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Officials for President Bill Clinton’s administration briefed reporters on Vice President Al Gore’s trip to the global climate change conference in Kyoto, Japan. They stressed the importance…

After the president’s announcement on Iraq, several White House officials briefed reporters on the president’s accomplishments with the first session of the 105th Congress as well as some fa…

After meeting with Vice President Al Gore on strategy to obtain congressional support for fast-track legislation, cabinet members talked briefly with reporters.

After President Bill Clinton’s announcement on an assistance package for U.S. workers affected by trade agreements, administration officials briefed reporters on the details of the proposal.…

US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and National Economic Advisor Gene Sperling met with reporters to discuss IRS reform proposals. They discussed i…

Clinton Administration economic officials briefed reporters on the president’s earlier announcement to veto 38 projects in the military construction appropriations bill. They explained how t…

White House economic advisers, Janet Yellen, Council of Economic Advisors Chairman, and Gene Sperling, National Economic Advisor, talked with reporters about the Census Bureau’s report on in…

After a formal event in which the president asked Congress to renew his fast-track negotiating authority, White House economic officials briefed reporters further on the importance such auth…

Democratic National Committee members attended an annual conference. Several members of the administration, including HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, Education Secretary Richard Riley, Transport…

After the line-item veto signing, White House budget officials briefed reporters on the details of the three provisions of the budget bill vetoed by the president. The measures included New …

Shortly after a White House event with congressional Democrats, White House budget advisers briefed reporters on the details of the budget agreement between the president and Congress. They …

White House officials briefed the media on the results of a three-year study that looked at the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on the economies of the United States, Cana…

Administration economic officials briefed reporters on the details of President Clinton’s tax proposal, which he highlighted outside the White House earlier in the day. The House and Senate …

Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin spoke on the tax cut proposals at a news conference.

Vice President Al Gore and Clinton administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, White House Budget Director Franklin Raines, and Council of Economic Advisors Chair Ja…

About an hour after the president’s announcement on the budget agreement, administration officials took reporters' questions on some of the details of the proposal, including the tax cuts an…

After the president’s announcement in Baltimore, members of the administration budget negotiating team briefed reporters on various aspects of the budget agreement at the White House. They s…

Before a White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry news briefing the National Economic Council Chairman Gene Sperling briefed reporters on the president’s earlier announcement of an agreement…

Several administration officials briefed reporters on the state of private pension funds in the U.S. Afterwards, Michael McCurry, White House Press Secretary, took questions on other issues,…

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