He was a speechwriter for the late Jack Kemp, a much-admired moderate Republican, and for Empower America, a group founded by Reagan administration cabinet members.

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The DLC also points to other issue-flavored (c)(4)s--Empower America, the Log Cabin Republicans and the Republican Main Street Partnership--whose founders are identified with one party.

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Two years later, Ryan went to work as a speechwriter and policy analyst for Jack Kemp, who led Empower America, an organization then in the vanguard of making policy for supply-side conservatives who were pushing Republicans rightward in their views on taxes and the size of government.

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The changing demographics in America require that our politicians become more culturally intelligent about Hispanics and begin to empower their voice and encourage them to take action.

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"It's also a chance to do something meaningful, to help change people's lives and empower consumers, " in much the same way, Mayersohn claims, that Case did with America Online.

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To keep America competitive into the future, we must trust in the skill of our scientists and engineers and empower them to pursue the breakthroughs of tomorrow.

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