courage required to play quarterback successfully during my football playing career, which included 14 years with the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League. It is not a position for false bravado. I saw many young quarterbacks coolly stroll into a huddle, call a play, and once the ball was snapped, turn …
Recapturing Jack-Why Kemp’s Legacy Still Matters Today
February 7, 2012 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
D.R. Tucker | The Ripon Forum | On April 6, 1987, a 51-year old Republican from Buffalo, New York launched a bid to become the first Congressman elected President since James Garfield in 1880. His name was Jack Kemp, and his campaign for the White House lasted a mere 339 days. He exited the race on Super Tuesday in 1988, succumbing to a better-financed and much better known opponent in …
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
January 16, 2012 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
Carl M. Cannon | Real Clear Politics | Good morning. It’s Monday, January 16, 2012, the day on which Americans officially pay homage to Martin Luther King Jr., born January 15, 1929. The legislation to make this day a federal holiday passed Congress in 1983. It was – or, rather, it became – a bipartisan effort. Twenty-nine years ago, Gingrich reversed field also –in a way that helped ensure …
Paul Ryan: The Prophet
December 14, 2011 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
David Von Drehle | Time Magazine | Here's a curious fact: in a year of political gridlock, when Congress could get nothing done — not even pass a budget — the most influential American politician was House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan. Through a combination of hard work, good timing and possibly suicidal guts, the Wisconsin Republican managed to harness his party to a dramatic plan for …
Remembering Ted Forstmann (1940-2011)
November 22, 2011 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
Steve Forbes, Forbes Staff Even though friends knew Ted Forstmann had been diagnosed with the same illness that felled his younger brother, Nick, several years ago, his death Sunday, at age 71, was still a shock. Ted was an inspiring, larger-than-life figure who exuberantly personified the spirit of American capitalism. I got to know Ted in the early 1990s when he played a crucial role in …
Washington Post: Paul Ryan honored by Jack Kemp Foundation
October 27, 2011 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
By The Reliable Source | The Washington Post| What the GOP ticket needs is a conservative/former pro quarterback/congressman — at least according to everyone at the Mayflower Hotel Tuesday night. “I gotta tell you, we sure could use a Jack Kemp these days,” said Rep.Paul Ryan, an intern and then staffer for the man who mentored him 20 years ago. Kemp, who died in 2009, was all about …
Greg Slabodkin: The nation could use someone with Kemp’s vision
August 5, 2011 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
By Greg Slabodkin | The Buffalo News| It’s been more than two years since the passing of Jack Kemp, former Republican congressman, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice presidential nominee and Buffalo Bills quarterback. Kemp’s absence from the political stage has never been felt more acutely. Partisan politics and gridlock dominate Washington, crippling our political process, as …
Kemp’s Ideas Still Resonate Today
August 4, 2011 • by Jack Kemp Foundation • in News
Recent articles mentioning Jack Kemp in the Weekly Standard by Judy Shelton, Gold Standard or Bust, and in the Foundry by Collette Caprara, An Effective Approach to Poverty: Circle of Protection or Triangle of Uplift, demonstrate the ideas Jack Kemp championed throughout his career still resonate. In the spirit of Jack Kemp's commitment to the honest competition of ideas, we encourage you to …
