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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…

The House convened on July 22, 1999 to debate and discuss a Republican package of tax cuts totaling 792 billion dollars over ten years. This proposal was passed. Also, a fiscal year 2000…

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…

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…

The House debated the use of Social Security funds for other federal programs.

The U.S. House of Representatives convened and passed a Water Projects bill with a vote of 360-5, and a Preventing Child Abuse bill.

Democratic representatives talked to reporters about the Social Security plan presented by the Republican leadership of the Ways and Means Committee. They focused on how this plan has…

Associate Justice Kennedy participated in the dedication ceremony for a new federal courthouse in Sacramento. He stated that building courthouses is an investment in the country’s…

The house was in session and hearing a debate on the fiscal budget.

The House convened to debate and discuss issues on the future of social security. Other topic of debate included pear exports, Amish teens and woodshops, small business disaster loans, and…

The House Ways and Means committee heard testimony from Witnesses about how to use the budget surplus prudently.

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…

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…