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Following a meeting at the White House, a group of Republican leaders spoke to reporters about the Congressional agenda, proposed Welfare legislation, and other budget issues. Following thei…

After meeting with President Bush, Senate and House leaders talked with reporters about the federal budget and tax cut legislation. They answered media questions.

Members of congress spoke about President Bush’s budget proposals and their impressions of his economic address to a joint session of Congress.

House Republican leaders reacted to the latest Congressional Budget Office estimates which project a $8 billion surplus for 1998. They stressed the role of the Republican Congress in this ac…

Senator Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS) and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) spoke with reporters before their meeting with other Republican leaders about the congressional agenda…

Committee members heard testimony from several members of Congress, Secretary Rubin, constitutional experts and others concerning a Balanced Budget Amendment. Secretary Rubin stated that the…

The House met to continue working on the Federal Budget.

U.S. House begin the day’s legislative business.

Rep. Cox talked about the accomplishments on the Republican agenda thus far and upcoming items in the next few weeks. He focused on the balanced budget amendment, which he said President Cli…

This was the last hearing of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement. The goal of the commission was to recommend ways to help control entitlement spending. Some approaches include cutting …

Bi-Partisan Commission on Entitlement & Tax Reform members heard testimony from representatvies of several groups concerning procedures for reforming entitlement programs and the tax structu…

In an excerpt from the House, members of the House debated a Balanced Budget Constitutional amendment. Various amendments were considered under a “king of the hill” procedure, meaning that t…

Representatives Christopher Cox, a member of the House Budget and Joint Economic Committees, and Peter Hoagland, a member of the House Ways and Mean Committee, talked about the president’s b…

Republican members of Congress spoke in a Republican sponsored town hall meeting in Los Angeles. The meeting served as one of a series across the nation held to discuss the president’s econo…

In an excerpt from the session of the House, members debated the Clinton administration’s deficit reduction plan due to come up for a vote later in the day.

The committee heard testimony from members of Congress on H.R. 2264, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The legislation contains the tax increases and spending cuts proposed by the Clint…

Members of the Budget committee met to talk about the language and amendments to the 1993 Budget Reconciliation Act, the administration’s tax increase and deficit reduction legislation. The…

The committee heard testimony from members of Congress on proposals to reform the federal budget process to make the process more efficient and make Congress more accountable for the resulti…

The House Budget Committee met to work on draft legislation for the fiscal year 1994 budget resolution. The House measure would require $63 billion more in spending cuts over the next five y…

Members of Congress, governors, and cabinet members reacted to President Clinton’s address to a joint session of Congress. They talked about the President’s proposals for taxes and spending.