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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…

The House Ways and Means Committee met to hear proposed amendments to the Financial freedom Act which provided for several forms of tax cuts. Despite the threat of a presidential veto, the c…

Committee 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…

Members debated various measures concerning military action against Serbian forces in Yugoslavia. They voted 290-139 not to withdraw U.S. forces from the region. They voted 427-2 against a f…

Treasury 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…

Mr. 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…

The 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…