
Phil Gramm taught economics at Texas A&M for 12 years, served in the United States House for 6 years, and in the US Senate for 12 years. He is author of the budget-cutting Gramm-Latta Act (1981), which set the path of Reagan administration budget policy, and the Gramm- Rudman-Hollings Act (1985), which placed binding restrictions on Federal spendng. Since retiring from Congress, Gramm has written widely on budget, tax, growth, and related income distribution issues.