The Forum

The mission of Center Forward is to promote education and thoughtful discussion across party lines of the issues that face our country today. With The Forum, Center Forward provides Members of Congress, industry leaders, state legislators, company executives, think tanks and other policy experts and decision makers from across the political spectrum with an online venue to present alternative viewpoints on these issues.


Corporate foreign profits are now subject to a 35% tax rate. Corporations can avoid paying that rate by holding those profits in their accounts at foreign banks. Many argue this prevents corporations from investing those foreign profits in America, money…

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America faces great energy challenges.  How do we meet our demand without continuing to rely on foreign energy supply?  Our country’s national gas reserve is said to be our greatest national resource.  Everyone agrees tapping this resource could provide America…

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What role does infrastructure-spending play in our economic recovery?  Both sides agree it’s important to have a strong national infrastructure in place, but how do we do it without further contributing to the culture of earmarks and pork barrel spending…

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Politicians often cite the fact that Warren Buffet’s secretary pays a lower effective tax rate than he does as Exhibit A on why the tax code is unfair.  But as our economy claws its way back from a recession does…

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While the American workforce is among the most talented in the world, there are still steps Congress and the private sector can take to equip workers with the skills they need to fill jobs available today, and the jobs of…

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The challenges facing our energy policy are too important to delay any further. We need Congress to come together in a bipartisan manner in order to agree on a robust energy policy so that the US can remain a leader…

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In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed some of the most significant changes to Medicare Part D since its creation. In a 700-page set of proposed rules, CMS proposed changes that many argued would potentially affect…

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