Social Security Legislation
Witnesses testified about President Clinton’s Social security plan. Among the issues they discussed were using budget surpluses to strengthen the system, Medicare reform, and ensuring the in…
81 viewsWitnesses testified about President Clinton’s Social security plan. Among the issues they discussed were using budget surpluses to strengthen the system, Medicare reform, and ensuring the in…
81 viewsCommittee members heard about legislation containing several tax cut proposals. Under particular consideration was a Republican proposal that would cut personal income, capital gains, and ma…
122 viewsThe House debated the use of Social Security funds for other federal programs.
View in Congressional Chronicle29,516 viewsMs. Buritica and Ms. Denson testified that they were detained by Customs agents, strip-searched and forced to consume laxatives when returning to the U.S. They said that they believed th…
380 viewsThe House International Relations Committee marked up the resolutions regarding the declaration of war against Yugoslavia and the call-back of U.S. military forces from the region.
99 viewsMembers debated bills and resolutions, including a resolution declaring the House’s support for U.S. military forces engaged in an air campaign against Serbian forces in Yugoslavia. The Hous…
View in Congressional Chronicle749 viewsIn the first panel, Senator Specter testified about the bill he created to put a tariff on steel dumping. Senator DeWine testified about the large number of jobs lost in Ohio due to steel du…
143 viewsUnited States House of Representatives session on March 11, 1999 with passing of the U.S. Troop in Kosovo and passing “Ed-Flex” education funding.
View in Congressional Chronicle821 viewsMembers of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee heard testimony regarding the IRS national taxpayer advocate report. Witnesses testified about the goal of the IRS to create a stro…
111 viewsTreasury officials testified about the president’s budget proposal. The plan included provisions to set aside the bulk of the surplus for Social Security and Medicare while using the remaini…
76 viewsMr. Greenspan testified that he agreed with President Clinton’s idea to save Social Security by using the budget surplus. He disagreed, however, with the idea to use some of the surplus to i…
115 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on Social Security Reform. Witnesses including Reverend Jesse Jackson and Empower America’s Jack Kemp offered solutions to the program’s pr…
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