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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities hosted a discussion on deficit reduction measures enacted during the 104th Congress and the effect they have on certain segments of society. Partic…

Participants discussed the status and future of several federal nutrition programs, including food stamps, WIC school lunches, school breakfasts and child care. Professor Peter Rossi, Univer…

The American Prospect held a discussion on the Balance Budget Amendment. The panelists discussed the proposed Balanced Budget Amendment in a forum titled, “A Matter of Survival: Avoiding th…

Participants examined the details of GOP Presidential Candidate Sen. Bob Dole’s (R-KS) economic proposal, which he released in a speech in Chicago on August 5. They evaluated several aspects…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee heard testimony on a Tax Limitation Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would require a two-thirds vote in Congress to pass legislation that would increas…

The House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Human Services Chaired by Representative Clay Shaw, R-Florida, heard testimony on the bipartisan Governors Welfare Reform Proposal recently put forwar…

Democratic legislators heard testimony from tax policy experts and others concerning the Republican tax cut proposals and how they would affect different income groups and employee pensions.…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…