# Jack Kemp, An American Idealist

Morton Kondracke discussed the life and political career of Jack Kemp. Kemp served nine terms in Congress as a representative from New York and as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the George H.W. Bush administration. He is known as a leading advocate of supply-side economics, and co-sponsored the law that resulted in the 1981 tax cuts under President Ronald Reagan. Kemp was the first lawmaker to popularize "enterprise zones" to encourage development in underserved urban neighborhoods.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688898/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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