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A bipartisan group of former government officials and members of Congress talked about federal debt and the nation’s long-term fiscal challenges. All of the panelists agreed that political g…

After meeting with Democratic leaders, House and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Representative John Kasich (R-OH) and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) expressed their disappointment at Preside…

Former Senator Pete Domenici and Joseph Minarik of the Bipartisan Policy Center talked about their proposed debt reduction and tax reform plan, and the plan released by President Obama’s Def…

Commission members spoke to reporters and answered questions about the release of Restoring America’s Future, a “bipartisan, comprehensive, and politically viable budget plan to reduce the d…

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) launched its Debt Reduction Task Force, led by former Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Alice Rivlin, with budget experts, business and labor leaders, stakehol…

The Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Holtz-Eakin testified about the outlook for the U.S. economy. He presented baseline figures on where the federal budget stands today.…

Senator Pete Domenici R-New Mexico and Representative John Kaisch R-Ohio, talked to reporters about the federal budget surplus.

Budget experts from Congress and the White House discussed the political and fiscal prospects of balancing the budget by 2002. They discussed issues such as the need for a constitutional ame…

Republican budget negotiators reacted to the president’s earlier briefing on the budget negotiations. They cited that his most recent proposal was nothing more than the beginning of the 1996…

After meeting with the president, Senator Pete Domenici and U.S. Representative John Kasich (R-OH) announced that he would submit Senator Daschle’s budget proposal in order to make the conti…

Republican leaders reacted to President Clinton’s veto of the Congress' balanced budget proposal. They emphasized that the president was now responsible for presenting his own proposal to ba…

Before the meeting to discuss the president’s latest budget proposal, the chief negotiators took a few questions from reporters.

Following the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1995, Republican congressional leaders talked with reporters about it. After their prepared remarks, they took questions from the press.

Following the meeting of the Senate and House Budget Committees Sen. Domenici discussed the role of the conference committee in the budget reconciliation process. Sen. Domenici is the rankin…

Members of the House and Senate Budget Committees met today to begin the process of reconciling differences in the House and Senate budget legislation. The conference committee was chaired b…

The Senate continued consideration of the budget resolution and deficit reduction plan, along with a continuing resolution.

The president and congressional leaders answer reporters' questions about Federal budget negotiations which will take place at Andrews Air Force Base. Leaders wanted a budget of 50 billion d…

Republican budget experts discussed ways of balancing the U.S. budget with reporters and the head of the Congressional Budget Office.

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Richard Darman answered reporter’s questions after meeting with the Senate Deficit Reduction Caucus. A number of Senators from both parti…

The Senate passed H. R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Immigration Act, to waive the 2-year foreign residence requirement for visiting Chinese students in order to apply for U.S. citizenship. T…