The Week Ahead: May 26-30

TUESDAY

· The Cato Institute holds forum on what would happen if Congress reauthorizes the federal gas tax and surface transportation funding, or streamlines federal transportation programs.

WEDNESDAY

· The National Governors Association holds summit on foreclosures and housing solutions with its chairman and vice chairman, Govs. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) and Ed Rendell (D-Pa.).

· The Hudson Institute holds forum on trade, job churn and the American worker.

· The Coalition for a Prosperous America holds discussion on a competitive tax plan for America.

THURSDAY

· The Federal Trade Commission holds conference on consumer information and the mortgage market.

· The District of Columbia Building Association holds discussion on housing in the District.

· The National Economists Club holds discussion on household balance sheets.

· The American Enterprise Institute holds discussion on antitrust to assess whether U.S. companies can compete fairly abroad.

FRIDAY

· The American Enterprise Institute holds forum on tax policy lessons from the 2000s, including a discussion on taxes and labor supply, computable-general-equilibrium models of deficit-financed tax cuts and taxes and business investment.