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Keith Hennessey is a Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the U.S. National Economic Council. He advises White House staff on domestic economic policy issues. He was first apoointed to the position in August 2002.
He worked for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott from February 1997 to August 2002. While in Senator Lott's office, he was involved in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and all budget resolutions since 1997, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and all tax legislation since 1998, Trade Promotion Authority, all health legislation, the Transportation Equity Act, FAA authorization bills and many other smaller bills. Prior to joining Senator Lott, Hennessey worked as a health economist for the Senate Budget Committee, from January 1995 to February 1997. Hennessey was a research assistant for the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform from June 1994 to January 1995. From 1990 and 1992 he designed and tested the database program Q&A for Symantec Corporation in Cupertino, California. Hennessey received a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard, where he wrote a thesis, Unintended Consequences: Critical Assumptions in the Clinton Health Plan. He also has a B.A.S. in Mathematics and Political Science from Stanford University.
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