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Former congressional leaders talked about the process of reaching their 1990 deficit agreement that eventually helped bring the federal budget into surplus. Topics included the major leaders…

Participants talked about homeland security programs and funding for homeland security. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.

The Consumer Bankers Association held a Student Lending Conference where experts talked about student loan consolidation, borrowing limits and repayment options. Also featured was a speech b…

The Woodrow Wilson Center hosted a discussion titled “Budgeting During Wartime.” Participants talked about budget priorities during wartime. Donald Wolfensberger, the Congress Project Dire…

Analysts and industry officials talked about financing homeland security programs. They spoke about levels of federal spending and provisions in proposed homeland security legislation, coord…

White House, congressional and administration leaders briefed top corporate executives and others on new supplemental Homeland Security spending for 2002, projected Homeland Security spendin…

Congressional staffers and security analysts briefed corporate executives on spending projections for the Homeland Security Department and ways for winning Homeland Security contracts.

The Institute for Educational Leadership hosted a forum on the Future of America’s Youth. The panelist talked about a report on the effects of public policy on children and families. Topics …

Senator Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) and legislative staff members spoke to educators about education funding and strategies to pass education reform legislation. Following their remarks they…

Seminar participants discussed the policy implications of an annual report on America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being. The report covers issues such as child care, childre…

Mr. Hoagland and Mr. Kahn talked about fiscal year 2000 federal budget negotiations and the compromises which were eventually reached. They also talked about planning for the 2001 budget and…

William Hoagland of the Senate Budget Committee and Thomas Kahn of the House Budget Committee talked about the appropriations process in the Congress. They also focused on the budget negotia…

Panel members talked about the federal budget surplus and proposals for spending the money. They said that ten years ago no economist could have dreamed of a budget surplus and explained how…

In a tribute to Senator Domemici, participants discussed passage of the Congressional Budget Act and the efforts over the years to balance the budget. Those who could not attend sent greetin…

In this discussion hosted by the Institute for Education Leadership, panelists talked about the well-being of children nationwide. The subjects covered during the seminar included economic s…

Officials from the Clinton administration, members of Congress and congressional staff talked about the Government Performance and Results Act, which passed the House earlier this year. Pane…

The Senate Budget Committee made final revisions to the 1998 Budget Resolution. Members progressed through the bill line by line, examining the bill’s text and amendments, before sending it…

Committee members and their staff discussed areas of agreement and disagreement between President Clinton’s 1998 budget proposal and one recently released by a coalition of House Democrats. …

The panelists discussed covering the federal budget process for journalists. They talked about the timing of the steps, possible “spin” from the White House and congressional leaders and get…

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a discussion where participants spoke on the status of federal budget negotiations.