Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Doug Holtz-Eakin | |
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6th Director of the Congressional Budget Office | |
In office February 5, 2003 – December 29, 2005 | |
Preceded by | Dan Crippen |
Succeeded by | Peter R. Orszag |
Personal details | |
Born | Douglas James Eakin February 3, 1958 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Heidi Holtz (Divorced)[1][citation needed] Adrienne Eich-Mylott (Divorced)[citation needed] Beth Robinson[2][citation needed] |
Children | 2 (with Heidi Holtz)[3] |
Education | Denison University (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD) |
Douglas James "Doug" Holtz-Eakin
Early life
Eakin was born and raised in suburban
Career
Holtz-Eakin established his academic career with appointments at Princeton (1984–89) and Columbia University (1985–90).[5]
From August 1989 to July 1990, Holtz-Eakin served as a Senior Staff Economist on
In 2003, Holtz-Eakin left Syracuse University to become director of the Congressional Budget Office.[7] Under his leadership, the budget office undertook a study of tax rates, which found that any new revenue that tax cuts brought in paled in comparison with their cost.[8] He left the appointment in 2005.
Holtz-Eakin is also the President of DHE Consulting, LLC, and has served as director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Paul A. Volcker Chair in International Economics at the
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appointed Holtz-Eakin to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in 2009.
Economic adviser to John McCain
In 2007, Holtz-Eakin was hired as chief economic policy adviser to
President of American Action Forum
In early 2010, Holtz-Eakin became president of
Personal life
Holtz-Eakin currently lives in Washington, D.C., is married to Beth Robinson, and has two children.
In 2013, Holtz-Eakin was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.[17]
References
- ^ "Heidi Holtz Wed in Princeton Chapel" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Kinetics magazine" (PDF). www.seattlecountryday.org. 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ a b "Q&A with Douglas Holtz-Eakin | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
- ^ ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ "Young Leaders Circle Forum with Douglas Holtz-Eakin". Manhattan Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN". www.nber.org. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ "Maxwell Professor Douglas Holtz-Eakin Recommended to Head Congressional Budget Office – Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University". Archived from the original on October 8, 2008.
- ^ Leonhardt, David (23 April 2008). "Weighing a McCain Economist". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ "Experts". PIIE. January 27, 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Paul Howard interviews Douglas Holtz-Eakin about Forging a New Plan For Health Care". Manhattan Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ POLITICO. "Holtz-Eakin: McCain helped create BlackBerry - - POLITICO.com". www.politico.com. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ "Holtz-Eakin's Bio on American Action Forum". Archived from the original on March 27, 2010.
- ^ Davis, Susan (2010-01-30). "Republican Leaders Forming New Political Group". WSJ. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
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- ^ Holtz-Eakin, Douglas (21 March 2010). "Opinion | The Real Arithmetic of Health Care Reform". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ Schulze, Elizabeth (2013-05-07). "Conservatives Spar over Economics of Immigration Reform". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ Avlon, John (2013-02-28). "The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay Marriage Brief". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-08-18.