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This portion of A.E.I.s annual conference in Washington DC entitled "The Rationality of the Federal Budget System". Guests include Michael Boskin, Christopher Demuth, Herbert Stein,Willia…

The House reconvened after a recess and further amended H.R. 3607, Catastrophic Health Coverage. They also passed the following legislation: H.Res. 299, Judiciary Committee Election; H.R. 3…

Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was H.R. 3303, the Chemical and Biological Warfare Elimination Act to control the export of any item that…

The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 1502, the District of Columbia Police Authorization and Expansion Act, to authorize the appropriations to DC for additional officers and mem…

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropr…

A joint session of the House and Senate Budget Committees is held to discuss H.R. 3299, the Federal Budget Reconciliation for the 1990 fiscal year.

The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 2916, FY90 appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs and Housing & Urban Development. Amendments for this bill were debated w…

Budget Reconciliation News Conference took place in the Radio & TV Gallery. Representative Leon Panetta, D-California and Representative Bill Frenzel R-Minnesota spoke on the progress of the…

Budget committee chairman Leon Panetta talks about budget sequestration at a press conference. Rep. Bill Frenzel also speaks.

Live Call-In Viewer program with Congressman Leon Panetta(D-CA) was chairman of the Budget Committee and took questions about the congressional budget process and about the upcoming conferen…

Members of Congress gave their comments on two bills that were before the House of Representatives for votes. The topics covered were Child Care Amendments and Budget Reconciliation Act.

The House passed H.R. 3299 which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90. H.R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status …

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2788 which makes appropriations for the Interior Department for FY90. Debate continued on H.R. 3299 which deals with section 5 of the concur…

Senators Mitchell, Dole, Rudman, Boschwitz, and Murkowski discussed the Senate’s schedule for the upcoming week in an excerpt from the floor. In another excerpt, Representatives. Gephardt, G…

The House continued consideration of amendments on H.R. 3299, the FY90 Budget Reconciliation.

Representative Panetta, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, will be the floor manager for the upcoming reconciliation bill. He outlines the provisions of the bill and discusses whether C…

The House held a Pro Forma session with no legislative business. Representatives gave Special Order speeches.

While under the suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special note was H.R. 2987, the Flag Protection Act. This bill amends the United States Code to protect the phys…

The committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosts a panel of lawmakers to talk about the federal budget process.

The House debated and voted on the conference report to H.R. 1278, Savings and Loan Reform. It passed 200-175.