The Heartlander: July-August 2009 (PDF)

The July-August 2009 Heartlander features a guest essay by Lauren Chrissos, vice president for development, and Peter Fotos, government relations director, addressing the summer's hottest topic: health care reform. Also in this issue:

• an announcement of the 25th Anniversary Benefit Dinner and wrapups on the President's Council Retreat and Third International Conference on Climate Change;

• announcement of the release of Climate Change Reconsidered, our 880-page response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and

• highlights from our work on a wide range of issues, including budget and tax policy, environment, health care, information technology and telecommunications, school reform, lawsuit abuse, and finance, insurance, and real estate.