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Kemp and continued
In the early 21st century, Kemp continued to be considered along with Reagan as the politician most responsible for the implementation of supply-side tax cuts and along with Steve Forbes as the political figure most responsible for their continued place in the marketplace of political ideas.
However, he continued to serve as chairman of his Washington-based Kemp Partners consulting firm and continued his involvement in charitable and political work until his death.
Starley's sons continued manufacturing cycles after his death in 1881 but his nephew John Kemp Starley made more of a mark.
Since 1995 Kemp has continued acting, taking the role of ' Serge ' in the West End production of Art in 2001, film roles in Dog Eat Dog, Poppies and American Daylight, and TV roles in Murder In Mind, Murder Investigation Team, and Casualty.

Kemp and political
Despite efforts and considerations of expanding his political domain, Kemp never held a fundraiser outside of his suburban Western New York district until well into his eighth term in Congress.
In late 1987, political pundits saw that Kemp needed to gain support from the far right on non-social issues.
In January 1995, Kemp's stated reason for not entering the 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries was that his personal beliefs were out of balance with the contemporary Republican political landscape: Kemp opposed term limits, he always preferred tax cuts to anything resembling a balanced budget amendment and, unlike most Republicans, favored federal incentives to combat urban poverty.
Many thought Kemp had destroyed his own political future with the endorsement, and Kemp profusely apologized to Dole's campaign offices.
In the late 1990s, Kemp remained outspoken on political issues: he was critical of Clinton's International Monetary Fund lax policies toward South Korea.
Both authors are staunch conservatives: on his website, Groseclose cites Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole, Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, Phil Gramm, Dick Armey, and Dick Cheney as his political heroes, and states that he usually sides with conservatives on controversial issues.
His brother Earl Kemp Long later inherited Long's political machine.
On 1 November 1919, a year after his election to parliament, Fraser married Janet Kemp née Munro, from Glasgow and also a political activist.
Defenders of Reagan's statement pointed out that political speeches from local, state, and national politicians at the fair had been a long-standing tradition dating back to 1896, and that Jack Kemp, John Glenn, and Michael Dukakis among other politicians had spoken there.
This argument has won growing political advocates in recent years, including former U. S. Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kemp ( R-NY ) and U. S. Congressman Donald M. Payne ( D-NJ ), both who have written supportably of Johns ' arguments in Investor's Business Daily and elsewhere.
Since she joined Fox Business she has conducted interviews with global political and business leaders such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Mario Gabelli, Eric Schmidt, Steve Forbes, Sarah Palin, Jack Kemp, Robert Diamond, Richard Branson, Alan Mulally, Dennis Kozlowski, Tom J. Donohue, Ivanka Trump, and Robert James Thomson ; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ; Secretary of Treasury Lawrence Summers, Paul H. O ' Neill, John W. Snow, and Timothy Geithner ; former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker ; former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich ; S. E. C.
* Arthur Kemp, who wrote an essay, The Lie of Apartheid, which argued that apartheid was in fact an impracticable and unworkable system which led directly to the Afrikaners ’ demise as a political force in that country.
Russo, a principal in Russo Marsh & Rogers, worked on the political campaigns of Ronald Reagan, Alfonse M. D ' Amato, George Pataki, Jack Kemp, and Orrin Hatch.

Kemp and advocacy
However, in general, the opinion was that Kemp was helpful to the ticket's chances of catching Bill Clinton, and Kemp's advocacy gave a clear picture of the tax reforms that would likely occur on the condition of a successful campaign.
In 1993, Kemp, Bennett, Kirkpatrick and financial backer Theodore Forstmann co-founded the free market advocacy group Empower America, which later merged with Citizens for a Sound Economy to form Freedom Works.
On March 25, 2003, Kemp was selected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of USA Football, a national advocacy group for amateur football created by the National Football League ( NFL ) and the NFL Players Association.

Kemp and for
( He did, however, donate his services as a speaker at a $ 100-a-plate fundraiser for Republican Congressman Jack Kemp.
" Kemp, for his part, recalled, " I didn't really teach him to be a mime artiste but to be more of himself on the outside, ...
After Kemp cast Bowie with Hermione Farthingale for a poetic minuet, the pair began dating ; they soon moved into a London flat together.
An early Kemp tax reform attempt was an unsuccessful 1979 proposal to index tax brackets for cost of living fluctuations, which was incorporated in Reagan's 1980 package.
By 1985, Kemp was a leading contender for the 1988 Presidential nomination.
In 1986, during a House floor debate over whether the United States should host the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Kemp proclaimed: " I think it is important for all those young out there — who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands — a distinction should be made that football is democratic capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist sport.
Kemp as he leaves a meet-the-candidates rally for 1988 Republican presidential candidates in County Stadium in Union, South Carolina, on October 3, 1987.
In 1988, if Kemp had won his campaign for the United States Presidency, it would have made him the first person to move from the United States House of Representatives to the White House since James Garfield.
To offset his socially moderate stances, Kemp clarified his opposition to abortion, his support of the Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ) and his support for a stronger military than that favored by Secretary of State George Shultz.
To position himself as Reagan's successor, Kemp called for Shultz's resignation based on claims that Shultz had neglected freedom fighters in Afghanistan and Nicaragua and had waffled on SDI.
As a so-called " bleeding-heart conservative ", Kemp was a logical choice for Bush as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, whose job would be to foster public sector and private sector methods to meet the demands of public housing.
In addition to opposition in Congress, Kemp fought White House Budget Director Richard Darman, who opposed Kemp's pet project HOPE ( Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere ).
The budget left him with $ 256 million for his plan, which Kemp increased during some appropriations battles.
Bush's contribution to the urban agenda had been volunteerism through his " Points of Light " theme, and Kemp received stronger support for his ideas from Presidential candidate Bill Clinton.
Although Kemp was unable to procure money for his visions, he was among the administration's leading users of first class corporate jets.
A free market Kemp initiative to allow homeowners to subdivide their houses for the purpose of creating rental units without inordinate bureaucracy did not get executed under the Clinton administration, however.
Kemp was partly at fault for not achieving either of his primary goals because he did not get along with the rest of the Cabinet.
Kemp was respected within the party for opposing Bush, and towards the end of Bush's administration insiders recognized his value.
Kemp was a bit of a surprise to stay in the Bush Cabinet for the duration of his presidency, and he was described as one of the few Bush Administration members who would take tough stands.
Kemp gave public speeches for $ 35, 000 apiece between his time as Housing Secretary and his Vice Presidential nomination.
By 1994, Kemp had embarked on 241 fund-raising dinners to raise $ 35 million for a 1996 Presidential bid and to pay off his 1988 campaign debts.
After stepping down from his $ 189, 000 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development job, Kemp personally earned $ 6. 9 million in the next three years, primarily for speaking on behalf of local Republican candidates.
In 1992 and 1993, Kemp was considered the favorite or co-favorite for the 1996 Presidential nomination.
At the time of the 1994 mid-term elections, Kemp was widely anticipated to announce his candidacy for 1996, and his supporters wanted a formal announcement by the end of the year.

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