The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget held a forum at the National Press Club on the economic and budgetary consequences of the financial bailout. The first panel discussed the bail…
418 viewsElections for the 101st Congress was shown. Rep. Jim Wright (D-TX) was elected Speaker of the House. Party leaders were announced and an election of other House officers was held.
View in Congressional Chronicle618 viewsFollowing President Clinton’s recent submission of his 2001 budget proposal, economic experts discussed budget proposals from both Congress and the president. They talked about the power str…
38 viewsThe House Budget Committee heard testimony from three economic policy analysts and a former member of Congress on the practicality and ramifications of a Constitutional amendment requiring t…
166 viewsThe panelists discussed how the federal budget is restricted by limited resources and the pressures of a global economy. The panelists focused on the question: “If the 1990 budget’s negotiat…
28 viewsThe House Budget Committee heard testimony to lay the groundwork for the federal budget for fiscal year 1991.
118 viewsMembers of the House and Senate Budget Committees met today to begin the process of reconciling differences in the House and Senate budget legislation. The conference committee was chaired b…
38 viewsThe House agreed to H.Res. 487 which provided for the consideration of H.R. 5835, intelligence authorizations. The House agreed to H.Res. 509, providing for the consideration of H.R. 5835, t…
View in Congressional Chronicle306 viewsThe House session continued with an agreement of a proposed budget resolution. By a yea-and-nay vote of 250 yeas to 164 nays, the House agreed to the conference report on H. Con. Res. 310, s…
View in Congressional Chronicle107 viewsThe House of Representatives came back in session to resume their work on the Fiscal Year 1991 Budget and Deficit Reduction Plan. The House was expected to take up a veto override, and attem…
View in Congressional Chronicle206 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 488, which set forth the congressional budget for fiscal years 1991 through 1995. Although many representatives found certain aspects of the budget …
View in Congressional Chronicle76 viewsThe Budget Conference Committee met to discuss the budget agreement. Rep. Leon Panetta, the chairman of the committee, conceded that it would be impossible for both parties to be completely …
41 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5268 , making appropriations for Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies programs, and miscellaneous amendments. The House passed H.R. 5258, to require tha…
View in Congressional Chronicle204 viewsThe House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4982, which promoted the study of mathematics and science in elementary schools and to provide training for mathematics and science teacher…
View in Congressional Chronicle193 viewsRepresentative Frenzel, the ranking minority member of the budget committee, in a last minute change, declined to offer President Bush’s proposed 1991 budget for a vote. He cited that the ec…
33 viewsRepresentatives Panetta and Frenzel gave opening statements as the House began consideration of H.Con.Res. 310, the Congressional budget resolution for fiscal year 1991. The measure provided…
20 viewsThe committee considered a Democratic budget proposal that calls for $8 billion less in defense spending than the Bush administration proposal.
123 viewsThe House passed H.R. 3, to authorize appropriations to expand Head Start programs and programs carried out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include child care ser…
View in Congressional Chronicle269 viewsThe committee heard testimony regarding the proposed fiscal year 1991 federal budget from Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger.
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