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House and Senate Budget Committee conferees worked on a final version of the budget reconciliation bill, which attempts to balance the federal budget in seven years.

The House & Senate Budget Committees held a hearing on the effects of a possible government shutdown if federal budget legislation was not passed by October 1. They heard testimony from Whit…

The Senate and House Budget Committees met in conference to reconcile their two versions of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution.

During this portion of budget debate, Senator Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota raised a point of order that the resolution did not contribute to balancing the budget but to raising the deficit, w…

Senate Democratic leaders announced that they are sending the Republican leadership a letter asking them to achieve a budget agreement in all those areas where one is possible. They emphasiz…

Senators debate budget priorities. Senator James Exon, D-Nebraska defended the president’s record after several Republicans had criticized him earlier in the day. Senator Lott, R-Mississippi…

Senate Democrats briefed reporters on their latest budget proposal. It is designed to balance the budget in seven years using CBO economic projections.

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Senate leaders debated President Clinton’s latest offer in the federal budget negotiations. The government shut down at midnight the previous night.

Democratic leaders talked with reporters about federal budget negotiations.

Congressional budget negotiators briefed reporters on their meeting with Congressional Budget Office director June O’Neill.

After meeting between Democratic Governors and Congressional Democratits to discuss the budget negotiations, Democratic congressional negotiators and several Democratic governors briefed rep…

Democratic Governors had meetings with Senate Democrats to discuss the federal budget. Afterwards Senator James Exon(D-NE) Senator Byron L. Dorgan(D-ND) Senator Tom Daschle(D-SD) h…

In an excerpt, members debated a federal budget reconcilation bill.

U.S. Senate works on the Highway Conference Report and the Reconciliation bill.

Senators debated the budget reconciliation package offered by the Republican majority.

Committee members heard testimony from committee chairmen Democratic leaders about their budget requests for committee operations and staffing. The first witnesses were the Chairman and Rank…

In an excerpt from a session of the Senate, members debated the Clinton administration’s economic program legislation, the budget reconciliation act. The $500 billion plan intended to decrea…

Following earlier passage by the House, the Senate took up consideration of budget reconciliation legislation. This bill would reduce the deficit by $30 billion by a combination of spending …

The Senate Budget committee called for review of an original bill to allow for reconciliation to section 2 of H. Con. Res. 93, declaring Congress' budget for the U.S. government for years 19…